JOB LEVEL
P55
EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual Contributor
The opportunity
Do you have a passion for helping solve web front-end engineering and design problems at scale? Do you thrive while working with cross-functional teams of engineers and designers, digging deep into challenging problems related to web application architecture and design consistency? Adobe Design is seeking a Sr. Staff Design Engineer to join our design engineering team-focusing on contributing to, driving adoption of, and building web-based implementations of the Spectrum design system, one of the most well-respected design systems in the world. We bridge design and technology, providing Adobe with tools, infrastructure, libraries and services that enable user interface consistency across a range of products.
In this role, you will help multiple web product teams at Adobe build and use Spectrum-based web components and associated unified experience libraries. You will participate in key planning activities, such as feature discovery, system architecture, requirements definition, project scope, and delivery. You will have direct ownership of technical direction and play a key role in ensuring Spectrum is available for our customers in a timely, stable, and scalable way. And, just as importantly, you will help us continue to build a collaborative, friendly and vibrant engineering culture within Adobe Design.
What you'll do
Collaborate with the Spectrum design team to ensure Spectrum's aesthetic is built into implementation libraries while maintaining an idiomatic API for library consumers.
Partner with internal product teams to define, build, support, and validate implementations of Spectrum in Adobe's products.
Lead front-end architectural discussions and help build technical alignment in web front-end across product boundaries
Understand and derive data from user interface designs, map data to clear abstractions, and integrate that design data into Spectrum implementations using patterns expected by product web developers
Help communicate product engineering concerns back to design, and help drive process improvements to address concerns
Assist and lead the delivery of improvements to Spectrum and associated unified experience implementation libraries
Contribute to open-source Spectrum projects-including Spectrum CSS and Spectrum Web Components.
What you need to succeed
Must-Haves:
A willingness to network within the company, develop relationships with engineering peers on product teams, and help drive cross-product collaborative initiatives
Specialist understanding of building performant, complex web UI using multiple frameworks, build tools, and TypeScript
Experience with CSS architecture and practices, such as pre- and post-processors, cross-browser concerns, layout, responsive design, and animation
Experience with web UI implementations, having direct experience with web components standards, Lit-based components, or related aspects of that ecosystem
Experience architecting and building libraries, frameworks, or SDKs used by other developers
Experience building responsive components for mobile web
Knowledge of the Node.js ecosystem and npm package development
Experience with git and GitHub, the process of contribution to open source development, and performing peer code reviews
Understanding of web accessibility best practices, standards, and testing methods
Practice working closely with designers, including a strong understanding of how to convert a design specification into code
A pragmatic, collaborative and open-minded outlook, and a high degree of comfort working in a fast-paced environment
Practice with open development, collaborative code reviews, and providing detailed feedback to other team members
Nice-to-Haves:
Familiarity with the concepts behind design systems and how they are applied to product development
Hands-on usage of build, test, and release methods; such as compilers, linting, CI/CD tooling, software testing and validation techniques, and modern dev-ops practices
Experience building components with other web frameworks (e.g. React, Vue or Svelte)
Experience working with partners to advise product roadmap planning
BS Degree in computer science (preferred) or equivalent practical experience
How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit a resume. Include examples of work you feel demonstrates you have the skills needed to succeed.
About Adobe Design
Adobe Design creates tools that amplify the world's ability to create and communicate. We're a global team of designers, researchers, engineers, prototypers, content strategists, program managers, and more who work across Adobe's three product lines: Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
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