Sr Video Platform Engineer

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were 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 Team

The Adobe Firefly client team is seeking a senior JavaScript/TypeScript engineer specializing in video editing and AIpowered creative tools. Youll be at the forefront of revolutionizing video creation by combining cuttingedge web technologies with Adobes stateoftheart generative AI models. We seek to empower the next generation of video creators everywhere by turning creative intent into professionalquality content.

We are crafting new AI/ML powered video editing tools that will democratize video creation while maintaining the power and flexibility professional creators demand. While implementing this farreaching strategy we are focusing on using product driven development to drive rapid iteration and to continuously deliver measurable impact. This initiative is an outstanding opportunity to shape emerging next generation video products reaching millions of creators worldwide.

The Opportunity

What are we looking for in an ideal video platform engineer You will be joining a highly collaborative team of application and front end engineers working closely with the internal product teams and stakeholders. Your primary role is to architect and maintain the video editing experience for Adobe Firefly combining traditional nonlinear editing capabilities with AIpowered creative tools. You have a usercentric detail oriented approach invite constructive collaboration naturally strive to be a mentor and always work with a bias towards action. Most importantly you enjoy independently solving complex problems around video manipulation and timelinebased editing have a deep empathy for video creators and drive tangible results in a team oriented culture.

What youll Do

• Architect and implement webbased video editing features including timeline manipulation transitions and effects
• Design and build interfaces between our video editing platform and Adobes generative AI models
• Help establish architecture and quality coding practices for video processing and editing in the browser
• Define longterm solutions for video component architecture using functional programming
• Work closely with the design team product management and our internal clients translating early ideas into interactive video editing prototypes
• Engage with video creators to identify problems AB test solutions and refine workflows Expand your knowledge and skills to stay ahead of the latest developments in webbased video editing and AIassisted content creation

What you need to succeed

• 7 years of professional experience developing interactive web applications with significant experience in video manipulation or editing tools
• B.S or higher in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Well established practice of building and deploying web applications using React particularly those handling video content
• High proficiency in TypeScript or JavaScript (ES6
• Experience with video processing encoding and timelinebased editing concepts
• Strong understanding of video codecs containers and streaming protocols
• Confidence to be an opinionated pragmatic developer especially in the areas of writing highperformance video processing code

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with WebAssembly for video processing
• Exposure to generative AI models particularly in the video generation space
• Professional experience with video or similar multitrack nonlinear editors
• Experience with FFmpeg or similar video processing libraries
• Knowledge of modern web technologies like WebCodecs WebGPU and Media Source Extensions
• Experience building timelinebased interfaces
• Background in video compression streaming or realtime processing
• Test Driven Development (TDD) experience
• Functional programming expertise
• AI Driven Development experience

Perks

Adobe fosters a deep commitment to our customers employees and community reflected in our diverse workplace and inclusive culture. At Adobe we are immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on Best Companies lists. We are also surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique CheckIn approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If youre looking to make an impact Adobes 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. Adobe is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race gender religion age sexual orientation gender identity disability or veteran status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. #FireflyGenAI

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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 others employees.