Software Engineer - Substance 3D Designer

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone?from emerging artists to global brands?everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

We're on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

From the moment you wake up in the morning until you go to bed at night consider the media you consume, the adverts you see, the apps you use, the websites you browse and almost all of the shopping you do online throughout the day. Chances are that every single one of those interactions, every single one of those experiences, was touched by an Adobe product.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Software Engineer to join our Substance 3D business area based in Clermont Ferrand.



The Opportunity


We are looking for a Software Engineer with a good knowledge in software development to work on the desktop application Substance 3D Designer.

Rewarded by a Technical Achievement Award from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Los Angeles in 2023, Substance 3D Designer is the reference application used to build procedural 3D materials for many industries such as Video Games, VFX, Industrial Design, Fashion, Automotive.

You will be part of a very motivated team, passionate by 3D Arts and by providing high quality software to 3D technical Artists. You will work in very good conditions with respectful people that are taking care to each other.

As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to the development of the application on many various topics and will have to collaborate efficiently with other teams.



What you'll Do


Develop and craft new features in collaboration with other developers, UX designers and product owners
Take maintenance and testability into account during implementation. Write unit and functional tests
Analyze and understand customer needs
Investigate/fix bug and performance issues
Review code and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback during code reviews
Respond to code reviews and welcome questions and constructive feedback
Take care of the development environment (build time, reliability, automation)
Participate in sprint planning


What you need to succeed


Good computer science fundamentals
Good design, debugging and problem-solving skills
Good background in C++ and modern C++ (C++17)
Good understanding of object-oriented and functional programming principles
Comfortable working with large products and codebases
Ability to work in coordination with different teams
Ability to communicate efficiently and with honesty structured ideas
Ability to learn new technologies and to maintain a high degree of technical involvement
Willingness to learn in depth usage of our products
Experience in the following domains is a plus: Qt, modern CMake, Python, 3D, OpenUSD, MaterialX
Speaking and Understanding French and English
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We're on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours.