JOB LEVEL
M40
EMPLOYEE ROLE
People Manager

Job Title: Engineering Manager - Advanced Benchmark Platform

Location: San Jose, CA, United States

About the Role

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. We are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has equal opportunity. We believe new ideas can come from anywhere in the organization, and the next big idea could be yours!

At Adobe, this commitment extends inward as well-empowering our own teams with powerful digital tools and insights to drive creativity, collaboration, and impact at scale. We are seeking a motivated Engineering Manager to lead our engineering team in building and scaling an internal advanced benchmark and analytics platform. This high-impact platform delivers real-time insights, customizable dashboards, interactive visualizations, and robust reporting-empowering data-driven decisions and unlocking new levels of innovation across the organization.

This role involves direct management and growth of a cross-functional engineering team. The current team comprises Frontend UI/UX Engineers using Vue.js and Backend Engineers with Node.js and Fastify, utilizing ClickHouse, Redis, and Azure Container Apps. You will balance hands-on technical support with leading the team and overseeing delivery. You will collaborate closely with product, design, data, and business team members. It is a great chance for a strong full-stack engineer ready to transition into management. You will gain support and mentorship while building key leadership skills and advancing the platform into a stable, high-performance base for Adobe's internal users.

The ideal candidate has solid full-stack expertise (frontend + backend) and experience with data-intensive applications. They are eager to grow into people management and employ modern AI coding tools to increase team productivity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a high-performing engineering team. Participate in hiring, onboarding, performance discussions, and career growth conversations. Build a collaborative, inclusive team culture with guidance from senior leadership.
• Guide technical architecture and design decisions for the platform tracking critical metrics. Stay hands-on when necessary with frontend (Vue.js), backend (Node.js + Fastify), data layer (ClickHouse, Redis), and deployment (Azure Container Apps).
• Partner with product managers to define and complete the engineering roadmap. Prioritize features, address technical debt, improve performance and scalability, and enhance reliability to deliver business value.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, design sessions, and technical planning to uphold high standards of code quality, maintainability, security, and performance.
• Champion guidelines in software development, including testing, CI/CD, observability, and secure cloud deployments (e.g., VNet integration in Azure).
• Support and exemplify efficient use of AI-based coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude/Claude Code) to hasten development, refactoring, and innovation-while reviewing outputs carefully.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners (product, UX/design, data analysts, DevOps, business collaborators) to turn requirements into engineering plans, remove blockers, and deliver iteratively.
• Track team velocity, quality metrics, and system health; facilitate retrospectives and drive continuous improvement with support from leadership.
• Handle sprint/quarter planning, resource coordination, risk identification, and delivery commitments for platform work.
• Remain informed about progress in Vue.js, Node.js/Fastify, analytics databases (ClickHouse), caching (Redis), container platforms (Azure Container Apps), AI-assisted development, and data trends to support team decisions.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong hands-on work in frontend and backend technologies (e.g., Vue.js or similar modern JS frameworks + Node.js/TypeScript).
• Prior technical leadership experience (e.g., tech lead, project lead, mentoring juniors, or owning major features/systems), with readiness and enthusiasm to transition into direct people management.
• Experience contributing to full-stack delivery in production, ideally with data-heavy or analytics applications (e.g., dashboards, important metrics, observability tools). Familiarity with high-performance APIs, analytical databases (e.g., ClickHouse or similar OLAP), caching (e.g., Redis), and container platforms (e.g., Azure Container Apps or Kubernetes concepts) is a plus.
• Practical experience working with AI-driven coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude/Claude Code) in everyday tasks, and enthusiasm for supporting the group in integrating them efficiently.
• Solid understanding of contemporary software approaches: agile methods, CI/CD, testing (unit/integration/E2E), observability, and secure cloud deployments (Azure preferred).
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities; capable of working alongside product, design, and non-technical colleagues to align engineering with business objectives.
• Demonstrated potential for people leadership: mentoring others, giving feedback, and contributing to team culture.
• Solid problem-solving skills and comfort navigating ambiguity in evolving, data-focused platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with internal tools, enterprise analytics/benchmark systems, or B2E platforms.
• Familiarity with real-time data, event streaming, or OLAP workloads.
• Exposure to Azure services (Container Apps, VNet, Monitor) and IaC (Bicep/Terraform).
• Background in frontend data visualization, backend optimization, or AI-assisted workflows.
• Previous mentoring or informal leadership in scaling features or small projects.

What We Offer

• Leadership of a high-visibility internal platform that influences organizational decisions.
• Opportunity to grow as a manager in a supportive, innovative environment with mentorship from senior leaders.
• Hands-on technical involvement while developing people-leadership skills.
• Competitive salary and benefits packages.

We value diverse perspectives and encourage all qualified individuals to apply-especially those excited to take their first step into engineering management.

This role is ideal for a technical leader passionate about data platforms, full-stack development, and people growth. It requires guiding a dedicated team to deliver a world-class platform focused on important metrics. The role also involves using modern tools like AI assistants and developing foundational management skills.

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.

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.

** Let’s Adobe together**

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 advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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 protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process 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 +1 408-536-3015.

** AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:**

Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

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 positionis $147,900 -- $293,250 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand 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.

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In California, the pay range for this position is $202,500 - $293,250

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 :

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Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

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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:

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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.

Internal Opportunities

Creativity, curiosity, and constant learning are celebrated aspects of your career growth journey. We’re glad that you’re pursuing a new opportunity at Adobe!

Put your best foot forward:

1. Update your Resume/CV and Workday profile - don’t forget to include your uniquely ‘Adobe’ experiences and volunteer work.

2. Visit the Internal Mobility page on Inside Adobe to learn more about the process and set up a job alert for roles you’re interested in.

3. Check out these tips to help you prep for interviews.

4. If you are applying for a role outside of your current country, ensure you review the International Resources for Relocating Employees on Inside Adobe, including the impacts to your Benefits, AIP, Equity & Payroll .

Once you apply for a role via Workday, the Talent Team will reach out to you within 2 weeks. If you move into the official interview process with the hiring team, make sure you inform your manager so they can champion your career growth.

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. 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 and explore the meaningful benefits we offer.

Let’s Adobe together

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 advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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 protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process 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 +1 408-536-3015.

AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI - and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience .