Sr. Software Development Engineer, Adobe Stock

The Opportunity Adobe Stock powers one of the world’s largest marketplaces for creative assets — serving millions of customers and contributors worldwide. Our platform enables creators to discover, customize, license, manage and integrate content seamlessly into their workflows. We are looking for a Senior Software Development Engineer who combines deep front-end expertise with solid backend proficiency, a sharp product attitude, and a passion for engineering excellence. You will play a key role in shaping scalable, high-performance web experiences that operate at a global level. This is a role for someone who thrives at the intersection of product thinking, technical depth, and proactive ownership — someone who doesn’t just implement requirements, but actively improves systems, experiences, and processes! What you'll do Design, build, and continuously evolve high-quality, performant, and accessible web applications, scalable backend services and APIs that operate reliably Take end-to-end ownership of complex features — from ideation and technical design through implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration. Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and other Engineering teams to translate business strategy into robust technical solutions. Champion engineering excellence: code quality, observability, performance optimization, reliability, and security. Identify technical debt and proactively drive improvements in architecture, tooling, and developer experience. Mentor peers and contribute to raising the technical bar across the team. What you need to succeed Technical Depth 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building large-scale web applications. Expert-level experience in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js Solid production experience in backend development with Node.js, and practical working knowledge of PHP-based systems. Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL services. Proven experience working with cloud platforms. Hands-on experience with microservices architectures, distributed systems, and/or serverless patterns. Strong understanding of CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and performance tuning in production systems. Software Engineering Fundamentals Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis. Deep understanding of object-oriented programming principles, modular design, and clean architecture. Practical experience applying design patterns and building scalable, maintainable systems. Ability to reason about trade-offs across scalability, reliability and performance Commitment to writing clean, testable, and well-documented code. AI-Augmented Engineering Expectations We expect senior engineers to operate at the frontier of modern development practices. Treat AI as a force-multiplier. You understand when to trust an agent, when to stay in the loop, and how to build systems that remain safe and auditable. Actively use AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar) as core engineering tools for full-feature implementation, code review and refactoring, architecture exploration, test generation, debugging support This is part of how you work every day — paired with strong engineering judgment and accountability. Product & Ownership Attitude Think beyond tickets — you understand user impact, business trade-offs, and long-term system health. Proactively find opportunities for innovation and improvement. Take ownership of outcomes, not just output. Balance speed with sustainability and technical rigor. Collaboration & Leadership Communicate complex technical ideas clearly. Elevate team standards through thoughtful code reviews and mentorship. Drive alignment across multi-functional partners. Bring curiosity, pragmatism, and a bias toward action. If you’re energized by building high-impact systems, employing modern intelligent workflows responsibly, and shaping experiences used by millions of creators worldwide — we’d love ... (truncated, view full listing at source)