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Base Salary
$190k - $361k/yr
Responsibilities
- Set long-term architectural and technology direction for Adobe Stock in alignment with product, technical, and business strategy.
- Assess strategic objectives for architectural feasibility, dependencies, risks, tradeoffs, investments, and execution paths.
- Lead architecture for large-scale systems supporting content search, discovery, delivery, licensing, generative AI, agentic workflows, and customer experiences.
- Define architectural patterns and standards for APIs, microservices, frontend architecture, event-driven systems, data platforms, and cross-product integrations.
- Identify systemic technical risks and architectural gaps and establish mitigation plans with leaders.
- Communicate architectural direction, decisions, risks, and investment needs to senior executives and other stakeholders.
- Mentor architects and technical leads and strengthen systems thinking, technical judgment, and communication.
Requirements
- 20 or more years of experience in software engineering and platform architecture.
- Expertise in distributed systems, networked and event-driven architectures, APIs, frontend architecture, data platforms, cloud-native technologies, and systems integration.
- Experience designing systems with demanding performance, scalability, reliability, security, privacy, observability, and operational-efficiency requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for explaining complex decisions and tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical audiences.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, engineering, or a related technical field.
- Preferred experience with content platforms, digital-asset systems, marketplaces, search and discovery systems, or large-scale media-processing workflows.
- Preferred experience developing Agentic AI systems and solutions and working in highly matrixed, enterprise-scale environments.
- An advanced degree such as an M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
Benefits
- U.S. annual base pay range is $190,200–$360,500, with a California range of $248,900–$360,500; compensation varies by work location and qualifications.
- Non-sales roles may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Plan and certain roles may receive long-term incentives through a new-hire equity award.
- Adobe provides comprehensive benefits programs and emphasizes an inclusive culture where employees are empowered to make an impact.
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About Adobe
Adobe builds software for creative work, document workflows, and customer experience used by individuals, teams, and enterprises. Its products include Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro), Acrobat/Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud for marketing and analytics, sold primarily via subscriptions. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe is a public company traded on NASDAQ under the ticker ADBE.