director software engineering Director of Engineering management 10+ yrs · Posted Mar 19, 2026
$169,700 – $323,350
USD per year

About this role

Adobe is hiring a director-level Director of Engineering in the software engineering function based in San Francisco, CA. The posting calls out experience with Express, Machine Learning and roughly 10+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $169,700–$323,350 per year.

Role
Director of Engineering
Function
software engineering
Level
director
Track
Management
Employment
Full-time
Location
San Francisco, CA
Experience
10+ years
Department
Design
Posted
Mar 19, 2026
AI Summary
Lead a research and strategy team shaping Adobe Express across web, mobile, and desktop. Build high-performing teams, define research strategy, partner with executives on product direction, and drive user and business outcomes through customer insights and AI/ML integration.

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Job description

from Adobe careers

The opportunity 

Adobe is looking for Director of Research & Strategy for Adobe Express. You will lead a group of passionate and hard-working researchers and strategists shaping experiences across web, mobile, and desktop applications to develop a rich Adobe Express ecosystem, while using AI/ML technologies to enable individual and business creativity and productivity across enterprise users and teams.

Partnering closely with Design, Product and Engineering executives, you will provide strategic design and product direction, feedback to the design and engineering teams to uplevel craft, and find resolution to ambiguous problem spaces across the entire Express ecosystem.

What you’ll do

  • Build and lead a high-performing research and strategy team; coaching senior talent, attracting top-tier leaders, and fostering a culture of rigor, growth, and impact.

  • Build a collaborative environment and encourage deep partnership with cross-functional teams, setting a high bar for research craft and embedding research into strategic planning and execution. 

  • Define and execute research strategy for redesigns, new audiences and product directions, and lead all aspects of research execution across releases on multiple platforms.

  • Contribute to product strategy discussions through deep customer research and design partnerships to bring visions to life.

  • Influence cross-functional leaders to act on insights, driving measurable improvements in user and business outcomes.

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