Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Video & Audio (DVA)

Adobe, San Jose +2

The role

Adobe's Digital Video & Audio (DVA) business powers the world's leading creative tools for professional video editing, motion graphics, visual effects, and content creation. Premiere Pro and After Effects are industry-defining applications used by filmmakers, broadcasters, social creators, enterprises, and creative professionals worldwide!

The future of creative storytelling will be hybrid, bringing together traditional craft and AI-powered creation in ways that expand what's possible. Whether an artist starts with an ARRI camera, a script, or a prompt, Adobe is building the world's leading creative platform to support every stage of the journey. From intelligent editing and generative video to cloud-native workflows and connected creative experiences, Digital Video & Audio is helping creators imagine, craft, and deliver compelling stories wherever inspiration begins.

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Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Video & Audio (DVA)

Adobe, San Jose +2

The role

What you need

Demonstrated ownership of business outcomes that delivered double-digit growth. Experience expanding product value and adoption among new and emerging creators, with a strong focus on activation, retention, and business impact.
15+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping products with a worldwide reach. Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations responsible for complex, business-critical platforms including large-scale desktop applications and cross-platform experiences used by millions of creators.
Proven experience integrating AI and machine learning technologies to enhance customer experiences, including generative AI, large language models, agent-based workflows, orchestration frameworks, inference systems, and multimodal experiences.
Demonstrated success in modernizing platforms and leading large-scale AI adoption initiatives across mature engineering organizations and codebases. Experience improving engineering productivity through AI-assisted development and modern delivery practices.
Strong technical depth across native applications, cloud-connected platforms, distributed systems, web, mobile, AI infrastructure, and developer ecosystems.
Deep understanding of scalability, reliability, performance optimization, platform architecture, and operational excellence. Experience supporting globally distributed products and services used at large scale.
Passion for creativity tools and a strong understanding of creator workflows, imaging technologies, graphics systems, extensibility, security, compliance, and enterprise requirements.
Proven ability to build and develop leadership teams across directors, managers, architects, and engineers. Experience driving alignment across executive collaborators and partnering with organizations such as Premiere, Illustrator, and Firefly to deliver connected creative workflows.
Exceptional communication, organizational leadership, and influence skills. Ability to inspire teams, shape strategy, and lead significant organizational change.

Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Video & Audio (DVA)

The role

Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Video & Audio (DVA)

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