As a Principal Architect on Adobe’s AI Foundations team for Adobe Express, you will lead the development and implementation of a flexible, scalable AI framework that drives creativity at scale in design, imaging, motion, and personalization. Your day-to-day responsibilities include architecting end-to-end systems, integrating microservices, data pipelines, and LLM orchestration layers, as well as developing high-performance runtime services with strong observability and fault tolerance. You will also mentor senior engineers and collaborate closely with applied research teams to implement AI models into customer-facing services. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, large-scale service development, and proficiency in Python, Java, C++, or Go, alongside experience with Kafka, Spark, Flink, and other frameworks for data pipelines and real-time streaming systems. This position is ideal for someone who can bridge modeling innovation with production-grade systems that deliver real-time intelligence at scale.
Skills
Python
Java
Go
Kafka
Spark
Flink
LLM orchestration frameworks
Distributed systems
Cloud-native deployment
MLOps pipelines
Feature stores
Model registries
Agentic AI patterns
Caching strategies
Database development
Performance optimization
What you'll do
Architect and evolve the complete AI stack for Adobe Express across various AI domains.
Develop and operationalize end-to-end systems integrating microservices, data pipelines, and evaluation frameworks.
Build large-scale data and inference infrastructure using distributed frameworks like Spark, Kafka, and Flink.
Lead development of high-performance runtime services with strong observability and fault tolerance.
Mentor senior engineers and scientists to drive excellence in AI system composition and experimentation.
What we're looking for
10+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems and AI infrastructure.
Deep understanding of ML fundamentals, including training, fine-tuning, deployment, and evaluation workflows.
Proven expertise in building and scaling data pipelines and real-time streaming systems using Kafka, Spark, Flink, etc.
Strong background in caching strategies, database development, and performance optimization for large-scale serving systems.
Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks, model routing, and multi-model inference.
Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, or Go, emphasizing distributed systems, cloud-native deployment, and performance tuning.
Skill to merge engineering precision with practical research understanding, connecting prototyping and production.
Market check
Salary context
This
$261,800–$379,100
range sits above
96%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$163,350–$241,500
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$162,000–$235,750
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 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
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$183,300–$265,350
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Us, Ca, Santa Clara, US51 days ago
$152,000–$241,500
Python
TypeScript
Go
Rust
C++
Synthetic data generation
GPU-backed inference systems
Multi-agent workflows
Orchestration patterns
Complex long-running task systems
MCP
A2A-style communication patterns
Secure execution
Sandboxing
Secrets handling
Auditability
CI/CD