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• Overview

  Adobe is hiring a Technical Lead in Carlsbad, CA.

• Role description

  We don't need a Technical Lead who knows everything, just one who knows Conflict Resolution and isn't afraid of Customer Service, here at Adobe. Weigh it however you like — the math still lands at $128,000 - $198,000, contract hours, and a team at Adobe worth joining.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Manage competing demands while keeping attention to detail high
  • Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly
  • Use Multitasking to streamline routine tasks and free up capacity
  • Bridge Conflict Resolution and Persuasion so neither team works in the dark
  • Adapt quickly to shifting priorities in a fast-paced general environment
  • Juggle forever-learning priorities without dropping the ones that matter
  • Trade quick wins for boldly-pragmatic fixes when the math favors patience

  What You'll Bring

  • A CA work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway
  • The humility to revise strong opinions when the data argues back
  • Real Customer Service chops, plus the Attention Management curiosity to keep growing
  • Calm under the impact-driven chaos a lead role tends to generate
  • A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame
  • Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
  • At least 9 years of standing behind your own estimates

  Adobe doesn't sell general so much as guarantee it, a goal-oriented distinction the Carlsbad, CA team takes personally. We treat every new Technical Lead as a fresh set of eyes, so tell us what looks broken.

  The compensation here starts at $128,000 - $198,000, paired with unlimited PTO and a manager committed to your professional growth.

  Actively staffed and live, this Carlsbad, CA opening is no relic.

  Join our Carlsbad team by applying for this Technical Lead position today.

• Required skills

  • Flexibility
  • Attention Management
  • Customer Service
  • Persuasion
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Multitasking
  • Active Listening
  • Stress Management
  • Negotiation

• Benefits & perks

  • Gym membership reimbursement
  • Telemedicine and virtual care access
  • Internet and phone reimbursement
  • Birthday off
  • Hearing aid coverage
  • Bring Your Dog to Work
  • Happy Hours
  • New hire onboarding stipend
  • Pet-friendly office
  • Video Games
  • Floating holidays
  • Paid business travel
  • Childcare subsidies
  • Concierge Services
  • Annual salary reviews

• Apply before 2026-08-11

  Submit your application for this Contract general position.