Software Development Engineer - AEM

The Opportunity Every time you search for a document, ask a question in an app, or explore a knowledge base, you expect fast, relevant, and intelligent results. At Adobe, we believe search is more than just retrieval—it’s about discovery, understanding, and delivering meaningful experiences. The Content AI team is building the intelligence that powers search across Adobe’s ecosystem, transforming how users interact with content. From semantic understanding to generative answers, we’re redefining what enterprise search can be. Join us to shape the future of search, where every query becomes a gateway to insight and every result is powered by the best of AI and human creativity. What Will You Do Design and implement scalable, high-performance services that power intelligent search and content understanding across Adobe products. Collaborate with software engineers, machine learning experts, product managers, and designers to deliver search experiences powered by advanced technology that delight users. Contribute to the architecture of the Content AI platform, ensuring it is robust, extensible, and secure. Analyze system performance and user behavior to continuously improve relevance, latency, and engagement. Participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, code reviews, and retrospectives. What You Need to Succeed Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java or Python. Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and problem-solving techniques. Proven experience in designing and developing scalable, distributed systems and microservices. Solid understanding of cloud-native development (preferably on Azure). Familiarity with observability practices, including monitoring, logging, and tracing. Familiarity with infrastructure tools such as containers, orchestrators, and cloud providers. Hands-on experience with monitoring solutions like New Relic, Prometheus, or Grafana. Experience with build management tools. Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor AI, GitHub Copilot) or a demonstrated willingness to learn and integrate them into daily workflows is required. Ability to investigate and debug complex issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions. Eagerness to learn and adapt to new technologies and frameworks. A commitment to high-quality engineering, with attention to detail in both development and testing. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Nice to Have Experience with search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Lucene, vector search) or information retrieval systems. Exposure to machine learning or natural language processing concepts. About Adobe 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 GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity. Our 30,000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. Let’s Adobe together At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture , focus on people, purpose and community , Adobe for All , comprehensive benefits programs , the stories we tell , the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create. Adobe is prou ... (truncated, view full listing at source)