Senior Web Development Engineer – Front End

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

At Adobe, we are seeking an experienced individual to join our world-class engineering team in Product Engagement Systems (PES) in Photoshop team in San Jose. This is an outstanding opportunity to be part of an ambitious project that builds the future of digital experiences. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse team, pushing the boundaries of what's possible and making an impactful contribution to the industry.

Job Description

A senior front-end engineer with 7+ years of Typescript, CSS, and build-system expertise who can independently build, debug, automate, and validate complex client-side systems.

Programming Language & Module Systems

• 7+ years of experience proficiency in Typescript for large-scale production front-end systems
• Deep understanding of JavaScript runtime behavior (event loop, async execution, memory)
• Clear understanding of JavaScript module systems, including:
  • ES Module (ESM): import /export, tree-shaking, bundler behavior
  • CommonJS (CJS): require, module resolution, interoperability with ESM
• Ability to debug issues caused by mixed module systems in real-world build pipelines
• Working knowledge of Node.js for tooling, scripting, and automation
• Familiarity with Python for build scripts or automation tasks

Front-End Architecture & UI Development

• Hands-on experience building complex UIs using React and/or Web Components
• Ability to design reusable UI components with clear ownership and lifecycle
• Experience managing complex client-side state and event flows
• Strong understanding of client-side performance trade-offs and rendering behavior

CSS & Styling Systems

• Solid understanding of CSS fundamentals, including:
  • Box model, layout (Flexbox, Grid)
  • Cascade, specificity, inheritance

Build Systems & Tooling

• Strong familiarity with Node.js-based build pipelines

Data Validation & Analysis

• Hands-on experience instrumenting front-end applications with analytics, logging, and telemetry

• Ability to validate and ensure accurate client-side logs, metrics, and events are emitted to centralized analytics systems
• Experience querying and analyzing telemetry in tools such as Splunk to assess feature health and application performance
• Ability to use analytics and logs to troubleshoot production issues and identify regressions or anomalies

Automation & CI/CD

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins

Back-End & API Integration

• Working knowledge of server-side development to support and integrate with front-end systems
• Experience consuming and debugging RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
• Understanding of request/response lifecycles, data serialization, and error handling
• Familiarity with authentication and authorization concepts
• Ability to troubleshoot issues across client–server boundaries
• Experience collaborating with back-end engineers on API contracts and system design

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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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