Adobe is hiring : Staff UI Engineer in San Francisco

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!

The Opportunity

Join Adobe as a Cloud Development Engineer working alongside a dedicated team focused on delivering exceptional FinOps solutions. This role entails providing financial guidance, operational strategies, and technical insights to drive transparency in costs, optimize resources, and foster sustainable cloud growth. As a vital team member, your responsibilities will encompass planning, showcasing , building, and testing cloud-native software systems. You will also be involved in designing and scaling backend services and microservices. This role is geared towards advancing cloud engineering initiatives on AWS and Azure. Your duties will involve creating and managing automation tools for processing and analyzing infrastructure and resource usage data. These tools are pivotal in improving cost visibility, optimizing resources, and enhancing performance at scale to ensure operational efficiency and reliability.

What You’ll Do

Develop high-performance, reliable, and maintainable code that meets our outstanding standards, and participate in all aspects of software development including design, coding, code review, testing, bug fixing, and code / API documentation.

Actively participate in daily and weekly stand-ups, collaborating with engineers to ensure smooth project progress. Contribute to a supportive team culture by giving and receiving constructive feedback.

Thrive in a fast-paced environment by working both independently and as part of a team. Communicate clearly and positively and take on additional responsibilities as needed to meet team and project goals.

Formulate, broaden, and advance microservice solutions to elevate performance on AWS and Azure clouds, and enhance tools for managing infrastructure data.

Solve complex technical problems related to large-scale cloud cost, utilization , and performance data aggregation, workflow automation, and actionable reporting, and collaborate with cross-functional engineering and platform teams to establish and maintain guidelines for cloud cost governance, rightsizing, and performance monitoring.

Build robust backend services for scalable, reliable data pipelines and dashboards supporting financial and operational decision-making. Integrate optimization and governance features into AI workflows for enhanced anomaly detection, forecasting, and recommendations.

Stay ahead of industry trends in cloud performance engineering and automation and apply innovations where appropriate .

What You Need to Succeed

Education & Experience

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience, with 1–2 years of professional experience in software or cloud engineering (3+ years preferred).

Background in developing large-scale systems, technical operations processes, and supporting new services.

Programming & Backend Development

Strong skills in Python or other modern programming languages.

Practical involvement with backend services, microservices, RESTful APIs, and data ingestion pipelines.

Proficiency with SQL and NoSQL databases, including designing and scaling solutions for high performance and reliability.

Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure

Proficiency in implementing and handling solutions in AWS and Azure.

Familiar with core services : compute , storage, networking, monitoring, and automation.

Understanding of distributed systems, high-availability architectures, and troubleshooting in large-scale Linux and Windows environments.

Knowledge of key protocols (DNS, DHCP, TCP / IP, HTTP, SSH) and configuration management systems.

FinOps & Performance Engineering

Exposure to cost optimization strategies, rightsizing, utilization tracking, tagging, and governance.

Experience with performance engineering methodologies to improve efficiency at scale.

Ability to design systems that handle large-scale data aggregation and reporting with accuracy and reliability.

AI & Automation

Proficiency with AI-powered developer tools (Cursor, Copilot, etc.) to generate, refactor, and accelerate code delivery.

Experience building and managing AI agents, including prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, and monitoring solutions.

Curiosity to leverage AI / ML in automation and optimization across cloud environments.

DevOps & Tooling

Practical knowledge of CI / CD and deployment automation.

Familiarity with cloud-native and SaaS technologies such as Jenkins, Git, Jira, Confluence, containers, and log analysis tools.

Experience with monitoring and observability platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and NewRelic .

Collaboration & Growth Mindset

Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across finance, operations, and engineering teams.

Ability to thrive in dynamic environments with shifting priorities, making decisions guided by policies and business goals.

Self-driven, conscientious, and committed to attaining quantifiable cost reductions and performance improvements.

Growth mindset—willing to ask for help, patient in learning, and adaptable to new challenges and technologies.

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 $113,400 $206,300 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.

State-Specific Notices :

California :

Fair Chance Ordinances

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

Colorado :

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts :

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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 applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.

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