Senior Software Engineer (C++)

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 create beautiful and powerful images, 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 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 idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

Build AI-powered features for millions of creatives. Firefly Boards is an infinite canvas growing explosively. You’ll own and ship features with direct user impact. High-visibility work on cutting-edge AI. Days from idea to production, shaping what and how we are building.

What you'll do:

• Own features end-to-end: from collaborating with Product and Design on user problems, through architecture and implementation, to production deployment and measurement.
• Ship fast in a dynamic environment: build high-quality, testable, maintainable code while adapting quickly to changing priorities and user feedback in our modern creative tools' product.
• Make pragmatic technical decisions: evaluate trade-offs between speed and quality, choose appropriate technologies and patterns, and document decisions through Architecture Decision Records. (ADRs)
• Elevate the team: provide thoughtful code reviews, and contribute to our high-autonomy engineering culture through clear communication and collaboration.
  
  

What you'll need to succeed:

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
• 6+ years of experience or equivalent knowledge
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern web development (ES6+, React or similar frameworks)
• Solid understanding of design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience building high-performance web applications with focus on user experience
• Comfortable with full-stack development (frontend, backend APIs, databases, integrations)
• Product mentality: you think about user impact, not just technical elegance
• Bias toward action: you ship iteratively and improve based on feedback, rather than perfecting in isolation
• Strong ownership: you proactively identify risks, communicate blockers, and drive your work to completion without heavy direction
• Proficiency in English, both writing and speaking
  
  

Bonus Qualifications:

• C++ or systems programming background with demonstrated ability to apply low-level thinking to high-level problems (performance optimization, memory management, etc.)
• Advanced JavaScript concepts: WebAssembly (WASM), C++ to JS transpilation, web workers, or performance optimization
• Prompt engineering and GenAI integration experience - you’ve built features using LLMs, agents, or AI-powered workflows
• Graphics programming experience, especially vector graphics or creative tooling
• Architecture experience: you’ve led technical design for multi-engineer features or systems
  
  

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