2025 Intern - Software Engineer
On site
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Full Time
23-04-2025
Job Specifications
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!
The opportunity
Internship at Adobe!
As an Adobe Intern, you'll access socials, corporate social responsibility events, learning, and networking opportunities! You'll also be assigned a dedicated Manager to support you throughout your time within the business.
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Duration: 13 months
Start date: 1st of July 2025
End date: 31st of July 2026
Application open between 17th of February until 10th of March 2025
Eligibility: Open to candidates who are graduating in 2027
Hybrid: 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week work from home
At Adobe, you'll collaborate with genuine colleagues, work on purposeful projects, and feel proud of our products and customers.
What you will do
Join our global Developer Platform organization to support engineers worldwide in writing efficient code. Collaborate with teams in various locations, including San Jose, Romania, India, New York, Utah, and Edinburgh. Your main tasks include delivering quality code, effective communication, and achieving results.
Collaborate with a team to craft and deliver solutions that generate data for our leadership to understand friction in delivering outstanding applications and user experiences.
Bring a fresh perspective based on your remarkable experiences to the team and apply this perspective to the project scope.
Present results and progress to leadership with pride and enthusiasm.
Be an active participant in the wider internship program, engaging with the intern cohort and helping build a better shared experience for all.
What you need to succeed
Candidates with a BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science
Passionate about programming and how it can be applied to solve real-world problems.
Naturally analytical, using data to justify your decisions.
An interest in how large organizations successfully deliver groundbreaking software applications – developer methodologies in practice.
Strong background in Java (or equivalent strongly-typed programming language) is essential.
We achieve success through strong collaboration and ambition. The key to this role is the ability to actively listen, comprehend, and effectively communicate ideas and plans with a diverse range of collaborators.
What to expect from the recruitment process
Our selection process consists of three stages as follows:
60 minutes Online Assessment.
90 minutes Technical Interview with the team.
45 minutes SoftSkills Interview with the Hiring Manager.
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Adobe values a free and open marketplace for all employees and has policies in place to ensure that we do not enter into illegal agreements with other companies to not recruit or hire each other’s employees.
About the Company
Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results. In short, Adobe is everywhere, and we’re changing the world through digital experiences. Know more
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