Senior Android Development Engineer

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

Adobe has empowered creative professionals for decades to do their best work. Now we are aiming to empower everyone to express their stories. When we say Creativity for All, we mean it. Adobe Express is a next-generation content creation platform used by millions of individuals, small businesses, social media marketers, students, and educators who want a fast, fun, and streamlined solution for media creation and sharing.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join the Adobe Express Mobile App team. We're looking for outstanding Android engineers with a passion for making creative tools that impact people’s lives.

What you'll Do

• Design and implement major user-facing features in Kotlin and Typescript on our hybrid web/native application stack
• Help direct the evolution of our overall software architecture.
• Make the mobile app experience sing with features not achievable in the web stack alone.
• Lead code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Design to define the product roadmap and assess new technologies.
• Recommend development process improvements and new technology adoption
• Define quality planning for the entire app lifecycle, not just before release.
• Partner with engineers across the organization to understand and address mobile app issues and norms. 

What you need to succeed

• 6+ years of software development experience, including commercial Android applications
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment, taking on multiple roles with autonomy and ownership
• Expert proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin and Android UI development (Jetpack Compose, Media3 a plus)
• Experience with TypeScript or Javascript development
• Strong grasp of architectural patterns (MVC, MVVM), design patterns, and object-oriented programming
• Able to clearly express complex ideas and persuade others through thoughtful explanations
• Proven track record investigating complex, hard-to-reproduce issues in shipping software
• Experience with multi-threading programming and mobile memory management
• Driven to achieve objectives, with a keenness for picking up new technologies and adjusting promptly to evolving needs and surroundings
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation testing frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with hybrid web/native app development
• Familiarity with Lit, MobX, Web Components, and modern browser-based tech stack
• Experience working on mobile web apps, especially in resource-constrained environments

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 $170,500 -- $320,000 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.

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Massachusetts:

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