The Opportunity
Adobe is looking for a Senior Data Engineer - Data Products & AI to join our Adobe Unified Platform team, where you will play a key role in advancing data engineering, data warehousing, and AI innovation. This position offers the chance to collaborate with multi-functional teams, including Solution Architects, Product Managers, and engineers across global locations, to deliver impactful solutions aligned with Adobe’s strategic goals. We are seeking a driven individual who thrives on solving complex challenges, mentoring peers, and pushing the boundaries of technology to shape the future of Adobe’s data and AI capabilities.
What You'll Do
- Build data products that are optimized for both human and AI consumption, ensuring seamless usability, accessibility, and integration across diverse workflows.
- Drive the implementation of innovative data warehousing strategies, ensuring efficient data storage, retrieval, and transformation processes.
- Architect and optimize scalable data pipelines and models to handle the exponential growth of data and analytics needs.
- Lead the design and development of robust software solutions, ensuring high-quality code, thorough testing, and comprehensive documentation.
- Spearhead initiatives to enhance developer productivity and streamline engineering workflows through innovative automation and AI-powered solutions.
What You Need to Succeed
- A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with 10+ years of experience in data engineering and software development.
- Proven expertise in designing and deploying scalable data solutions using SQL and Python, with a focus on automation, data transformation, and advanced analytics.
- In-depth knowledge of data architecture, including data modeling, warehousing principles, and the development of efficient data transformation pipelines.
- Extensive experience with modern data platforms and tools, particularly Databricks, Azure, and Airflow, with a demonstrated ability to harness their full capabilities.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, a critical perspective, and the ability to challenge conventional approaches to drive innovation.
- Ability to quickly acquire new skills and apply them to solve challenging problems.
- Experience using AI tools (e.g. Cursor) to more efficiently build production-worthy applications and data pipelines.
- Knowledge of standard engineering productivity tools such as GitHub, JIRA, Confluence, etc.
- Experience building conversational and workflow automation AI agents in production environments.
- Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with a passion for mentoring and fostering a culture of creativity and excellence.
About Adobe
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.
** Let’s Adobe together**
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Expected Pay Range:
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 $159,200 -- $301,600 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.
In California, the pay range for this position is $208,300 - $301,600
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:
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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:
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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.