Job Summary:
Adobe's Nextcam team is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their team in San Jose, California, focusing on building smartphone apps for iOS. The role involves API design, feature development, performance optimization, and contributing to overall UX improvements.
Responsibilities:
• API design (evolving existing components and architecting new ones)
• feature development
• performance optimization (at the OS, algorithmic, and GPU levels)
• debugging (both on-device and through unit testing)
• staying current with iOS platform developments
• reducing technical debt
• contributing to overall UX improvements.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Proficiency in Swift, Objective-C, and modern C++
• Experience with iOS app architectures and common design patterns (MVC/MVVM, modularization)
• Ability to write thread-safe code, and design systems with concurrency in mind
• Ability to write concise and well-documented code and unit tests
• Experience building Swift UIs
• Ability to debug and profile applications using Xcode and Instruments
• Experience working with source control, CI/DC pipelines, and automated test harnesses
• Experience shipping and maintaining production iOS applications
• Enthusiasm for working with AI coding agents while maintaining high-quality
Preferred:
• Experience with camera apps, computational photography, and/or modern AI
• Computational photography or image processing experience
• Camera Raw and Lightroom experience
• GPU programming experience, especially Metal
• Experience integrating machine learning on iOS (CoreML, ONNX)
• Ability to manage memory effectively, including low-level C++ memory management
• Familiarity with camera systems and capture pipelines
• Ability to optimize CPU and memory usage
• Familiarity with CI and similar build systems
• Experience managing iOS signing, provisioning and build configuration
• Proficiency with Python for tooling, prototyping, or pipeline support
• A passion for photography
Company:
Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions. Founded in 1982, the company is headquartered in San Jose, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.