Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Firefly)

Company: Adobe Systems GmbH
Location: San Jose
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

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!Position Summary:Adobe Firefly Gen AI Models and services group seeks a Firefly models & Services architect for generative AI models.We need a dedicated architect with expertise in machine learning to support the creation, improvement, and deployment of model pipelines for Adobe's top products in various domains.As a Firefly model architect, you will join an outstanding team of ML and service engineers building the future of digital experiences. You will help set long-term technical strategy and work across multiple Adobe teams to architect the pipelines of the future foundation models at Adobe. You will make important architecture decisions and prioritize model optimization experiments. You will have the opportunity to develop novel ideas to advance the creative world through features in Adobe's products and reach millions of people worldwide!Job Responsibilities

• Help architect and optimize large-scale foundation model pipelines in Generative AI
• Design and develop the GenAI backend services for Firefly, creating GPU optimized, efficient model pipelines that power the generative AI features on Firefly website, PPro, Photoshop, Illustrator, Express, Stock and other applications/surfaces
• Collaborate with outstanding Applied researchers and engineers to bring ideas to production
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship for junior team members
• Explore and research new and emerging ML and MLOps technologies to continuously improve Adobe's GenAI engineering effectiveness and efficiency
• Review and provide feedback on features, technology, architecture, designs and test strategies.What you'll need to succeed
  • Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related fields or B.Tech and strong experience in AI/ML
  • 12+ years of experience
  • 3+ years as a Lead/Architect
  • Excellent communication and technical leadership skills
  • Experience in tech leading a large number of contributors on time-sensitive and business-critical GenAI projects
  • Experience in the latest Generative AI technologies, such as GAN, diffusion, transformer models
  • Strong hands-on experience with large-scale GenAI model pipelines and/or shipping ML features
  • Strong collaboration skills. Experience with working in a Matrix organization, driving alignment, drawing conclusions, and getting things donePreferred experience:
    • Experience training or optimizing models (CUDA, Triton, TRT, AOT)
    • Experience converting models from various frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow to other target formats to ensure compatibility and optimized performance across different platforms
    • Good publication record in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related fieldsAdobe is proud to be anemployer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, emailor call (408) 536-3015.
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