The Developer Platforms team at Adobe is on a mission to build, deploy, operate, and scale the core systems that power Adobe solutions used by millions of customers worldwide. We are looking for experienced Senior Platform / Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to help design and operate highly reliable, scalable infrastructure that will shape the future of Creative Cloud and Adobe's Digital Media business.

This role focuses oncloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, service mesh, and developer enablement, with a strong emphasis onautomation, resilience, and platform abstraction. You will act as a force multiplier, enabling engineering teams to build and operate services efficiently through robust platform capabilities.

What you'll do:

Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and enforce platform engineering guidelines and standards
Define, implement, and continuously improveSLIs, SLOs, and error budgetsfor Project Graph HTTP APIs and asynchronous compute platforms
Standardise and optimiseKubernetes-based deployments, scheduling, and resource management for performance and cost efficiency
Build and enableself-service infrastructure platformsthat empower product teams and improve developer productivity
Lead the adoption of intelligent software solutions (AI agents and MCPs) to reduce operational toil and improve automation at scale
Define and enforceplatform-wide observability standards, covering metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting
Design, build, and maintain robustobservability systemsto enable rapid detection, diagnosis, and resolution of issues
Leadincident response, driveblameless postmortems, and ensure effective follow-through to prevent recurrence
Improve thereliability, scalability, and performanceof asynchronous job scheduling systems built on Kubernetes and Postgres
Design, maintain, and optimiseCI/CD pipelinesto ensure fast, safe, and reliable software delivery
Owndata protection and resilience strategies, including backups, restoration testing, and disaster recovery planning
Architect and implementcloud infrastructure (AWS)aligned to reliability, scalability, performance, and cost optimisation goals
Reduce operational toil throughautomation, tooling, and platform improvements, partnering closely with developers to build reliability by design
Establish and drive guidelines in incident management, reliability engineering, and operational excellence
Contribute to evaluating system demand, load testing, and performance engineering to ensure systems scale predictably
Ensure security and compliance guidelines are embedded in platform build and operations (e.g., least privilege, secrets management, secure configurations)
Participate in anon-call rotation, supporting production systems and driving continuous improvement in operational readiness

What you need to succeed:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience)
8-10 years of experience inSite Reliability Engineering, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, or Backend Developmentwith a strong operational and production focus
AI‑First & Automation Mindset
- Demonstrated AI-first and automation-first attitude across SRE functions
- Hands-on experience or exposure toAI Agents, MCPs, and AIOpsto drive operational efficiency and reduce toil
- Proven ability toidentify, prioritise, and eliminate operational toilthrough automation and intelligent tooling
Cloud, Containers & Platform Engineering
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes in production, including scaling, performance tuning, resolving challenges, and workload optimisation
- Strong experience withcontainerisation (Docker),Argoand modern deployment patterns
- Hands-on experience designing and operatingcloud-native systems on AWS
- Proficiency inInfrastructure as Code (Terraform)and cloud automation
Programming & Systems Engineering
- Strong programming skills inGolang and/or Python, with experience building production-grade systems and tooling
- Experience withNode.js/TypeScriptor similar backend technologies is a plus
- Solid understanding ofLinux systems, networking fundamentals, REST APIs, and distributed systems design
CI/CD & Developer Productivity
- Strong experience withCI/CD pipelines and tooling(e.g., Argo, Jenkins, Github Actions, CircleCI)
- Ability to design and maintainscalable, reliable build and deployment systems
Observability & Reliability Engineering
- Strong expertise inobservability practices, including metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting
- Hands-on experience with tools such asPrometheus, Alertmanager, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, New Relic, or similar
- Experience defining and operatingSLIs, SLOs, and error budgets
- Experience withincident response, production operations, and drivingblameless postmortems
Data & Persistence Layer Expertise
- Experience operatingproduction-grade databases(Postgres, MySQL/Aurora, Redis, or similar)
- Strong understanding of data protection, backups, resilience, and disaster recovery (build and testing centered on recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives)
Scalability, Performance & Cost Optimisation
- Experience with forecasting resource needs, performance tuning, and load testing
- Ability to design systems that balancereliability, performance, and cost efficiency
Security & Compliance
- Strong understanding of application and infrastructure security guidelines, including API security, IAM, secrets management, and secure system development
- Familiarity withregulatory and compliance frameworkssuch asFedRAMP, SOX, and HIPAA, and experience incorporating these requirements into platform design and operations
- Ability to implement and operate systems aligned withsecurity, auditability, and compliance standardsin regulated environments
Collaboration & Leadership
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence engineering teams and drive reliability guidelines
- Proven ability to partner with developers and platform teams tobuild reliability into systems from the ground up
- Demonstrated ownership approach and ability to drive initiatives end-to-end
Growth Mindset
- Curiosity and ability tolearn and adapt to new technologies quickly
- Passion forcontinuous improvement, operational excellence, and sustainable engineering practices

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.

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