Sr. Systems Design/Architecture 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!

We are seeking a seasonedSystems Design/Architectto join our Business Architecture team with a dual focus: deliveringenterprise-grade systems architectureand leading thedesign and optimization of Adobe Experience Platform (AEP). This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection oftechnical innovation business strategy and operational excellence.

You will need to work effectively with key collaborators to define and implement scalable resilient and observable solutions that support our global multi-product business.

What youll Do

• Deliver requirements analysis study market trends and formulate informed recommendations.
• Define innovation strategy and roadmap for addressing high priority opportunities.
• Identify and Prioritize good bets for technology investment.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering Digital Media Business Unit UX and others to deliver new innovative solution features.
• Drive architectural design for multiple initiatives.

What you need to succeed

Required

• 10 years of experience in solution architecture or enterprise systems design.
• Solid grasp of architecture design principles cloud-native patterns and business process optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Platform including Real-Time CDP Journey Optimizer and Customer Journey Analytics.
• Familiarity with observability tools (e.g. Datadog Splunk ELK) and workflow orchestration (e.g. Airflow Azure Data Factory).
• Experience with SQL NoSQL and data management concepts.
• Superb communication and customer engagement skills.

Preferred

• Experience and proven success in a global multi-brand enterprise with both B2C and B2B customer models.
• Proficiency in data mesh design focusing on domains and federated data governance.
• Adobe certifications (e.g. AEP Architect or Developer).
• Familiarity with multiple cloud providers and enterprise SaaS platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

Core Architecture & Innovation

• Conduct industry and technology research to identify trends and innovative practices.
• Define and evolve target architectures sometimes in collaboration with enterprise architects.
• Deliver effective design ensuring scalability performance and resilience.
• Develop proof-of-concept solutions and validate them with collaborators.
• Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) and maintain architecture documentation.

Leadership

• Design and optimize AEP architecture to support real-time customer data ingestion identity resolution segmentation and activation.
• Implement observability across AEP workflows: monitoring alerting logging and self-healing mechanisms.
• Ensure compliance with global data privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR CCPA) using Adobe Privacy Service and data usage labels.
• Translate business goals into scalable technical solutions.

Multi-functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with business marketing data engineering and analytics teams to ensure AEP meets evolving business and data needs.
• Partner with product managers engineers and UX designers to deliver innovative features.
• Advocate for adoption of new technologies and architectural improvements across teams.

Success Metrics:

• Delivery of scalable and resilient architecture aligned with business goals.
• Operational excellence in AEP workflows (e.g. uptime data freshness segment accuracy).
• Adoption of AEP and efficient architectural practices across business units.
• Measurable improvements in customer engagement and data-driven decision-making.

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