Mgr Software Development

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 outstanding digital experiences. We’re passionate about empowering people to craft alluring and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Our goal is to recruit top talent, and we are committed to building outstanding employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas may arise from anywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours.

The Role

Digital Video Audio (DVA) group’s portfolio consists of world-class products across desktop, mobile and cloud catering to professional customers. Some of the products that the team develops includes Adobe Premiere After Effects, etc and associated Services..

This role will be responsible for following:

• Leading all aspects of development of back end infrastructure and video services.
• Managing development of Client Features and service integrations on various platforms.
  
  

What Youll Do

• Mentor and guide a high-performing engineering team
• Partner with global product management, engineering leaders to help shape technical product architecture & practices, roadmap, and release plans
• Drive strategic and tactical decisions which ensure the successful delivery of projects
• Lead teams to deliver AI-powered features for customers and leverage AI for internal team productivity
• Lead the technical design, vision, and implementation strategy
• Develop an execution plan and lead the engineering team to complete the vision
• Apply guidelines and coding patterns that ensure solutions are maintainable, modular, and of high code quality
• Develop and evolve engineering processes and teamwork models, applying creative problem solving to optimize team efficiency
• Attract, hire, onboard, 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 discussions on emerging industry technologies & trends and work with the team & leadership to use this knowledge to influence product direction
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

• Passion and love for what you do!
• 15+ years of experience in software development with at least 5 years in a management role
• Strong technical skills with experience in designing & developing enterprise applications
• Strong working knowledge of software development methodologies and software design patterns and experience leading significant software projects/products
• Proven experience running or leading sophisticated projects through full product delivery cycles
• Possess strong understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly Generative AI (GenAI) and Agents
• Proven experience in leading teams to develop features powered by artificial intelligence for customers.
• Evangelizing the use of AI to improve internal team efficiency.
• Demonstrated history of developing, guiding, coaching, and mentoring software engineers and engineering managers to deliver timely, high-quality software collaboratively
• Ambitious and not afraid to tackle unknowns, demonstrating a strong bias to action
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrated success in recruiting and developing strong teams
• Strong Java/C++, design, coding, and architectural skills along with problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Experience in developing and leading teams building solutions with cloud technologies (AWS and/or Azure)
• Motivated independently with an eagerness to support a team and the skill to encourage the team in producing high-quality work
• Outstanding verbal, written, and presentation abilities, coupled with the talent to convince, uplift, and support others
• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
  
  

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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AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:

Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

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