Senior Computer Scientist (Backend)

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!

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 craft beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and to transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to building exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has equal opportunity. We know that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

Join the Gen AI Experiences team at Adobe Experience Platform, crafting modern cloud-native services.

This role combines hands-on software development with architectural leadership. You will collaborate with global engineering, product, and AI/ML teams to deliver scalable systems that bring the power of Generative AI to marketing, analytics, and personalization use cases.

• Architect, design, and develop highly scalable, low-latency microservices and APIs in Java to support AI-powered experiences.

• Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to design and integrate AI/ML model orchestration and inference workflows.

• Drive system design, architecture reviews, and performance optimization across distributed systems.

• Partner with product management and UX teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.

• Build cloud-native services using containerized and event-driven architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Pub/Sub).

• Implement guidelines for observability, reliability, and performance in production environments.

• Mentor engineers, foster technical excellence, and contribute to architectural blueprints and design documentation.

• Ensure security, compliance, and maintainability of all deployed services.

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

• 10+ years of experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems using Java and Spring Boot (or equivalent frameworks).

• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and performance engineering.

• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and DevOps practices (CI/CD, monitoring, automation).

• Experience with microservices, API design (REST/gRPC), and data persistence (SQL, NoSQL).

• Exposure to AI/ML systems integration, model serving, or workflow orchestration.

• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a global, multi-functional environment.

• Passion for innovation and a desire to shape how Generative AI transforms digital experiences.

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