Engineering Manager – Adobe Identity Services

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!

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a passionate technology leader to grow and lead an agile team working on Adobe’s Identity Platform—the core of Identity Services, enabling secure authentication and authorization across Adobe’s ecosystem. The Identity Platform is Adobe’s implementation of Federated ID and OAuth 2.0, powering authentication for Adobe ID users and authorization for critical Adobe resources.

You’ll play a key role in delivering a scalable, highly available solution deployed across AWS infrastructure, spanning multiple availability zones and regions, achieving 99.99% uptime, and scaling to meet Adobe’s global growth.Your team will focus on developing robust APIs, transforming system architecture, ensuring

platform stability, and building highly scalable microservices essential for integrating Adobe’s Identity Management Services (IMS) across Adobe’s ecosystem. Your work will directly impact Adobe’s ability to securely authenticate and authorize millions of users globally, ensuring seamless experiences and supporting significant business growth.

What You’ll Do:

• Hire, mentor, and directly lead a high-performing engineering team, managing implementation,

quality assurance, CI/CD pipelines, application monitoring, and system reliability.

• Build and foster a team culture emphasizing engineering excellence, innovation, collaboration,

and deep engagement with customers.

• Mentor technical leaders, setting high standards for architectural excellence and robust software

design.

• Participate actively in design and architectural reviews, technology choices, time and budget

estimations, and test strategies.

• Proactively manage project scope, risks, and deliverables using data-driven insights, analytics,

and creative problem-solving.

• Continuously evolve engineering processes and collaboration models to enhance team

efficiency and productivity.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and managers globally across Adobe.

What You Need to Succeed:

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering teams of 3+ members and managing projects of 6+

person-months.

• Strong expertise in web development, scalable infrastructure, and cloud technologies

(preferably AWS).

• Experience or familiarity with identity and access management systems, OAuth 2.0, and

Federated ID concepts is highly desirable.

• Proven ability to prioritize effectively, with an acute sense of urgency and business impact.
• Excellent understanding of business context, requirements, and customer-centric delivery.

As our many awards will tell you, at Adobe you’ll be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. If you’re looking to make an impact, Adobe’s the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog, https://blog.adobe.com/en/topics/adobe-life and explore the fantastic benefits we offer at Rewards.adobe.com.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action 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 [email protected] or call (408) 536-3015.

Adobe values a free and open marketplace for all employees and has policies in place to ensure that we do not enter into illegal agreements with other companies to not recruit or hire each other’s employees.

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 [email protected] or call (408) 536-3015.

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