Sr Engineering Manager II

Our Company 

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone — from emerging artists to global brands — everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to craft beautiful and powerful images, documents, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to building exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours! 

The Challenge 

• Reimagine Acrobat with a modern, intelligent, and delightful user experience that transforms how customers interact with documents.

• Lead the development of next-generation document management solutions by deeply integrating cloud services and modern frameworks into Acrobat and Reader.

• Drive the evolution of Acrobat into an AI-first platform with agentic and conversational capabilities that help users create, understand, and act on document content more efficiently.

• Power AI-powered collaborative workspaces in Acrobat that seamlessly bring together files, links, notes, conversations, and insights into a unified experience.

• Develop intuitive, high-performance review, commenting, collaboration, and approval solutions for individuals and enterprises.

• Architect and deliver robust security, trust, and privacy solutions that protect close to a billion Acrobat users worldwide.

• Enable high-quality, reliable, and performant experiences across desktop while supporting rapid innovation and experimentation.

• Create a fun-loving, inclusive, dedicated, and world-class team that continuously pushes the boundary of development and engineering excellence.

• Manage and lead the team to solve complex technical problems, deliver on compelling user value for our customers and ensure strong customer centricity

What you need to succeed 

• B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech/MS in Computer Science or related field.

• 15+ years of software development experience with 5+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering teams.

• Strong experience in building and shipping large-scale products and applications.

• Excellent computer science fundamentals, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

• Deep expertise in software design and architecture. with the ability to drive technical direction for complex products.

• Proven ability to lead teams through ambiguity, technical challenges, and fast-paced execution environments.

• Effective collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and organizations.

• Ability to influence decisions, build alignment, and drive execution across multiple stakeholders.

• Passion for building high-quality user experiences and customer-focused products.

• Self-driven, highly motivated, and results-oriented with strong ownership and execution focus.

• Strong work ethic, positive attitude, and ability to inspire and mentor teams.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015. 

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