This role pays more than
91%
of similar roles. Most pay
$196,750–$272,795
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$320k
versus about
$235k
for comparable roles.
Based on 239 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
Adobe currently has
218 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$187,100–$270,950
across 216 roles with salary data.
Principal Architect, Express AI Foundations joins the AI Foundations team to build and implement a scalable framework for Adobe Express. This role involves architecting the complete AI stack, including Agentic, Construct, Imaging, Motion, and Personalization AI. You will develop end-to-end systems by integrating microservices, data pipelines, LLM orchestration layers, and high-performance runtime services with robust observability and fault tolerance. The work focuses on creating infrastructure for model training, fine-tuning, and deployment using Spark, Kafka, Flink, and other distributed frameworks. Key responsibilities include designing caching strategies, session analytics, and evaluation systems to improve quality metrics. Candidates should possess expertise in Python, Java, C++, or Go, along with deep knowledge of LLM fundamentals, multi-model inference, and Agentic AI patterns like reasoning loops and task decomposition to deliver real-time, customer-facing intelligence at scale.
What does a Architect earn?
Median $235750 from 31 postings across 17 companies.
LLM Orchestration
Inference Services
Data Pipelines
MLOps
Distributed Systems
Generative AI
Diffusion Models
Agile
System Design
Model Registries
Feature Stores
Prompt Engineering
Evaluation Frameworks