Software Development Manager

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!

Adobe has successfully transitioned from a traditional desktop software vendor to a software as a service provider. Our Creative Cloud and Document Cloud exemplify this shift and our dedication to improving customer experiences. As our product and service offerings have grown, we have also transformed the purchasing experiences we provide and our underlying eCommerce infrastructure.

Our company is currently looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead a team of hardworking and high-impact engineers. This role involves spearheading the delivery of next-generation micro-services for purchasing, trial sign-up, payments, and subscription management, covering a diverse range of products, plans, promotion types, payment methods, and geographies. You will primarily focus on Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, Digital Experience, and other Adobe offerings.

In this role, you will:

• Hands-on engineering manager responsible for spending at least 50% of the time on day-day activities like coding, writing design specs, PR reviews, debugging etc.
• Lead and manage a team of engineers through the technical design, implementation, testing, and deployment of purchasing-related cloud services.
• Build and implement efficient processes for managing projects and sprints.
• Implement efficient testing processes to ensure continuous application/service quality and prevent regressions and disruptions.
• Deliver scalable, resilient, high-availability applications and services running on robust deployment architectures with comprehensive health monitoring/alerting.
• Maintain effective communication and collaboration with partner teams, both local and remote, in completing interdependent work items.
• Maintain clear visibility of project/feature status to program management, product management, and other collaborators.
• Attend to team morale; communicate effectively with team members to understand concerns and address them.
• Enhance team efficiency, sprint velocity, and feature turnaround time while promoting a satisfying work-life balance.
• Manage individual performance, employing ongoing performance feedback and mentorship.
• Work with each team member in identifying and making progress toward career development goals.

What you need to succeed:

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering, with a minimum of 5 years managing software engineering teams.
• Proven track record of successful execution of the full product/service development lifecycle from initial planning to first release, and delivering on schedule.
• Strong knowledge of and experience using agile software development techniques.
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale, highly available web applications or services.
• Proven ability to effectively manage through common engineering management challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and to maintain a high degree of technical involvement with your team and applications/services.
• Extensive experience in Java or C++.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Extensive experience with REST-based micro-services.
• Experience with cloud-based service development, particularly using Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Redis or Memcached is a plus.

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 position is $146,300 -- $281,100 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and 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.

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action 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 applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
 

Adobe aims to make Adobe.com 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 [email protected] or call (408) 536-3015.

Adobe values a free and open marketplace for all employees and has policies in place to ensure that we do not enter into illegal agreements with other companies to not recruit or hire each other’s employees.