Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION



Our CompanyChanging 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! IntroductionDo you have a passion for building high-quality, well-designed mobile user interfaces, and helping solve design and engineering problems at scale? Do you excel in working with multi-functional teams of engineers and designers, delving into complex issues surrounding Android application architecture and striving for design perfection and consistency? Adobe Design is looking for a Staff Design Engineer to join our Spectrum Design System team, focused on Android development. On the Spectrum team, we bridge design and technology, providing Adobe with tools, components, infrastructure, and services that enable design precision and consistent, fully accessible user experiences, across a range of products.The opportunityIn this role, you will help mobile product teams at Adobe build and use Spectrum-based Android components. You will participate in key planning activities, such as feature discovery, system architecture, requirements definition, project scope, and delivery. You will have direct ownership of technical direction and play a key role in ensuring Spectrum is available for our customers in a timely, stable, and scalable way. And, just as importantly, you will help us continue to build a collaborative, friendly and vibrant engineering culture within Adobe Design.What you'll doo Collaborate with our design team to ensure Spectrum's visual aesthetic and user experience is built into our Android component libraries while maintaining an idiomatic API for our customerso Lead architectural discussions and help build technical alignment both on our team and across product team boundarieso Understand and derive data from designs, map data to clear abstractions, and integrate that design datao Partner with internal product teams to define, build, support, and validate implementations of Spectrum in Adobe's products.o Help communicate product engineering concerns back to design, and help drive process improvements to address concernso Assist in the discovery and delivery of fixes needed for our Spectrum libraryWhat you need to succeedMust-Haveso Specialist understanding of building performant and complex UI components in the Android ecosystem, ideally having direct experience with the Android Studio, Kotlin, and Java. (5+ years)o Passion and desire for building user interface components with meticulous attention to design detailso Experience building and supporting frameworks or SDKs used by other developerso Experience with git and GitHub, the process of contribution to open source development, and performing peer code reviewso Solid understanding of UI accessibility practices, standards, and testing methodso Practice working closely with designers, including a strong understanding of how to convert a design into codeo A pragmatic, collaborative and open-minded outlook, and a high degree of comfort working in a fast-paced environmento Practice with open development, collaborative code reviews, and providing detailed feedback to other team memberso Comfortable driving improvements to overall library architecture, testing processes, and external integrations.Nice-to-Haveso Familiarity with the concepts behind design systems and how they are being applied in product developmento Hands-on usage of build, test, and release methods; such as compilers, linting, CI/CD tooling, software testing and validation techniques, and modern dev-ops practiceso Experience working with partners to inform product roadmap planningAdobe 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. Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call (408) 536-3015.