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
We are looking for an Application Software Engineer with a strong understanding of common UI toolkits, familiarity with 3D graphics applications and a deep sense of software craftsmanship to participate in the design, implementation, and deployment of our next generation multi surface collaborative 3D graphics software for creative professionals. Leveraging various technologies to visualize, create, capture, and generate 3D content, we believe this new product will bring unique and artist’s friendly 3D capabilities to creative professionals through a deep connection with flagship applications like Photoshop and Illustrator.
We are a tight knit team developing state-of-the-art software and delivering robust, fast, and resource-conscious components to product teams.
Our team will closely collaborate with Adobe's UX design and research teams to turn groundbreaking ideas and technologies into shipping features.
What you'll Do
- Work collaboratively with UX designers, engineers and researchers to architect, develop, maintain and optimize new software solutions
- Design and implement modern algorithms by writing robust, high-performance code
- Develop experiments to explore tradeoffs between various possible implementations
- Identify and fix application bugs and performance bottlenecks
- Review code on a near daily basis and give detailed, constructive feedback
- Work closely with many different product and teams across Adobe to integrate software across organizational boundaries
- Provide leadership to the group and mentorship to junior-level engineers
What you need to succeed
- 5+ years writing production code
- Deep knowledge of C++ (C++17 preferred) design patterns
- Experience writing cross platform code
- Experience with design of high-level APIs and frameworks
- DAG scene graph design and/or Entity Component System Serialization
- Experience in profiling, debugging and testing native applications
- Experience with optimization and profiling tools
- Experience in at least one scripting language, Python in particular
- Strong communication skills and attention to detail
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience or education
- Bonus expertise: Universal Scene Description (USD) API and frameworks, Modern graphics APIs (OpenGL, DirectX, Vulkan, Metal), Qt application framework, and/or 3D content creation tools (e.g. Maya, Cinema4D)
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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What We Do
When you join Adobe Life in Austin, you’ll immerse yourself into a world of cutting-edge technology, exceptional colleagues and meaningful work that touches millions of people everywhere.
Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results. In short, Adobe is everywhere, and we’re changing the world through digital experiences.
Why Work With Us
Adobe Austin embodies the culture of the Austin neighborhood around it which is diverse, enterprising and innovative.
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