Senior Software Engineer Model & Partnerships Management

Adobe

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$208,300–$301,600 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $255k
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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $165,450–$219,862 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $255k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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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 Software Engineer Model & Partnerships Management

Senior Software Engineer Model & Partnerships Management joins the Agentic Builders Experience team to develop the Adobe Unified Platform. This role focuses on building the integration layer for model providers and partner services while maintaining a model-independent architecture through clean abstractions. You will design and build API clients, routing, and fallback logic, while owning systems that evaluate model quality, latency, cost, and reliability. The position involves onboarding new models, creating instrumentation dashboards, and making critical build-versus-buy decisions for engineering leadership. Candidates should possess over ten years of experience in backend or platform systems and demonstrate proficiency in Python, Go, or Java. Required skills include expertise in LLM APIs, agent frameworks, AI/ML systems, and AI-assisted development. The work centers on creating a foundational infrastructure that integrates diverse model capabilities to power autonomous agents for internal engineering use.

What you'll do

  • Design and build an integration layer for model providers and partner services.
  • Develop API clients, routing logic, and fallback systems to maintain model-independent abstractions.
  • Build evaluation systems to monitor model quality, latency, cost, and reliability.
  • Lead the engineering effort to onboard new models and partners into the platform.
  • Create instrumentation and dashboards to monitor model behavior in production environments.
  • Harden integrations against outages, rate limits, and latency spikes.
  • Make build-vs-buy and integration decisions for engineering leadership.
  • Mentor engineers and establish technical standards for integration work.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience with complex backend or platform systems from design through production.
  • Master's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
  • Strong hands-on skills in Python, Go, or Java.
  • Proficiency in AI-assisted development.
  • Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, agent frameworks, or AI/ML systems.
  • Experience integrating third-party or cloud services and designing for failure.
  • Proven history as a technical role model who mentors others and influences hiring.

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