Engineering Manager (Java)

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. Adobe is listed as Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for 20 consecutive years. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow. If you are looking to make an impact, Adobe's the place for you.

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe is all about. We give global brands everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We are passionate about transforming how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We are on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating 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 ideacould be yours.

Adobe Document Cloud develops cloud services and a platform from the ground up to increase its presence to billions of users on various devices and surfaces. There is significant machine learning innovation happening around documents. Adobe Document Cloud is transforming how people interact with documents and workflows worldwide.

The Adobe Document Cloud team is seeking a highly motivated engineering leader and problem solver to join and lead a high caliber, fast-paced team working on Acrobat on the Web. The engineering leader is encouraged to have extensive experience building responsive, low latency, high-performance web applications and distributed systems, as well as managing highly skilled teams.

What you will do

• Mentor and guide high performing engineering team
• Be an inspiring leader in building services for next-generation multi-cloud service. Deliver high-performance web services that are adaptable to multifaceted business needs, influence ideation & outstanding problem-solving
• Partner with global product management and engineering and operations leaders to help shape technical product architecture & practices, roadmap, and release plans
• Drive strategic and tactical decisions which ensures the successful delivery of projects
• Lead the technical design, vision, and implementation strategy
• Create execution plan and lead the engineering team to execute on the vision
• Champion best practices in software development, including Agile methodologies, code review processes, and quality assurance techniques, to maintain high standards of software craftsmanship.
• Develop and evolve engineering processes and teamwork models, applying creative problem solving to optimize team efficiency
• Attract, hire, on-board and retain top talent. Motivate and develop the team as a player-coach to be a high-performance team.
• Craft a positive winning culture built on collaboration and shared accomplishments
• Lead the discussions on emerging industry technologies & trends and work with the team & leadership use this knowledge to influence product direction.

What you need to succeed

• Passion and love of what you do!
• 10+ years of experience in software development with at least 2 years of experience in management role
• Strong technical skills with experience in designing & developing enterprise applications.
• Proven experience running or leading sophisticated projects through full product delivery cycles.
• Self-motivated with a desire to mentor a team and the ability to drive the team to accomplish high-quality deliverables.
• Ambitious and not afraid to tackle unknowns, demonstrates a strong bias to action.
• Proven track record in recruiting and building robust teams.
• Strong Design, Coding, and Architectural skills along with problem solving and analytical abilities.
• Good knowledge of Kafka, MySQL/Postgres, Elastic Search, Redis, Nginx
• Experience with Agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and modern software development tools and technologies.
• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms, such as AWS, Azure and experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Excellent speaking, writing, and presentation skills,

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.

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