Software Development Engineer

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!

Who we are

At Marketo, an Adobe company, we are crafting the world’s leading engagement platform that empowers marketers to deliver the authentic experiences customers desire at scale. Our team is fueled with a passion for innovation, growth, and a steadfast dedication to making the Marketer successful. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to building 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! 

The Opportunity 

Are you ready to collaborate with the world’s largest technology companies? Do you revel in finding creative ways to solve unique problems while working with engineers all over Adobe? If so, we’d love to hear from you! 

Marketo is seeking an experienced Software Engineer III to join our Customer Engineering Team (CET). We’re an agile team of creative problem-solvers with a passion for helping marketing teams achieve their business goals. As advocates for some of our largest customers, we are in a unique position to both develop our own solutions and assist component teams in delivering quality features that support our highest-scale needs. 

Work with highly available data streams, RESTful APIs and both internal and external interfaces that support and empower our users. Learn to anticipate our customer’s needs through a suite of powerful monitoring tools and the support of your peers. Participate in cross-cutting platform investigations and find ways to unlock new levels of performance. 

This customer-facing role will include collaborating with engineering teams throughout Adobe, participating in incident investigations and coverage rotation, writing excellent code, and up to 5% travel. While currently remote, this position will transition to a hybrid, part time in-office position while Adobe forms its digital first future of work vision.

LOCATED IN OFFICE- SEATTLE OFFICE

What you’ll do 

• Collaborate and solution with some of our biggest customers 
• Work with data streams and APIs to provide enhanced automation capabilities 
• Build tools to alleviate support bottlenecks 
• Proactively monitor for improvement opportunities 
• Enhance scalability and performance across the platform 

What you have 

• 5+ years working in SaaS platforms & technologies 
• An emphasis on back-end development (Java or PHP preferred) 
• All the web basics covered - DOM, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript 
• Comfort working with SQL or NoSQL data stores (MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB)
• Experience with Docker or other container orchestration systems
• Excellent communication skills and an eagerness to collaborate! 

Nice to have

• Experience with RESTful APIs or microservices 
• Familiarity with Scrum / Agile Methodologies
• Solid understanding of version control systems (Git / SVN)
• Proficiency working with event streams or message queues (Kafka, Kinesis)
• Practical exposure to APM and monitoring tools (New Relic, Wavefront, Vivid Cortex) 

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.

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Massachusetts:

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