Adobe seeks a Senior Machine Learning Services Engineer to join its team responsible for ML cloud services powering daily-use features in products like Photoshop, Lightroom, and Illustrator. In this hands-on senior individual contributor role, you will design and build backend cloud services that integrate cutting-edge AI models into production, focusing on GPU-accelerated inference pipelines for scalability and efficiency. Key responsibilities include optimizing ML models for real-world deployment, ensuring high performance through techniques like quantization and graph optimization, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for microservices. You will collaborate closely with Adobe Research to bring new capabilities to market while ensuring services meet strict production standards for observability and reliability. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in building and optimizing ML systems, proficiency in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, NVIDIA Triton, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS, and a strong background in GPU-based inference optimization.
Design and operate backend cloud services for ML and Generative AI features in Adobe products.
Architect GPU-accelerated ML inference pipelines for scalability, cost efficiency, and reliability.
Optimize ML models for production inference using techniques like quantization, pruning, and graph optimization.
Analyze and improve performance, stability, and throughput of end-to-end AI workflows.
Lead integration of new ML models into production systems with validation and quality evaluation.
What we're looking for
5+ years of experience building, optimizing, and operating ML systems in production.
Proven expertise in designing large-scale cloud services with high performance and reliability.
Strong background in model serving and inference optimization techniques.
Hands-on experience with computer vision and generative models like GANs and diffusion models.
Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, NVIDIA Triton, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS.
Solid understanding of GPU systems, drivers, and deployment considerations in cloud environments.
Ability to work independently on complex systems while collaborating effectively across teams.
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$183,300–$265,350
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64%
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$159,750–$241,500
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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
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