Key skills

ReactTypeScriptJavaScriptWeb application developmentFunctional programmingTest-Driven Development (TDD)Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)Web ComponentsRxJSGenerative AI modelsUX designWebGPUWritten and verbal communicationAIGenerative AILarge Language ModelsTDDPerformance OptimizationCI/CDProduct ManagementCommunicationCollaboration

About this role

Adobe is a company that provides creativity tools and platforms, including Adobe Firefly. The Lead Software Development Engineer will architect and maintain the user-facing Firefly experience, establish client platform architecture and coding practices, collaborate with design and product teams, engage customers, and refine workflows through testing.

Responsibilities:

Help establish architecture and quality coding practices for the Adobe Firefly client platform
Define long-term solutions for component based architecture using functional programming
Work closely with the design team, product management and our internal clients translating early ideas into interactive prototypes
Engage with customers to identify problems, A|B test solutions, and refine workflows
Expand your knowledge and skills to stay ahead of the latest development, test, and deployment methodologies

Requirements:

7-10+ years of professional experience developing interactive web applications, preferably in the creative tool domain
B.S or higher in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Well established practice of building and deploying web applications or interactive sites using React
High proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript (ES6+)
Confidence to be an opinionated, pragmatic developer - especially in the areas of writing high-performance, reliable and maintainable code
Ability to perform independently in a hybrid or remote first work environment supported by competent written and verbal communication skills
Web components (LIT or other similar), Observables based programming (RxJS or similar)
Fluent in functional programming style
Fluent with Test Driven Development (TDD)
Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
Exposure to generative AI models, including text-to-image and large language models
Experience with video or similar multi-track non-linear editors
Experience in UX design, design systems or close collaboration with design teams
Knowledge of modern web technologies, for example, WASM, WebGPU and canvas rendering, security, asynchrony and performance optimization