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As one of the world’s most innovative software companies whose products touch billions of people around the world, Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations — customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive business growth, and build remarkable experiences.
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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Job Title: Backend Engineer – Advanced Benchmark Platform
Location: San Jose, CA, United States
Reports to: Engineering Manager
At Adobe, we believe in changing the world through digital experiences. We provide everything needed for crafting and delivering outstanding digital experiences, from emerging artists to global brands. Our team is passionate about empowering people to build beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, transforming how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We are on a mission to hire the very best. We are committed to crafting outstanding employee experiences where everyone is respected and has equal opportunity. We know new ideas can come from anywhere in the organization, and the next big idea could be yours!
At Adobe, we start empowerment internally by providing teams with fast, reliable, and scalable digital infrastructure. This infrastructure transforms large data sets into clear, actionable insights. We seek an experienced Backend Engineer to develop and scale the server-side base of our advanced benchmark and analytics platform. This platform delivers real-time metrics, complex aggregations, customizable dashboards, and dependable data pipelines. It helps all parts of Adobe make faster, more informed decisions and unlock new levels of creativity and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and implement scalable REST/GraphQL APIs and internal services using Node.js and Fastify. These will serve benchmark data, aggregations, filters, and real-time updates to the Vue.js front-end.
- Integrate and optimize queries with ClickHouse using the official @clickhouse/client library for high-throughput analytical workloads.
- Implement caching strategies with Redis to reduce latency on frequent reads, store session data, handle rate limiting, and support real-time features such as pub/sub for live benchmark updates.
- Build and maintain robust data ingestion pipelines, background jobs, and ETL-like processes to feed analytics data into ClickHouse reliably.
- Manage and operate containerized Node.js/Fastify services on Azure Container Apps, including setting up environments, updates, scaling policies, ingress/traffic splitting, secrets, and environment variables.
- Collaborate with front-end engineers, data analysts, and DevOps to define API contracts, resolve integration issues, and iterate on platform capabilities.
- Participate in code reviews, contribute to architecture decisions, and write comprehensive unit/integration tests to maintain code quality.
- Keep up to date with the Fastify ecosystem, Node.js progress, ClickHouse protocols, Redis strategies for analytics scenarios, Azure Container Apps developments, pertinent Kubernetes ideas, and changing AI-assisted development processes.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Over 4 years of professional experience in backend development, including a minimum of 3 years dedicated to working with Node.js in live production settings.
- Production experience building and maintaining APIs with Fastify in real-world, high-performance applications.
- Practical experience managing and deploying containerized applications on Azure Container Apps, including environment setup, revision management, scaling configuration, traffic routing, and monitoring in production.
- Solid expertise in contemporary JavaScript/TypeScript, asynchronous patterns, error management, and REST/GraphQL API creation in the Fastify environment.
- Hands-on experience in production settings involving ClickHouse and Node.js applications, covering schema optimization, improving query performance, bulk data ingestion, and handling analytical workloads at scale.
- Practical, direct experience working with Redis in Node.js for caching, rate limiting, session stores, queues, and pub/sub patterns.
- Experience configuring secure networking within Azure environments, including VNet integration for Azure Container Apps and VNet peering to privately connect services and data stores.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker), Git, Azure CLI/Portal, and modern IaC/deploy workflows.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems challenges, performance optimization, and data consistency in high-throughput analytics platforms.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex issues across services, databases, and managed container platforms.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with real-time data processing (e.g., Kafka or similar for event streaming into ClickHouse).
- Familiarity with observability tools in containerized environments.
- Previous work on internal analytics, benchmark, or observability platforms or large-scale OLAP systems.
- Knowledge of Azure security guidelines.
- Experience working with Infrastructure as Code solutions like Bicep, Terraform, or Pulumi to deploy Azure Container Apps.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Opportunity to own critical backend components in a high-impact internal platform that powers Adobe's decision-making and innovation.
- Collaborative environment with direct influence on architecture and technology choices in a passionate culture.
- Competitive salary and benefits packages.
At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe For All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us change the world through personalized digital experience.
Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call (408) 536-3015.
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 $139,000 - $257,550 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 $177,900 - $257,550.
At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
STATE-SPECIFIC NOTICES:
California: Fair Chance Ordinances
Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
Colorado: Application Window Notice
If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.
Massachusetts: Massachusetts Legal Notice
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
INTRODUCTION
As one of the world’s most innovative software companies whose products touch billions of people around the world, Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations — customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive business growth, and build remarkable experiences.
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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Job Title: Backend Engineer – Advanced Benchmark Platform
Location: San Jose, CA, United States
Reports to: Engineering Manager
At Adobe, we believe in changing the world through digital experiences. We provide everything needed for crafting and delivering outstanding digital experiences, from emerging artists to global brands. Our team is passionate about empowering people to build beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, transforming how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We are on a mission to hire the very best. We are committed to crafting outstanding employee experiences where everyone is respected and has equal opportunity. We know new ideas can come from anywhere in the organization, and the next big idea could be yours!
At Adobe, we start empowerment internally by providing teams with fast, reliable, and scalable digital infrastructure. This infrastructure transforms large data sets into clear, actionable insights. We seek an experienced Backend Engineer to develop and scale the server-side base of our advanced benchmark and analytics platform. This platform delivers real-time metrics, complex aggregations, customizable dashboards, and dependable data pipelines. It helps all parts of Adobe make faster, more informed decisions and unlock new levels of creativity and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and implement scalable REST/GraphQL APIs and internal services using Node.js and Fastify. These will serve benchmark data, aggregations, filters, and real-time updates to the Vue.js front-end.
- Integrate and optimize queries with ClickHouse using the official @clickhouse/client library for high-throughput analytical workloads.
- Implement caching strategies with Redis to reduce latency on frequent reads, store session data, handle rate limiting, and support real-time features such as pub/sub for live benchmark updates.
- Build and maintain robust data ingestion pipelines, background jobs, and ETL-like processes to feed analytics data into ClickHouse reliably.
- Manage and operate containerized Node.js/Fastify services on Azure Container Apps, including setting up environments, updates, scaling policies, ingress/traffic splitting, secrets, and environment variables.
- Collaborate with front-end engineers, data analysts, and DevOps to define API contracts, resolve integration issues, and iterate on platform capabilities.
- Participate in code reviews, contribute to architecture decisions, and write comprehensive unit/integration tests to maintain code quality.
- Keep up to date with the Fastify ecosystem, Node.js progress, ClickHouse protocols, Redis strategies for analytics scenarios, Azure Container Apps developments, pertinent Kubernetes ideas, and changing AI-assisted development processes.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Over 4 years of professional experience in backend development, including a minimum of 3 years dedicated to working with Node.js in live production settings.
- Production experience building and maintaining APIs with Fastify in real-world, high-performance applications.
- Practical experience managing and deploying containerized applications on Azure Container Apps, including environment setup, revision management, scaling configuration, traffic routing, and monitoring in production.
- Solid expertise in contemporary JavaScript/TypeScript, asynchronous patterns, error management, and REST/GraphQL API creation in the Fastify environment.
- Hands-on experience in production settings involving ClickHouse and Node.js applications, covering schema optimization, improving query performance, bulk data ingestion, and handling analytical workloads at scale.
- Practical, direct experience working with Redis in Node.js for caching, rate limiting, session stores, queues, and pub/sub patterns.
- Experience configuring secure networking within Azure environments, including VNet integration for Azure Container Apps and VNet peering to privately connect services and data stores.
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker), Git, Azure CLI/Portal, and modern IaC/deploy workflows.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems challenges, performance optimization, and data consistency in high-throughput analytics platforms.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex issues across services, databases, and managed container platforms.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with real-time data processing (e.g., Kafka or similar for event streaming into ClickHouse).
- Familiarity with observability tools in containerized environments.
- Previous work on internal analytics, benchmark, or observability platforms or large-scale OLAP systems.
- Knowledge of Azure security guidelines.
