Software Development Engineer

About the Role

• Design and develop backend services that contribute to the core architecture of the commerce platform.
• Build end-to-end features with a focus on correctness, performance, and maintainability; use LLM-powered development tools (Claude, Codex) as a force multiplier in your daily workflow.
• Contribute to selecting appropriate frameworks and libraries to solve problems efficiently.
• Collaborate across teams to understand requirements, share technical context, and align on implementation approaches.
• Take ownership of services and features through their full lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Identify gaps in current solutions and propose improvements to performance, scalability, and reliability.

Requirements

Experience

• 3–5 years of professional software development experience in Java backend systems.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying microservices in a cloud environment (AWS preferred).
• Exposure to payments, or e-commerce domains is a plus.

Technical Skills

• Strong Java programming fundamentals — data structures, algorithms, concurrency.
• Experience with Spring Boot, REST APIs, JSON, and J2EE patterns.
• Familiarity with messaging systems such as Kafka.
• Working knowledge of SQL and at least one NoSQL database (MongoDB, Cassandra, or similar).
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Maven, Git, Sonar).
• Comfort with AWS services and cloud-native design patterns.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks: JUnit, TestNG.
• Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools (Claude, GitHub Copilot, Codex, or similar) in day-to-day engineering work.

Soft Skills & Mindset

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills — you can break down complex problems and drive them to resolution.
• Clear written and verbal communication; you can explain technical tradeoffs to peers and stakeholders.
• Self-motivated with a curiosity about emerging AI capabilities and how they apply to backend engineering.
• Strong sense of ownership — you follow through and flag risks early.
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum/DevOps environments.

About the Company

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.