Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

Adobe

Actively hiring
San Jose, US Posted 73 days ago $208,300$301,600 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

Join our team of world-class AI and traditional engineers as a senior software engineer, where you will implement A2A integration patterns such as APIs, webhooks, and event streams to integrate Adobe's AI capabilities into customer workflows. You will create reusable SDKs and reference implementations while acting as a data analyst by querying logs and metrics to evaluate model performance and identify failure modes. Your responsibilities include designing evaluation pipelines, ensuring strong observability with logging and tracing, and collaborating closely with customer-facing teams to gather feedback and prioritize improvements. Expertise in Python, PyTorch, and cloud platforms is essential, along with experience in MLOps and LLM applications. This role requires a build-first mentality, strong mentorship skills, and the ability to articulate technical insights clearly to both customers and non-ML stakeholders.

Skills

Python PyTorch TensorFlow Java Scala AWS GCP Azure Git CI/CD Docker SQL OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana Datadog MLOps LLMOps REST gRPC webhooks event-driven systems GraphQL

What you'll do

  • Implement A2A integration patterns to connect AI capabilities with customer workflows.
  • Create reusable SDKs and reference implementations to ease adoption of AI features.
  • Analyze model behavior using logs, metrics, and dashboards to identify performance issues.
  • Design evaluation pipelines for AI features including offline and online testing methods.
  • Instrument AI services with observability tools to ensure quality and performance monitoring.
  • Collaborate with customer-facing teams to translate feedback into prioritized product improvements.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on ML/AI or LLM-based applications.
  • Expertise in Python and hands-on work with PyTorch or similar frameworks like TensorFlow or JAX.
  • Strong understanding of A2A integration patterns including REST/gRPC APIs, webhooks, queues, and event-driven systems.
  • Proficiency in data analysis using SQL, notebooks, and analytics tools to derive actionable insights from model performance metrics.
  • Experience with logging/observability stacks such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, and Datadog for monitoring AI features.
  • Strong communication skills to explain technical details and data insights effectively to customers and non-ML stakeholders.

Market check

Salary context

This $208,300–$301,600 range sits above 88% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$132,000$215,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,450$216,300

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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

Adobe currently has 290 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $183,300–$265,350 across 290 roles with salary data.

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