Our Company

Changing 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!

Typography has been at Adobe’s core since it was founded almost 40 years ago. Today, we have millions of Creative Cloud users who design with text across our apps. 

The Adobe Type Client Engineering team is focused on delivering the next generation of font and text experiences for Creative Cloud – every app, every surface, and every user designing in a supported language or script. We are looking for someone excited to join a team of people who care about the quality of typography and layout in creative applications. They must thrive in an agile environment, excel at working with multiple partner teams, and possess the sensitivity required to build solutions that meet the needs and expectations of our multicultural community.

The Challenge:

Are you energized by type, fonts and typography? Do you spend your time optimizing and enriching creative work using groundbreaking technologies, such as multi-platform development frameworks, native code, and modern C++? Are the features you write visible in leading design products like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Premiere, not only on the desktop, but also on mobile and web platforms? If not, and you wish you were, look no further.

What you will do:

• Work on enhancements and optimizations in our Adobe Text Engine and other shared text components, in C++ and native code (e.g. Swift, Objective-C) for desktop, web and mobile platforms.
• Build powerful components that Adobe’s product teams like Photoshop (Ps) and XD will integrate into their new UI.
• Partner with various product teams (e.g. Ps, Xd, Fr, Ai, Id etc.) to integrate our components into Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps.
• Build the font and type features that will impact the face of Creative Cloud products and affect millions of users in their efficiency.

What you need to succeed :

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• 3+ years of experience building products for developers e.g. SDKs, libraries, open source software.
• Proven experience in C++. (modern C++ e.g. C++11, C++14 is a plus)
• Experience writing libraries or apps on iOS or Android. (Objective-C, Android Java, Kotlin).
• Understanding of web browser technology / JavaScript engines.
• Passion for writing efficient highly performant code for mobile platforms.
• Passion for collaborating with multiple engineering teams that are clients using your software.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field.

Phenomenal to have :

• Contributions to web standards, JavaScript engines or other open source projects.
• Experience with Web Assembly
• Professional experience developing libraries or SDKs.
• Practical experience developing on contemporary web frameworks (React, Angular, NodeJS) or multi-platform technologies like React Native or NativeScript.
• Knowledge of foreign languages’ (e.g. Japanese, Chinese or Korean) layout rules and fonts.