Senior Manager, Software Development
Adobe
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This role pays more than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $169,687–$235,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $270k versus about $203k for comparable roles.
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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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Senior Manager Engineering – Meta Factory joins the Adobe Unified Platform team to lead and build the infrastructure for Meta Factory, a core component of the company's agentic builder systems. This role involves managing engineering execution for critical components including the agent harness, execution loops, evaluation systems, self-improvement capabilities, and skills frameworks. The manager will oversee development of runtime environments, tool integrations, and context management while leading high-performing teams to deliver reliable, scalable software. Key technical requirements include expertise in AI/ML systems, LLM APIs, agent frameworks, and cloud platforms like AWS or Azure. The role focuses on solving the challenge of creating a model-independent system that helps agents understand goals and improve over time. Candidates must possess strong architecture judgment to evaluate trade-offs and manage build-versus-buy decisions within the complex domain of autonomous agentic systems.
What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?
Median $290250 from 64 postings across 19 companies.
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