Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Adobe

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San Jose · Seattle · San Francisco Posted 77 days ago $177,900–$257,550 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a senior software engineer on the AI integration team at Adobe, you will focus on implementing A2A integration patterns and creating reusable SDKs to facilitate customer adoption of AI features. Your day-to-day involves acting as a data analyst for model behavior by querying logs and metrics to identify performance issues and opportunities, designing evaluation pipelines, and ensuring robust observability in Python using PyTorch or similar frameworks. You will collaborate closely with customer-facing teams to gather feedback and insights, guiding customers on optimal use of APIs and observability tools while bridging the gap between customer needs and internal product development. This role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years in ML/AI applications, expertise in Python and A2A integration patterns, proficiency with data analysis tools, and a strong understanding of MLOps concepts.

Skills

Python PyTorch AWS GCP Azure Git CI/CD Docker SQL OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana REST gRPC Webhooks LLM A2A Java Scala MLOps LLMOps

What you'll do

  • Implement A2A integration patterns for seamless AI capability integration.
  • Create reusable SDKs and templates to ease customer adoption of AI features.
  • Analyze model behavior data to identify performance issues and opportunities.
  • Design evaluation pipelines with success metrics and guardrails for AI features.
  • Instrument AI features with robust observability and testing mechanisms.
  • Develop AI-backed services and APIs in Python using PyTorch or similar frameworks.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2 years in ML/AI or LLM-based applications.
  • Expertise in Python and hands-on work with PyTorch or similar frameworks like TensorFlow, JAX.
  • Familiarity with A2A integration patterns including REST/gRPC APIs, webhooks, queues, event-driven systems.
  • Comfortable performing data analyst tasks such as SQL queries, analytics tool usage, and dashboard interpretation.
  • Experience in logging/observability stacks (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana) for monitoring AI features.
  • Proven ability to ship production features and iterate based on real-world customer feedback.

Market check

Salary context

This $177,900–$257,550 range sits above 88% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$117,000–$198,200

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$135,000–$178,318

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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