Lead Customer Facing Applied AI Engineer

Adobe

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San Jose · Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA Posted 79 days ago $208,300$301,600 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

As a senior software engineer on the AI integration team at Adobe, you will implement A2A integration patterns and create reusable SDKs to facilitate customer adoption of AI features. Your day-to-day involves acting as a data analyst for model behavior by querying logs and metrics to identify performance issues and opportunities, designing evaluation pipelines, and ensuring robust observability and testing in Python using PyTorch or similar frameworks. You will collaborate with customer-facing teams to gather feedback and prioritize improvements, providing clear insights on feature effectiveness. This role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years with ML/AI applications, expertise in Python and A2A integration patterns, and familiarity with data analysis tools and cloud platforms. Additionally, you should have a strong understanding of the latest AI developments and be proficient in Java/Scala frameworks, with a proven track record of shipping production features and iterating based on real-world feedback.

Skills

Python PyTorch AWS GCP Azure Git CI/CD Docker SQL OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana REST gRPC Webhooks LLM A2A Java Scala MLOps LLMOps

What you'll do

  • Implement A2A integration patterns for seamless AI capability integration.
  • Create reusable SDKs and templates to ease customer adoption of AI features.
  • Analyze model behavior data to identify performance issues and opportunities.
  • Design evaluation pipelines with success metrics and guardrails for AI features.
  • Instrument AI features with robust observability and testing mechanisms.
  • Develop AI-backed services and APIs in Python using PyTorch or similar frameworks.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in ML/AI or LLM-based applications.
  • Expertise in Python and hands-on work with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or similar frameworks.
  • Proficiency in A2A integration patterns including REST/gRPC APIs, webhooks, queues, event-driven systems.
  • Comfortable with data analyst tasks such as SQL queries, analytics tools, and building/interpreting dashboards.
  • Experience designing evaluation pipelines for AI features, defining success metrics, and setting up offline/online evaluations.
  • Strong communication skills to explain technical details and insights to customers and non-ML stakeholders.

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $208k
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$155k most similar roles pay here $317k

This role pays more than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $170,821–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $255k versus about $208k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

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