Senior Software Developer - Cloud Video

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 ROLE
We are the Video Cloud group, building next generation collaborative video editing solutions and workflows. We are enabling customers of Adobe's video apps (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder) to connect and create collaboratively across the world by using new cloud-based services and solutions. Our tools are used by Hollywood, major news outlets, social media influencers (YouTube / Instagram), and content creatives all over the world.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
As a senior software engineer of the Cloud Video team, be responsible for crafting and improving our world class technology stack to deliver cloud-connected, collaborative video editing and media management solutions. Build new features and services for Premiere Pro, After Effects and other creative apps. This particular role is focused on building a new cloud-connected media synchronization solution to enable fast, reliable collaborative access within our creative apps. Work closely with a senior team of engineers, developers, designers and product managers who live and breath all things video and cloud. This is a phenomenal opportunity to learn from, and contribute to, an outstanding group of hardworking video professionals. Having a passion for understanding and creating modern software architectures with a quality first approach is key for this role. Specific areas of ownership and opportunity include:

•  Deliver new media collaboration features using C++ for the Mac and Windows platforms

•  Design and implement solutions that integrate with a host of cloud services and capabilities

•  Demonstrate knowledge and experience in designing and building complex database driven, collaborative features and services

•  Responsible for solving problems that arise and to continually improve and enhance the system and product quality
• Obliterate performance limitations and institute optimized algorithms for effective design improvements.

•  Work hand-in-hand with senior engineers, experience designers and product managers to build the right set of features for our customers.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

• Undergraduate and/or Graduate degrees in Computer Science & Engineering disciplines
• Passion for problem solving and understanding complex systems

• Interest in developing solutions to ensure we deliver nothing but the best user experiences and quality

• A minimum of 7-10 years of experience as a software engineer

• Deep knowledge of C++

• Experience integrating with REST APIs is a plus

•  Experience developing applications for Mac and/or Windows is required

•  Exposure to and experience with video editing software is a plus

•  Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies
•  Comfortable asking questions and seeking advice, working collaboratively

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on Best Companies lists (http://www.adobe.com/careers/awards.html).

You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmL6uQZhYhw&list=UUlDSu3-Y4-BfI08784K-P4g&feature=share&index=1) approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.

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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 $173,300 -- $312,200 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.

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