Senior Software Quality Engineer

Adobe Inc.

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Product Family, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Cloud Computing, Command Line, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Debugging Skills, Desktop PC, Editing, Engineering, Functional Testing, Graphics, Hardware Configuration Management, Improvement Metrics, JavaScript, Jenkins, Metrics, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Engineering, Regression Testing, Reporting Dashboards, Requirements Management, Risk, Risk Analysis, Software Engineering, Test Automation, Test Plan/Schedule, Test Requirements, Testability, Testing, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Video Editing
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
Today

Opportunity:


The


video rendering


team owns the high-performance rendering pipeline that powers Premiere Pro, an industry-leading non-linear video editing application used by millions of creators around the world.



We are


constantly


evolving the core rendering architecture toward an innovative

, scalable, and performance-

first


pipeline. As a Senior Quality Engineer



working on the rendering pipeline


, you will help ensure that


features and optimizations


ship with confidence


at velocity


. You will be a guardian of quality


and


the


voice of the user,


validating



functionality

,


performance, and workflow


impact

s


across complex video editing scenarios.




Responsibilities:


  • Own quality strategy and execution for featuresandworkflow areas withinPremiere Proand other pro apps.
  • Create test plans for complex rendering, playback, editing, color, and export workflows.
  • Evaluateuser impact, functionality, performance, and regression risks across feature work and bug fixes.
  • Partner closely with developers to understand system changes, impactedworkflows, andappropriatevalidation approaches.
  • Validate behavior acrossmediaformattypes, codecs, frame rates, resolutions, bit depths, pixel formats, effects, sequences, and hardware configurations.
  • Use and extend automationto ship features with high confidence at high velocity.
  • Help define and improve performance metrics, dashboards, automation coverage, and regression detection.
  • Participate in design reviews and advocate for testability, reliability, and user-centered quality.
  • Sharetestingknowledge, quality practicesand repeatable processes with adjacent teams.and help break down work for other QE team members when needed.
  • Collaborate across engineering, product, automation, performance, and partner teams to improve release confidence.


Required Skills:

  • 6-8+ years of quality engineering experience, ideally on complex desktop, creative, media, graphics, or performance-sensitive applications.
  • Strong QE fundamentals: test planning,requirements analysis, risk assessment, regression testing,root cause analysisandoverallquality ownership.
  • Working knowledge of video concepts such as codecs, media formats, frame rate, resolution, pixels, bit depth, coloras well as familiarity with modern video editors.
  • Experience running, debugging, and writing automated tests using TypeScript, JavaScript, Python.
  • Experience owning quality for large features, product areas, or complex multi-functional initiatives.
  • Experience testing both functional correctness and performance-sensitive workflows.
  • Ability to partner effectively with developers and understand technical abstractions, system behavior, and implementation risk.
  • Familiarity with CI systems such as Jenkins,and command-line test workflows.
  • Ability to interpret metrics, dashboards, logs, automation results, and performance signals.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate risk, influence decisions, and represent the user experience.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate risk, influence decisions, and represent the user experience.



About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe's industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.


Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We're on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let's Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our

values and culture

,

focus on people, purpose and community

,

Adobe for All

, comprehensive

benefits programs

, the

stories we tell

, the

customers

we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.



Adobe is proud to be an

Equal Employment Opportunity

employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Learn more.


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or call +1 408-536-3015.



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AI in the hiring experience

.



Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $113,400 -- $221,750 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.


In California, the pay range for this position is $153,200 - $221,750In Washington, the pay range for this position is $142,500 - $206,275


At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base +

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Adobe is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.


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Adobe Inc.