Senior AEM Forward Deployed Engineer (Chicago)

The Opportunity Join our Customer Innovation revolution as we partner with global brands in building software and AI-powered services that generate true value, guided by customer usage and author-centric simplicity. As part of the AEM Co-Innovation Engineering (ACE) team, you’ll play a critical role in evolving the Adobe Experience Manager product. What You’ll Do Collaborate & Innovate: Demonstrate your strong customer leadership experience, hands-on AEM expertise, Engineering savvy, and AI-first mentality, to develop innovative core product features that solve real customer needs and demonstrate measured value. Envision: Through your deep understanding of a customer’s business use cases and value metrics, you will build upon the latest AEM technologies and early access features to discover new opportunities to drive measurable value. Iterate & Experiment: Apply an AI-first experimentation mentality to rapidly iterate on technical proof-of-concepts, assessing and validating business value outcomes. Lead by Example: Work across product area boundaries to bring the best of Adobe to the customer. Create and share knowledge to scale expertise across the AEM community both internally and externally. Code: This is a hands-on enterprise software development role. Join us to build the future of AEM! What You Bring Engineering Technical Depth: Degree or equivalent experience in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field along with 15+ years of proven hands-on experience with full-stack software development. AEM Expertise: Confirmed expertise with sophisticated Adobe Experience Cloud implementations and enterprise customer use cases, with specific experience with AEM as a Cloud Service, including Edge Delivery Services. AI Focus: Strong experience with AI experimentation and solutions. AI is embedded in your day-to-day, as you invent and tinker with the possibilities of AI in your free time. You keep ahead of market trends across third-party models, GPUs, and new AI applications. Customer Centricity: Passion for ensuring outstanding customer experiences and a focus on excellence and simplicity. Innovative Approach: Proven innovation mentality and track record of driving creative solutions to increase value realization. Ability to spot industry trends and evaluate complementary technologies, combined with the flexibility to incorporate external innovations into Adobe’s products. Executive Presence: Ability to communicate technical and business concepts to audiences of varying levels of experience, background, and seniority. Consistent success influencing executive partners to drive strategy & alignment. About AdobeAdobe 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 togetherAt 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.Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email View email address on apply.placed-app.com or call View phone number on apply.placed-app.com. AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about 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 position is $159,200 -- $301,600 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and 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 $208,300 - $301,600
In New York, the pay range for this position is $208,300 - $301,600
In Illinois, the pay range for this position is $178,600 - $258,700
In Washington, the pay range for this position is $190,200 - $275,400
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.State-Specific Notices:California:Fair Chance OrdinancesAdobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.Colorado:Application Window NoticeThere is no deadline to apply to this job posting because Adobe accepts applications for this role on an ongoing basis. The posting will remain open based on hiring needs and position availability.Massachusetts: Massachusetts Legal NoticeIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.SummaryLocation: San Jose; Toronto; Austin; Seattle; New York; ChicagoType: Full time