Senior Software Engineer - Backend

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join the new Project Graph services team ject Graph is a new creative system that lets you combine first- and third-party AI models, Adobe tools, and custom interactive components inside a visual, designer‑friendly node graph editor. Connect a library of tactile, interactive components that give creative control of AI back to your fingertips, transforming ideas into powerful workflows and modular tools that run everywhere, from the web to Adobe apps such as Photoshop.

The services team focuses on developing HTTP APIs for (1) managing Graph plugins, their versioning, publishing, access control, and search, and (2) an async compute platform for running Graphs on the cloud.

• Collaboratively write scalable, resilient HTTP APIs for Project Graph
• Contribute to an async job scheduling system built on top of Kubernetes and Postgres
• Design and implement cloud infrastructure to meet reliability, performance, and cost goals

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science.
• 5‑10 years of backend software development experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience in any server‑side language; we use Node.js/Type Script.
• Expertise with Kubernetes.
• Experience with Postgres, Redis, or other data stores.
• Experience with Terraform and AWS.
• Experience with bash and CI/CD tools such as Circle
  
  CI.
• Expertise in HTTP API security.
• Interest in and ability to learn new technologies.
• Ability to tackle problems in a sustainable way, always striving to improve our processes and learn.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to articulate complex ideas and influence others through well‑reasoned explanations.

The U.S. pay range for this position is $153,600 – $286,600 annually, varying by work location and job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The California pay range is $228,600 – $331,050. Certain roles may be eligible for long‑term incentives such as a new hire equity award.

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