Lead Software Engineer - Backend

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join the new Project Graph services team at Adobe .

Project Graph is a new creative system that lets you combine first and third-party AI models, Adobe tools, and custom interactive components inside a visual, designer-friendly node graph editor. Connect a library of tactile, interactive components that bring creative control of AI back to your fingertips. Transform ideas into powerful workflows and modular tools that run anywhere, from the web to Adobe apps like Photoshop.

And if you'd rather focus on creating than building, you can tap into a growing ecosystem of community-built tools without ever opening the editor.

The services team focuses on developing HTTP APIs for two primary uses: (1) managing Graph plugins , their versioning, publishing, access control and search, (2) async compute platform for running Graphs on the cloud.

In this backend- focused role, you will play a key role in developing HTTP APIs, working closely with cluster orchestrators like Kubernetes, and building on top of AWS cloud infrastructure.

- Collaboratively write scalable, resilient HTTP APIs for Project Graph

- Contribute to an async job scheduling system built on top of Kubernetes and Postgres

- Design and implement cloud infrastructure to meet reliability, performance and cost goals

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in C omputer S cience.

- Strong hands-on experience i n a ny server-side language ; w e use Node.js/ Typescript .

- Ability to tackle problems in a sustainable way, always striving to improve our process es and learn.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well-reasoned explanations.

Expected Pay Range: Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $173,500 -- $331,050 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California, the pay range for this position is $228,600 - $331,050