Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer

Company Name: Adobe

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Job Description: Senior Backend Engineer
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Adobe
10,001+ employees

Creates subscription-based creative, marketing, documents software

Compensation Overview
$139k - $257.6k/yr

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Remote in Canada + 3 more

More locations: Washington, USA | California, USA | New York, NY, USA

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Software Engineering
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Backend Engineering
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MySQL
SQL
Elixir
Postgres





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Requirements
Extensive experience in designing and developing multiple large-scale Web application backend systems.
Deep experience in overall system design and implementation—how they scale, how they should fit together, and how they’re likely to break.
Familiarity with common API and services design standards.
Experience in PostgreSQL or MySQL outside of an ORM, including the ability to design SQL queries for performance and efficiency.
Experience in modifying and migrating legacy components with little to no downtime.
Ability to analyze and solve difficult problems across the backend.
Experience in Elixir or a comparable functional programming language, or interest and a deep desire to learn.
Responsibilities
Write solid and scalable code.
Doing regular code reviews.
Building new features and services in Elixir.
Providing technical leadership to junior engineers.

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Adobe provides a broad set of digital experience tools, covering creative software, document management, and marketing solutions. Its core offerings—Adobe Creative Cloud for design, Adobe Document Cloud for PDFs and workflows, and Adobe Experience Cloud for marketing and customer experiences—are available through a subscription model that includes individual, business, and enterprise plans. How it works: users access a suite of applications and services via cloud-based software and licensing, enabling them to create, deliver, and optimize digital content across platforms. Adobe differentiates itself by offering an integrated, end-to-end ecosystem that spans creative work, document workflows, and marketing data, along with enterprise-grade features and services. It also explores expanding capabilities in 3D design and augmented reality, aiming to support both individuals and organizations in building and managing digital experiences at scale.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

San Jose, California

Founded

1994