Description
Adobe Commerce powers storefronts for merchants and brands worldwide, making security, reliability, and scalability critical.
We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager with a strong software engineering background, hands-on development experience, and practical security expertise. The ideal candidate brings proven people leadership and a track record of delivering complex engineering initiatives.
While initially focused on security engineering, this broader leadership role offers opportunities to expand into developer tooling, platform engineering, automation, and other Commerce Engineering initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing engineering team, fostering technical excellence, ownership, and career growth.
- Provide technical leadership across architecture, development, testing, and operational excellence.
- Own engineering planning and execution, balancing business priorities, technical debt, and security risks.
- Lead security engineering initiatives across vulnerability remediation, patching, hardening, and automation.
- Partner with Security, Product, Architecture, and Engineering teams to prioritize risks and deliver scalable solutions.
- Champion AI-first security engineering to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks at scale.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on design, development, and delivery of production software.
- 4+ years of engineering management experience, building and leading high-performing teams.
- Strong technical foundation in full-stack development (React/TypeScript, Java, Node.js), REST APIs, and microservices, with solid knowledge of system design and security best practices.
- Hands-on experience in application and cloud security (OWASP Top 10, threat modeling, secure SDLC), vulnerability management, identity and access management (OAuth2, SSO), and security monitoring and incident response.
- Proven ability to lead multiple initiatives, drive execution, and collaborate across teams.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools and automation to improve engineering productivity and security workflows.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and leadership skills, including managing critical production and security incidents.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading security or platform engineering teams in SaaS/cloud environments.
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.
- Familiarity with threat modeling, vulnerability management, and security frameworks (PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
- Experience applying AI/ML and agentic workflows to security scanning, threat detection, and automated remediation.
- Experience with Adobe Commerce, e-commerce platforms, or PHP applications.
- Security certifications (CISSP, CISM, OSCP) are a plus.
Benefits
Adobe offers comprehensive benefits programs, including:
- Competitive salary
- Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
- New hire equity award
- Opportunities for career growth and professional development