Software Development Engineer

The Opportunity

Join us in crafting the future of experience delivery. We are pioneering semantic enrichment within the Adobe Experience Data Model (XDM), transforming how businesses understand and act on their data. By integrating semantic search, knowledge graphs, and advanced natural language understanding (NLU), we are redefining knowledge retrieval and personalization at scale.

Adobe XDM is a standardized data framework that delivers a consistent, unified, and interoperable structure across Adobe Experience Platform and its applications. It functions as the core for real-time customer data management, allowing for seamless data integration. Through semantic enrichment, XDM is progressing beyond structured data management to enable context recognition, intent-based recommendations, and automated decision-making.

Joining the XDM Semantic Enrichment team as an engineer means being at the forefront of developing advanced search and discovery capabilities. Your primary responsibility will involve crafting intelligent search solutions that exceed traditional keyword matching by incorporating NLU, machine learning, and knowledge graphs to deliver relevant insights. By working on this, you will enable brands to quickly access, understand, and act upon data, enabling improved efficiency and personalization.

• Design and implement AI-centric backend and mid-tier services in a distributed services environment.
• Integrate and build systems and models crafted by our machine learning and data science teams with a focus on natural language processing.
• Architect high-performance, low-latency, and fault-tolerant software solutions.
• Work closely with customers, product managers, and designers to craft innovative experiences.
• Bring a broad perspective to cross-team decisions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and long-term vision.
• Own the full software development lifecycle from development and testing to deployment and Dev Ops.
• Serve as a mentor to junior engineers on the team, offering technical guidance and support to foster their professional development.

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience in backend or distributed systems development.
• Extensive experience working with distributed systems and scalable architectures.
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, Python, or any programming language.
• Experience with database management systems (SQL or No
  
  SQL), data modeling, and query optimization.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make smart trade-offs between speed and technical debt.
• Self-starter with a growth mindset, eager to work on groundbreaking technologies in a fast-paced environment.

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 Gen Studio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

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.

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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.

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 $159,200 -- $301,600 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.

In California, the pay range for this position is $208,300 - $301,600

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