The Opportunity

Every time someone shares a Photoshop file with a collaborator, publishes an Illustrator asset, or accesses their creative work from a new device, our services enable this seamless process. We're looking for an Experienced Software Engineer to join our Access and Sharing team in Hamburg and help shape how millions of creatives work together.

Adobe Cloud Platform (ACP) powers the cloud infrastructure behind Firefly, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, and Express. We operate hundreds of microservices across multiple AWS regions, enabling seamless collaboration and storage at scale.

We believe in "You build it, you own it"—our teams have full responsibility for the services they create, from design through production!

What You'll Work On

You'll join a diverse team responsible for the solutions that manage how users access, share, and publish their cloud assets. This is foundational infrastructure—when it works well, creative collaboration feels effortless.

Your focus areas:

• Build and evolve critical microservices that handle access control, sharing workflows, and asset publishing across Adobe's Creative Cloud
• Drive architectural improvements to keep the platform scalable, secure, and aligned with modern best practices
• Raise the quality bar through code reviews, testing strategies, and thoughtful system design
• Collaborate globally with teams in Hamburg, the US, and India—you'll work across time zones and bring people together around shared goals
• Shape team culture by contributing to a learning environment where everyone grows

What You Bring

• Strong foundation in distributed systems—you understand the challenges of building scalable, reliable cloud services (AWS experience is a plus)
• Solid programming skills in Java (or similar languages with a willingness to work in Java)
• Clear communication—you can explain technical decisions, give constructive feedback, and navigate cross-team collaboration
• Collaborative mindset—you enjoy solving problems with others and believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives
• Curiosity about modern practices—including how AI tools are changing software development

We value what you can contribute over a checklist of requirements. If this role excites you but you don't meet every point, we'd still like to hear from you.

Why Join Us

• Real impact at scale—your work directly enables millions of users to collaborate on creative projects
• Ownership and autonomy—you'll develop technical direction, not just implement tickets
• Global, diverse team—work with colleagues across continents who bring different perspectives and expertise
• Growth opportunity—this is a rapidly growing team; there's room to take on more responsibility as we grow

We're committed to building an inclusive team and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. Different experiences lead to better products.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email [email protected] or call +1 408-536-3015. 

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Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

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