Principal AI Systems Engineer, C++ / Applied AI

Adobe

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CASan Francisco, CASeattle, WANew York, NYChicago, IL
Salary
$248,900–$360,500 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Principal AI Systems Engineer, C++ / Applied AI

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As a Principal AI Systems Engineer at Adobe, you will join a team dedicated to building foundational AI systems and native infrastructure for product engineering teams. This hands-on role requires deep C++ expertise and practical AI fluency, focusing on designing and implementing large-scale production software architecture that integrates AI capabilities into complex products. Your daily tasks include architecting native C++ infrastructure, defining clean execution interfaces, and ensuring reliable integration of AI-driven actions within existing workflows. You will also build evaluation frameworks for AI systems, design privacy-conscious observability tools, and mentor senior engineers to raise the quality bar for AI systems engineering. The ideal candidate has over a decade of experience in C++, with expertise in modern C++ design, memory management, concurrency, and systems-level performance, as well as hands-on experience integrating AI into production environments.

Skills

C++ AI LLMs gRPC JSON-RPC WebSockets REST CI/CD Terraform AWS Kubernetes PostgreSQL Docker Prometheus Grafana Git GitHub Swagger GraphQL

What you'll do

  • Design and build native C++ infrastructure for AI-powered services.
  • Define execution interfaces and error-handling contracts for AI-driven actions.
  • Create reliable bridges between product capabilities and backend AI systems.
  • Build evaluation frameworks for AI workflows, including automated testing.
  • Ensure AI features are measurable, debuggable, and production-ready.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant depth in C++.
  • Expertise in modern C++ design, memory management, concurrency, API design, debugging, and systems-level performance.
  • Hands-on experience integrating AI, LLMs, agents, or model-backed systems into production environments.
  • Strong practical understanding of AI system failure modes and reliability issues.
  • Experience designing reliable interfaces between AI systems and deterministic software systems.
  • Proven ability to lead technical direction and mentor senior engineers across multiple teams.

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