- Experience working with Infrastructure as Code solutions like Bicep, Terraform, or Pulumi to deploy Azure Container Apps.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Opportunity to own critical backend components in a high-impact internal platform that powers Adobe's decision-making and innovation.
- Collaborative environment with direct influence on architecture and technology choices in a passionate culture.
- Competitive salary and benefits packages.
At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe For All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us change the world through personalized digital experience.
Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call (408) 536-3015.
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 $139,000 - $257,550 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 $177,900 - $257,550.
At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
STATE-SPECIFIC NOTICES:
California: Fair Chance Ordinances
Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
Colorado: Application Window Notice
If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.
Massachusetts: Massachusetts Legal Notice
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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Align your stack with Adobe's infrastructure
Adobe's backend engineering teams run heavily on Java, Scala, and cloud platforms like AWS and Azure. Showcasing experience in high-throughput APIs or event-driven architectures signals direct fit before your resume even reaches a recruiter.
Target product lines with active backend hiring
Adobe hires backend engineers across distinct product organizations. Roles tied to Creative Cloud infrastructure or Adobe Experience Platform tend to require distributed systems depth, so tailoring applications to a specific product line sharpens your fit signal.
Confirm E-3 eligibility before applying if you're Australian
Adobe sponsors the E-3 visa, which is exclusively available to Australian citizens and carries no lottery. If you qualify, flag this clearly during recruiter outreach. It removes H-1B lottery risk from the conversation and often accelerates offer decisions.
Understand the LCA filing window before your start date
For H-1B and E-3 sponsorship, Adobe's legal team must file a Labor Condition Application with the DOL before submitting the visa petition. Build at least six to eight weeks of buffer between your anticipated start date and when you expect an offer.
Use Migrate Mate to filter Backend Engineer roles by visa type
Not all Adobe backend roles are posted with equal sponsorship context. Search Migrate Mate to filter open positions specifically by visa category, so you're applying to roles where sponsorship matches your situation from the start.
Prepare your credentials for PERM-based Green Card sponsorship
Adobe sponsors EB-2 and EB-3 immigrant visas for qualifying engineers. The PERM labor certification process requires documented proof of your qualifications. Gathering transcripts, degree equivalency evaluations, and employment records early keeps you ready if Adobe initiates a Green Card case.
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Find Backend Engineer at Adobe JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does Adobe sponsor H-1B visas for Backend Engineers?
Yes, Adobe sponsors H-1B visas for Backend Engineers. Because the H-1B is subject to an annual lottery, timing matters. Adobe typically initiates sponsorship after extending an offer, and USCIS registration opens each March for an October 1 start. If you're mid-OPT or already H-1B eligible through a cap-exempt employer, discuss your status early in the recruiting process.
How do I apply for Backend Engineer jobs at Adobe?
Applications go through Adobe's careers portal, where roles are listed by product organization and engineering team. Backend engineering positions often require a technical screen followed by multiple system design and coding rounds. You can also browse Adobe's open Backend Engineer roles filtered by visa sponsorship type on Migrate Mate, which surfaces positions matched to your specific visa situation.
Which visa types does Adobe commonly sponsor for Backend Engineers?
Adobe sponsors H-1B, E-3, TN, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, and immigrant visas including EB-2 and EB-3 for Backend Engineers. The E-3 is available to Australian citizens only and has no lottery. TN status applies to Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying engineering roles. OPT and CPT cover students in active F-1 status before any petition is required.
What qualifications does Adobe expect for Backend Engineer roles?
Adobe's backend engineering roles generally require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, which also satisfies the specialty occupation standard for H-1B and E-3 petitions. Practically, teams prioritize depth in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and high-scale API design. Proficiency in Java or Scala appears consistently across Adobe's backend job postings.
How do I time my job search around visa sponsorship deadlines?
If you're targeting H-1B sponsorship, USCIS registration opens in March for an October 1 start date. That means beginning your search with Adobe by December or January gives you enough runway for an offer, LCA filing with the DOL, and lottery registration. If you're on OPT, confirm your expiration date and factor in the 60-day grace period when evaluating offer timelines.
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