01Overview
JOB LEVEL
P50EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual Contributor
About the Team
The Adobe Advertising Data Engineering team powers data platforms that process billions of events every day, enabling real-time decisioning, analytics, and machine learning at scale. We operate with a strong engineering-first mindset, focusing on building highly reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient data systems.
We foster a collaborative and innovation-driven culture, building self-service data platforms that empower teams across Adobe Advertising to unlock the full value of data.
The Opportunity
Are you passionate about solving data challenges at massive scale We are looking for a Senior Computer Scientist to help design and build next-generation data platforms within Adobe Advertising.
In this role, you will work on distributed systems that handle high-throughput, low-latency data processing. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to enable robust data infrastructure that powers critical business decisions, customer experiences, and AI-driven products.
Impact Youll Make
You will play a key role in building the data platform that drives Adobe Advertisings core systems. Your work will enable scalable, high-performance pipelines that process massive data volumes with reliability and efficiency.
By contributing to architectural improvements and engineering excellence, you will help enhance system robustness, optimize infrastructure costs, and accelerate data-driven and AI-powered capabilities.
Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and build scalable, distributed data systems for real-time and batch processingDevelop high-throughput data pipelines processing 10B+ events per dayContribute to and own key components in the technical design and implementation of core AdCloud platform componentsWork with technologies such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop ecosystem, and modern data platformsEnsure performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency of data systemsCollaborate with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to deliver end-to-end solutionsParticipate in design and code reviews to maintain high engineering standardsContinuously improve system robustness, scalability, and developer productivity
Qualifications10+ years of experience in designing and developing large-scale data-driven systemsStrong experience with distributed data processing frameworks (Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, etc.)Experience with NoSQL systems (HBase, Aerospike, Cassandra) and RDBMSStrong programming skills in Java, Scala, or similar languagesSolid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system designExperience building scalable systems on cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)Strong focus on performance optimization and cost efficiencyExcellent communication and collaboration skills
Nice to HaveExperience in AdTech or high-scale event-driven systemsExposure to data governance, data quality, and metadata systemsExperience supporting ML/AI data pipelinesFamiliarity with modern data architectures (data lakes, lakehouse, etc.)Contributions to open-source or technical communities
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