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Adobe opens new India office

Adobe said on May 8 that it opened a new office in Noida, its seventh in India.

The US software company is expanding its engineering and customer-facing teams in the country.

The campus in Sector 129 will house more than 700 employees.

Adobe said India is its largest workforce outside the US, with over 8,000 staff since it entered the market in 1997.

The opening follows other India moves, including a February 2026 plan to give students at accredited institutions free access to Firefly, Photoshop, and Acrobat, and a partnership with Airtel to offer Adobe Express Premium to 360 million users.

🔗 Source: The Economic Times

🧠 Food for thought

Implications, context, and why it matters.

The Noida office opening makes an existing hiring push official

  • Recent job posts in Noida for technical roles, including software development engineer 3, are already marked filled, which suggests recruiting started before the office opening announcement 1.
  • The company has gone after experienced hires such as engineering program manager 5, plus customer-facing jobs like pre-sales full-stack engineers, who help potential customers assess and adopt software products 23.
  • That emphasis matters because Adobe’s India teams now account for more than a third of the company’s innovation agenda 4.

Free software offers are meant to widen Adobe’s reach in India

  • The Airtel deal gives Adobe Express Premium to 360 million users 5.
  • No credit card is needed for activation, which lowers signup friction and can pull creators plus small businesses into Adobe’s tools 6.
  • Alongside a student plan for accredited higher education institutions, the company is trying to grow use across India 4.

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