Adobe is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build and operate the large-scale distributed systems behind Adobe Experience Cloud products such as Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Analytics, and Adobe Experience Manager. You will work on high-throughput backend systems, real-time data pipelines, and cloud-native services running at global scale.
What You'll Do
- Design and build scalable backend services using Java and JVM technologies
- Develop high-performance APIs and microservices serving global customer traffic
- Build and operate distributed systems and event-driven architectures
- Design real-time and batch data processing pipelines using technologies such as Kafka and Spark
- Develop with a strong product-first approach, while prioritizing quality, reliability, security, and performance
- Collaborate multi-functionally with architects, product managers, data engineers, and site reliability engineers
- Contribute to infrastructure-as-code efforts using tools like Terraform and manage CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration via Kubernetes
- Monitor services with advanced observability tooling like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, and Datadog
What We're Looking For
- 6+ years of backend software engineering experience
- Strong expertise in Java and the JVM ecosystem
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems or microservices
- Hands-on experience with Kafka or other event streaming technologies
- Experience building high-scale backend systems or data platforms
- Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Strong understanding of system scalability, performance, and reliability
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, etc.)
Technical Stack
- Languages: Java, JVM
- Data: Kafka, Spark
- Infrastructure: Terraform, Kubernetes
- Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic, Datadog
- Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP
Team & Environment
Join Adobe's largest Engineering hub in EMEA.
Benefits & Compensation
- Work on systems that process billions of events every day
- Solve complex distributed systems challenges at global scale
- Build technology used by thousands of the world’s leading brands
- Collaborate with highly experienced engineers across multiple engineering teams
- Contribute to the evolution of cloud-native data platforms powering digital experiences
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.
