Director, Software Development

Job Description

Director, Software Development – Adobe
Company: Adobe
Position: Director, Software Development
Job Level: M60/P60
Employee Role: People Manager
Business Unit: DALP
Location: Bengaluru
Experience: 16+ years, including 10+ years in technical roles involving large-scale web-based systems
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or mainstream Engineering
Role Overview

The Director will provide technical vision, engineering leadership and people management for Adobe Advertising, working on high-scale, ultra-low-latency advertising platforms leveraging AI/ML, big data and cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities
Lead engineering teams hands-on and provide technical direction.
Build and scale high-performance, ultra-low-latency systems.
Drive R&D and modernization of existing architectures.
Develop multi-year technology and engineering strategies.
Partner with Product Management to deliver AI-powered experiences.
Bridge Adobe Research, Product Management and Engineering teams.
Hire, mentor and lead diverse, globally distributed engineering teams.
Own end-to-end product development from ideation through deployment.
Manage project scope, risks and priorities using data and analytics.
Promote engineering excellence, agility, security, performance and customer focus.
Required Technical Skills
Java
Data Lake technologies
SaaS application development and deployment
Data structures & algorithms
Multi-threaded programming
Distributed computing
Large-scale transactional and data platforms
High-scale web-based systems
AI/ML understanding and application
Modern software development practices
Leadership Requirements
Proven experience managing large, diverse and global engineering teams.
Strong hiring, mentoring and talent-development capabilities.
Ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Excellent analytical and communication skills.
Strategic thinking with the ability to develop short-, medium- and long-term technical vision.
Comfortable working with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
Domain

Adobe Advertising / Digital Advertising Technology

Demand Side Platform (DSP)
Spend optimization
CTV, Online Video, Display, Search, Social and Retail Media
Big Data – approximately 400 billion auctions/day
Ultra-low latency – approximately 20 ms response time
AI/ML-driven advertising experiences

Overall profile: A senior technology leader with 16+ years of experience, combining deep hands-on software engineering expertise with large-scale architecture, AI/cloud awareness, strategic planning and people leadership.