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About the Role

Drover is the framework behind many of Adobe's flagship desktop applications, powering the user interface of software like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. We are seeking a Senior Design Engineer to modernize how Adobe's desktop products are built and enhance their look and feel. This role involves influencing the technical implementation and support of Adobe’s design system, Spectrum, and defining how designs are realized across desktop UIs. It presents a unique opportunity to innovate in areas like layout, animation, rendering, theming, and performance for high-performance native frameworks.

Responsibilities

Partner with designers, engineers, and product teams
Modernize Drover’s UI foundations for fast, polished, native experiences
Shape framework capabilities, APIs, and abstractions that help product teams ship UI faster and more consistently
Prototype, validate, and ship new UI capabilities through close collaboration
Build automation, validation, and performance systems that make quality measurable at scale
Participate in design and code reviews, helping set the standard for UI craft
Use AI-assisted tools thoughtfully while maintaining high standards for correctness, performance, and quality

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience, with deep production C++ expertise
Strong systems-design experience, including framework or platform architecture
Depth in at least one UI framework area, such as layout, animation, rendering, theming, or performance
Experience building cross-platform software for Windows and macOS
A track record of solving complex technical problems while keeping software fast, reliable, and maintainable
Design sensibility, strong communication skills, and experience developing alignment across design and engineering teams

Skills

C++
Objective-C
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

$139,000 - $257,550 annually
$177,900 - $257,550 annually (California)
$161,700 - $234,150 annually (Washington)

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits programs

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.
At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Equal Opportunity

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 protected characteristic.
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