Software Development Engineer

Data Engineer

Our company is changing the world through digital experiences. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We are 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!

Are you a recent graduate holding a degree in computer science or mathematics or a software engineer with a maximum of 5 years of industry experience? Are you keen on collaborating with a team of outstanding, modest, and dedicated engineers who can support you in unlocking your capabilities to evolve into an outstanding engineer?

We are in need of an adept Data Engineer to join our team. The preferred candidate will take on the responsibility of crafting, developing, and upholding efficient, scalable, and dependable data pipelines and infrastructure to bolster our data-driven efforts.

Adobe Edinburgh seeks engineers to join our team developing Adobe’s Administration Platform, supporting the rapid growth of Adobe’s business.

As part of the Adobe Unified Platform, our mission is to invent the technologies that allow our product leader’s dreams to come true. We work to solve problems at a scale few other companies face. Our ability to use and understand our data is core to this.

We build high-availability, easily maintained services that play a critical role for Adobe customers, whether they be individuals or multinational enterprises.

There are opportunities in Edinburgh for you to build the services and solutions that help deliver Adobe’s vision of the future. You will have the chance to work with a wide variety of engineering teams from across the company.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize, build, and manage data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Work with data scientists, analysts, and other collaborators to grasp data needs and provide solutions.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data systems.
• Optimize and improve existing data workflows for performance and scalability.
• Monitor and fix data pipeline issues and implement solutions.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience is required.
• Proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and experience with relational databases.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS & Azure) and data warehousing solutions (e.g., Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Good To Have:

• Experience with data modeling and database design.
• Understanding data governance and guidelines.
• Familiarity with machine learning and data science concepts.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• You will work closely with engineering teams to ensure services return accurate information reliably and quickly.
• You will create tooling and automation to reduce operational burdens.
• You will encourage the professional and technical growth of those around you.

What You Can Expect:

• A supportive, trusting, and transparent working environment.
• An opportunity to do things differently with an expectation you will challenge assumptions and offer solutions.
• Collaboration across widely distributed teams.
• To positively influence the engineers around you through your everyday behaviors.
• To work in an agile team that has a strong focus on the value it delivers to Adobe and its customers.

Did you know that Adobe is placed #1 in the UK’s best places to work?

At Adobe, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized throughout the world on Best Companies lists. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely.

If you’re looking to make a huge impact, Adobe’s the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog and explore the substantial benefits we offer.

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