Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Adobe

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Jose, CA
Salary
$183,300–$265,350 / yr
Posted
179 days ago
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This role $224k
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This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $196,350–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $224k versus about $226k 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.

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TL;DR · Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Sr Machine Learning Engineer As a Sr Machine Learning Engineer, you will join the team responsible for ML cloud services powering flagship creative products like Photoshop and Illustrator. You will work at the intersection of applied machine learning, large-scale cloud services, and GPU-optimized inference to translate advanced models into reliable production features. Your daily responsibilities include designing backend cloud services, architecting GPU-accelerated inference pipelines for scalability and cost efficiency, and optimizing models through quantization, pruning, and hardware-aware tuning. You will also manage CI/CD pipelines, perform model validation, and ensure high standards for observability and incident response. The role requires expertise in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, NVIDIA Triton, TorchServe, ONNX, AIT, AOT, CUDA, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS. You will solve complex technical challenges involving computer vision and generative models, including GANs, diffusion models, CLIP, and MLLMs.

What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?

Median $246394 from 172 postings across 28 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate backend cloud services for ML and Generative AI features across multiple products.
  • Architect and optimize GPU-accelerated inference pipelines for scalability, cost efficiency, and reliability.
  • Optimize models using quantization, pruning, graph optimization, and hardware-aware tuning to improve performance.
  • Analyze and improve the performance, quality, stability, and throughput of end-to-end AI workflows.
  • Lead the integration of new ML models into production through validation, regression testing, and evaluation.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for a suite of ML-backed microservices.
  • Ensure services meet production standards for observability, monitoring, logging, and incident response.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and provide production support to ensure operational excellence.

What we're looking for

  • Over 5 years of experience building, optimizing, and operating ML systems in production with GPU-based workloads.
  • Proven experience designing large-scale, reliable cloud services with high performance and availability requirements.
  • Strong background in model serving and inference optimization, including conversion, compression, and orchestration.
  • Hands-on experience with computer vision and/or generative models such as GANs, diffusion models, CLIP, or MLLMs.
  • Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, NVIDIA Triton, TorchServe, ONNX, AIT, AOT, and CUDA.
  • Proficiency with infrastructure tools including Docker, Kubernetes, and 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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