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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
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The Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Video & Audio leads engineering strategy and execution for the Digital Video & Audio business, overseeing Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the underlying platform. This leadership role involves building high-performing global engineering organizations to modernize core video and rendering technologies, cloud services, and collaboration capabilities. The successful candidate will drive the integration of generative AI, intelligent agents, and multimodal workflows into creator experiences. Key responsibilities include managing large-scale desktop applications, distributed systems, and web and mobile platforms while ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance optimization. The role requires deep technical expertise in native applications, AI infrastructure, and inference systems to solve complex problems in professional video editing, motion graphics, and visual effects, ultimately delivering seamless, intelligent creative experiences across various devices and surfaces.
Define and drive the engineering strategy for the Digital Video & Audio portfolio.
Lead the development of AI-native and agent-based creative experiences.
Integrate generative AI and multimodal workflows into creator experiences.
Modernize core video rendering technologies and cloud-connected platform infrastructure.
Build and develop a high-performing global engineering organization.
Drive technical excellence, scalability, and operational rigor across distributed teams.
Represent the company externally through executive engagement and technical leadership.
What we're looking for
15+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping products with a worldwide reach.
Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations responsible for complex, business-critical platforms including large-scale desktop applications.
Proven experience integrating AI and machine learning technologies, including generative AI, LLMs, and agent-based workflows.
Demonstrated success in modernizing platforms and leading large-scale AI adoption initiatives across mature engineering organizations.
Strong technical depth across native applications, cloud-connected platforms, distributed systems, web, mobile, and AI infrastructure.
Deep understanding of scalability, reliability, performance optimization, platform architecture, and operational excellence.
Proven ability to build and develop leadership teams across directors, managers, architects, and engineers.
Exceptional communication, organizational leadership, and influence skills to drive alignment across executive collaborators.
C++
DirectX 12
Vulkan
WebGPU
Metal
GPU Architecture
Real-time Rendering
Compute API
Video Codecs
ML Inference
Desktop
Web
Mobile
Graphics API
Compositing Systems
AWS
Azure
GCP
Microservices
Event-driven systems
AI
ML
Cloud-native architectures
Subscription management
Identity management
Recommendation systems
GDPR
CCPA
Commerce platforms
Systems Engineering
Robotics
Motion Control
Automation Software
Control Architecture
Atmospheric Systems
EFEM
Design Qualification
Verification and Validation
Reliability Testing
Root-Cause Analysis
Electrical Design