Software Development Engineer 4

The Opportunity

Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) enables businesses to deliver the right experience at the right time to their customers. The Segmentation Service is one of the key AEP services, providing the ability to define customer segments and generate target audiences based on real-time customer profiles.

Customer segment definitions are sophisticated queries over profile and event data capturing specific attributes or behaviors shared by a subset of users. With the need to perform trillions of audience segment evaluations per day, scalability and efficiency are paramount in segment evaluation.

This is a great opportunity for engineers to solve extremely interesting challenges of scale and build core services that are used by all Adobe Digital Experience solutions. As part of building these services, you will work with an exceptionally talented and collaborative team, tackle complex query evaluation challenges, design & implement innovative algorithms and build highly performant services.

What you'll Do

• Collaborate with a team of engineers & product managers in building a high-performance segmentation engine. Own responsibility for design and implementation of key components
• Develop query compilation algorithms that transform and rewrite segment definition queries
• Develop query optimization and evaluation algorithms including multi-query optimization, incremental evaluation and streaming evaluation
• Work on cross functional themes involving advanced data pipelines using Apache Spark
• Build tools to monitor query performance and identify & debug potential semantic errors
• Deploy production services and iteratively improve them based on customer feedback
• Follow Agile methodologies using industry leading CI/CD pipelines
• Participate in architecture, design & code reviews

What you need to succeed

• B.S. in Computer Science or a related field is required
• M.S. in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience is preferred
• Experience building a scalable query engine or equivalent practical experience is required. Experience in language design is a plus
• Strong grasp of algorithms and data structures
• Proficiency in Databases or compilers is preferred
• Strong programming skills with extensive experience in Java or Scala
• Proficiency in Apache Spark is preferred.
• Leadership skills to collaborate and drive cross-team efforts
• Excellent communication skills
• Adaptable to evolving priorities, accepting challenges outside one's comfort zone, learning new technologies, and delivering viable solutions within defined time boundaries.

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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 position is $139,000 - $257,550 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and 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.

In California, the pay range for this position is $177,900 - $257,550

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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.