Platform Automation Engineer

Adobe

San Jose, CA (+3 others) Full-time Posted Apr 30, 2026
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Benefits

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 position is $139,000 -- $257,550 annually In California, the pay range for this position is $177,900 - $257,550 At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP) In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award Creativity, curiosity, and constant learning are celebrated aspects of your career growth journey If you are applying for a role outside of your current country, ensure you review the International Resources for Relocating Employees on Inside Adobe, including the impacts to your Benefits, AIP, Equity & Payroll 5 more items(s)

Qualifications

  • • The successful candidate should have experience with software engineering, release management and a strong ability to script or code
  • • This engineer should be self motivated, with a desire to automate all-the-things, and an ability to drive projects to conclusion
  • • Strong collaboration with other engineering teams along with proficiency in understanding complex inter-team requirements are needed to succeed in this role
  • • This individual should be regularly using AI tools to improve their individual velocity
  • • B.Sc
  • • or higher in related field, or equivalent experience
  • • 5+ combined years of proven experience in release engineering, software engineering, site reliability engineering, program management, and/or configuration management
  • • An understanding of platform maintenance methodologies and experience coordinating planned work with clients
  • • Skills and passion for automating repetitive work using scripting languages (Python, Go, Bash) and familiarity with popular frameworks like Flask and React
  • • Fluency in the modern AI landscape, including use of tools such as Cursor, Co-Pilot and Claude
  • • Highly organized and able to balance multiple communication channels, schedules and meetings
  • • Strong written and oral skills
  • • A strong understanding and extensive experience with scrum terminology and processes
  • • Experience with cloud service providers: Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS
  • • Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, REST-based APIs, API Gateways and CI/CD systems
  • • A belief in process documentation and experience writing them against a technical landscape
  • • A schedule which allows you to occasionally meet between 7AM and 10AM pacific time, or 9AM and noon eastern time
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Responsibilities

  • • The Platform Automation Engineer on the Ethos Platform Reliability team will organize and orchestrate maintenance activities across our vast fleet of Kubernetes clusters
  • • In doing so, this engineer will collaborate with internal teams and build automation to support their complex scheduling requirements
  • • Coordinate complex releases, changes and feature deprecation among the multiple teams that deliver them, while communicating with our large body of internal clients
  • • Identify client needs and update release schedules to facilitate their needs
  • • Ideate, develop and deploy self-service, client oriented applications to aid with scheduling and reporting
  • • Write software that integrates multiple systems such as Git, JIRA, Slack to aid in fleet visibility and release orchestration
  • • Strive to reduce platform outages and increase velocity through process review, improvement and enforcement
  • • Work collaboratively with internal teams and internal clients to achieve the best outcomes in a challenging environment
  • • Examples include scheduling high-risk work during sensitive periods like holidays or conferences
  • • Work directly with your senior manager in a medium sized, multi-layer organization to assist with automation, reporting and process optimization
  • • You may be asked to act as your leader's delegate in some cases
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