Principal Engineer AI/ML

Adobe

Actively hiring
San Jose · Lehi · San Francisco Posted 23 days ago $261,800$379,100 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

The Principal Engineer role at GenStudio Engineering is a senior-level position for an experienced technical leader to drive architectural decisions and mentor engineers, shaping the team’s technical direction. This individual will design and maintain AI/ML-based systems, frame product features as ML tasks, manage data labeling workflows, and optimize model development in GPU/TPU environments using PyTorch. They will also work cross-functionally with data, research, and product teams to deploy production-ready services. The ideal candidate has over 14 years of software engineering experience, expertise in Machine Learning and Deep Learning, proficiency in Python and ML/DL frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow, and a strong understanding of data engineering concepts. This role involves building scalable AI/ML systems for both offline and online workflows, addressing cold-start scenarios, and ensuring compliance with UX, privacy, legal, and security constraints.

Skills

Python PyTorch TensorFlow Keras CUDA Hugging Face JAX GPU TPU Data engineering Feature engineering A/B testing Machine Learning Deep Learning Transfer learning Scalable AI/ML systems Data drift management Model deployment Production-grade services Cross-functional collaboration

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain AI/ML systems as the backbone of production-ready technology stacks.
  • Frame product features as ML tasks, ensuring compliance with UX, privacy, legal, and security constraints.
  • Analyze data distribution and manage labeling workflows involving LLMs, SMEs, or user-generated activity.
  • Implement techniques from academic research to optimize algorithmic trade-offs for latency and runtime.
  • Architect scalable ML systems for both offline and online workflows, optimizing model development in GPU/TPU environments.
  • Define offline benchmarks and metrics; design A/B tests to validate online performance of models.

What we're looking for

  • 14+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on technical leadership.
  • Strong expertise in Machine Learning and Deep Learning, including model design and optimization.
  • Proficiency in Python and ML/DL frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, CUDA, Hugging Face, JAX.
  • Experience designing and deploying scalable AI/ML systems optimized for GPU/TPU environments.
  • Solid understanding of data engineering concepts such as dataset management and feature engineering.

Market check

Salary context

This $261,800–$379,100 range sits above 96% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$170,000$260,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$169,625$246,150

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 290 open roles on FindRole.

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

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