Senior Engineer, AI Edge

Adobe

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$177,900–$257,550 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $204k
This role $218k
$150k most similar roles pay here $269k

This role pays more than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $161,900–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $218k versus about $204k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 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.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, AI Edge

As a Senior Engineer, AI Edge, you will join a fast-paced team building foundational capabilities for next-generation creative agents. You will transform unreliable AI workflows into practical technology by prototyping agentic capabilities from early concepts through technical validation. Your daily work involves building components for agent planning, tool use, orchestration, streaming, state management, and evaluation while creating reusable platform interfaces across various products. To succeed, you must possess full-stack engineering experience with React, TypeScript, API integration, and asynchronous workflows. You will also design backend systems involving distributed services, data stores, and cloud infrastructure. The role requires expertise in LLM-powered applications, including model APIs and retrieval systems. You will solve the challenge of making emerging technologies tangible by creating credible prototypes that help teams test assumptions and make informed decisions regarding creative tools and production readiness.

What does a Engineer earn in California?

Median $208000 from 94 postings across 22 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Prototype agentic AI capabilities for creative workflows from early concept through technical validation.
  • Build components for agent planning, tool use, orchestration, streaming, state management, and evaluation.
  • Develop reusable platform interfaces that function across various Adobe products and creative surfaces.
  • Create credible prototypes to help product teams test assumptions and make rapid decisions.
  • Measure the quality and reliability of AI features to distinguish viable capabilities from simple demos.
  • Translate emerging technical capabilities into intuitive and responsive user experiences.
  • Manage full-stack development including frontend interfaces, backend services, and production infrastructure.

What we're looking for

  • Experience building and shipping customer-facing products with full-stack engineering across frontends, backends, and infrastructure.
  • Fluency in modern web development including React, TypeScript, API integration, asynchronous workflows, and state management.
  • Experience designing and operating backend systems involving distributed services, cloud infrastructure, and performance monitoring.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM-powered applications or agentic systems including tool calling, orchestration, and evaluation.
  • Ability to move quickly from ambiguous ideas to end-to-end working prototypes while making pragmatic technical tradeoffs.
  • Strong product and UX judgment to turn technical capabilities into intuitive user experiences.
  • Experience building creative tools, productivity apps, or interaction-rich products (preferred).
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms, agent frameworks, design systems, or real-time collaborative experiences (preferred).

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