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!
2026 Intern – Software Development Engineer
Ready to launch your engineering career in tech?
When you join us as an engineering intern, you’ll dive into real projects that impact the future of our products. You’ll work side-by-side with experienced teams, contribute meaningful code, and see how a global tech company builds and scales innovation.
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Duration: 13 months
Start date: 1st of July 2026
End date: 31st of July 2027
Number of roles available: 3 positions
Eligibility: You’re currently an undergraduate pursuing your Bachelor's degree on your penultimate year of study, looking for a placement year/sandwich year - Graduating in 2028
Hybrid: 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week work from home
About the role
Join our global Adobe Unified Platform organisation where our mission is to invent the technologies that allow our product leaders’ dreams to come true. We work to solve problems at a scale few other companies face.
We build high-availability and low maintenance services that play a critical role for Adobe customers, whether they be individuals or multinational enterprises.
Your main tasks include delivering quality code, effective communication, and achieving results.
What you will do
Collaborate with a team to craft and deliver solutions that deliver 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
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 typically consists of three stages as follows:
60-minute Online Assessment.
90-minute Technical Interview with the team.
45-minute Soft-Skills Interview with the Hiring Manager.
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