JOB LEVEL
P40
EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual Contributor
The Opportunity
We are looking for a senior automation software engineer with a strong understanding of common UI toolkits, familiarity with 3D graphics applications and a deep sense of software craftsmanship to participate in the design, implementation, and deployment of our next generation multi surface collaborative 3D graphics software for the top experts across the industries we serve, including fashion, automotive, games and VFX.
We are a tight-knit team developing pioneering software and delivering robust, fast, and resource-conscious components to product teams.
Our team will closely collaborate with Adobe's UX design and research teams to turn groundbreaking ideas and technologies into shipping features.
What you will Do
Design and implement API and automation tools to solve challenging 3D workflows
Work collaboratively with UX designers, engineers, and researchers to architect, develop, maintain and optimize new software solutions
Design and implement modern algorithms by writing robust, high-performance code
Develop experiments to explore tradeoffs between various implementations
Identify and fix application bugs and performance bottlenecks
Review code on a near daily basis and give detailed, constructive feedback
Work closely with many different product and teams across Adobe to integrate software across organizational boundaries
Provide leadership to the group and mentorship to junior-level engineers
What you need to succeed
Extensive experience in writing production code
Deep knowledge of C++ (C++17 preferred) and its design patterns (10+ years desirable)
Experience writing production-level python (5+ years desirable)
Mastery in API design
Extensive experience in designing and maintaining robust test suites
Empathy for users of the tools and APIs you will develop
Experience writing cross-platform code
Initiative to work independently and thinking creatively
Strong communication skills and attention to detail
Experience in profiling, debugging, and testing native applications in at least one language
Experience with optimization and profiling tools
Master's degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience or education
Desirable expertise
Universal Scene Description (USD) API and frameworks
Qt and/or QtQuick application frameworks
ImGui framework
Experience in integrating AI models in products
Familiarity with 3D content creation tools (e.g., Blender, Cinema4D, Maya)
CMake, vcpkg or other build systems and dependency managers
Experience in one or more scripting languages beside python
C++
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $133,900 -- $242,000 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.
At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
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California
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Colorado:
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Massachusetts:
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Internal Opportunities
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