Sr Computer Scientist

The Opportunity

Adobe Creative Cloud Extensibility Team is looking for passionate engineers who are crafting the future of design and creativity. If you’re passionate about building world-class web experiences used by millions globally and developing highly scalable, extensible frontend platforms, this is the role for you.

We are in search of a Senior Engineer with comprehensive experience in modern web technologies, strong architectural capabilities, and a commitment to delivering pixel-perfect, high-performance user experiences. You will be instrumental in transforming how users interact with Adobe products across international markets.

As a member of the Extensibility team, you build and refine frontend systems. These systems deliver embedded experiences across Adobe and external platforms. You will also support a common, scalable UI ecosystem.

In this role, you will:

• Build and develop high-quality, scalable applications using modern JavaScript, TypeScript etc
• Translate complex product and build requirements into intuitive, performant, and accessible user interfaces
• Define and improve frontend architecture for extensible and embedded web experiences across Creative Cloud
• Build reusable components, libraries, and patterns that enable consistency across products
• Collaborate closely with build, product, and backend teams to deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions
• Ensure performance, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility at scale
• Conduct code reviews and uphold high standards for code quality, testing, and maintainability
• Drive adoption of modern frontend guidelines, including state management, modular architecture, and build tooling
• Troubleshoot and resolve UI performance and scalability issues in complex production environments
• Contribute to a collaborative, globally distributed engineering culture

Must Haves:

• 10+ years of experience in frontend or fullstack development with a strong frontend focus
• Extensive knowledge of JavaScript, TypeScript, React, HTML, and CSS
• Strong understanding of modern frontend architecture, including building with reusable parts and state management patterns
• Experience building large-scale, high-performance web applications
• Proficiency with frontend build tools and ecosystems (e.g., Webpack, Vite, Babel, npm/yarn)
• Solid understanding of web performance optimization, accessibility (a11y), and responsive development
• Experience integrating with backend services via APIs (REST/GraphQL)
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field

Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience working with or contributing to build systems or UI component libraries
• Familiarity with extensibility frameworks, plugins, or SDK development
• Exposure to micro-frontend architectures
• Experience with testing frameworks (Jest, Playwright, Cypress, etc.)
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Awareness of internationalization (i18n) and localization challenges in frontend development
• Experience collaborating across multiple teams and geographies

About Adobe

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. 

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