he Role

As a Senior Engineer, you will be a key technical authority for Lightroom, driving architecture decisions, setting engineering standards, and mentoring a high-calibre team of senior engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role that sits at the intersection of deep technical craft and product strategy.

What You’ll Do

Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Provide technical leadership across multiple feature areas and engineering initiatives.
- Define and drive long-term architecture and technical strategy for Lightroom Desktop, including its modern C++ desktop stack.
- Lead the design and implementation of complex, cross-platform systems and subsystems.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption where they deliver measurable customer or engineering value.

Product & Team Collaboration
- Partner with Product Management, Design, Research, and other engineering organisations to define product direction and the technical roadmap.
- Influence engineering direction across organisations and represent Lightroom Desktop's technical interests in cross-Adobe forums.




- Drive root cause analysis for complex production issues and establish long-term preventive solutions.

Engineering Excellence
- Drive high standards in performance, reliability, security, maintainability, and scalability.
- Drive initiatives to improve application startup time, responsiveness, memory efficiency, and crash rates.
- Establish team standards around testing, observability, CI/CD, release quality, and operational excellence.
- Lead adoption of AI-assisted software engineering practices to improve developer productivity.

Mentorship & People Development
- Mentor and coach senior engineers, elevating technical quality and decision-making across teams.
- Build a culture of engineering excellence through clear standards, code review, and cooperative learning.

What We’re Looking For

Technical Skills
- Expert-level proficiency in C++, multithreading, and systems programming.
- Strong

📌 Senior Computer Scientist (Bengaluru)
🏢 Adobe
📍 Bengaluru