Senior Computer Scientist

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Architecture
• Provide technical leadership across multiple feature areas and engineering initiatives.
• Define and drive long-term architecture and technical strategy for Lightroom Desktop, including its modern C++ desktop stack.
• Lead the design and implementation of complex, cross-platform systems and subsystems.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption where they deliver measurable customer or engineering value.
• Product & Team Collaboration
• Partner with Product Management, Design, Research, and other engineering organisations to define product direction and the technical roadmap.
• Influence engineering direction across organisations and represent Lightroom Desktop's technical interests in cross-Adobe forums.
• Drive root cause analysis for complex production issues and establish long-term preventive solutions.
• Engineering Excellence
• Drive high standards in performance, reliability, security, maintainability, and scalability.
• Drive initiatives to improve application startup time, responsiveness, memory efficiency, and crash rates.
• Establish team standards around testing, observability, CI/CD, release quality, and operational excellence.
• Lead adoption of AI-assisted software engineering practices to improve developer productivity.
• Mentorship & People Development
• Mentor and coach senior engineers, elevating technical quality and decision-making across teams.
• Build a culture of engineering excellence through clear standards, code review, and collaborative learning.

Requirements

• Technical Skills
• Expert-level proficiency in C++, multithreading, and systems programming.
• Strong expertise in software architecture and design for complex desktop applications.
• Deep understanding of performance engineering, memory optimisation, debugging, and profiling.
• Experience building highly reliable, scalable commercial software products.
• Solid grasp of secure software development practices.
• Proven experience applying AI-assisted development tools and establishing protocols for their use within engineering teams.
• Leadership & Communication
• Demonstrated experience leading large technical initiatives across multiple teams.
• Track record of mentoring and technically coaching senior engineers.
• Excellent communication and partner management skills, including the ability to influence without authority.
• Ability to translate complex technical decisions into clear narratives for non-engineering audiences.
• Education & Experience
• B.Tech/M.Tech in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior technical leadership capacity.
• Deep expertise in the Mac and Windows platforms.
• Experience with graphics, imaging, GPU acceleration, or multimedia applications - particularly relevant to Lightroom's imaging pipeline.
• Experience influencing engineering direction and culture across organisations.
• Experience working effectively with distributed or globally located teams.
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Additional Information

he Role As a Senior Engineer, you will be a key technical authority for Lightroom, driving architecture decisions, setting engineering standards, and mentoring a high-calibre team of senior engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role that sits at the intersection of deep technical craft and product strategy.

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