Staff Applied Scientist, Firefly Foundry

Adobe

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose, CaliforniaSan Francisco, CaliforniaSeattle, WashingtonLos Angeles, California
Salary: $211,800–$306,625 / yr
Posted: 5 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Staff Applied Scientist, Firefly Foundry

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Adobe is seeking an Applied Scientist in Generative AI for its world-class AI Platform team, focusing on preparing and fine-tuning large foundation models across images, video, 3D, LLMs, and cross-modal setups. The ideal candidate will conduct cutting-edge research and development to integrate novel generative AI technologies into Adobe’s products, collaborating with top researchers and ML engineers to enhance creative workflows used by millions of users globally. Required skills include a Ph.D. in Computer Science or related fields, extensive experience in training large-scale generative models, expertise in data curation and distributed training, and strong communication abilities. Experience with synthetic data generation and working on technology transfers with product teams is highly valued.

Skills

Python PyTorch TensorFlow Hugging Face Transformers CUDA Docker Kubernetes AWS Google Cloud Platform Azure CI/CD Git Jupyter Notebook PostgreSQL MongoDB Apache Spark Redis Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Conduct pioneering research and development in Generative AI for visual, audio, and multi-modal outputs.
Develop and deploy novel generative AI technologies to enhance existing and new Adobe products.
Research and develop large-scale foundation models with advanced reasoning and world-building capabilities.
Train and fine-tune large foundation models across images, video, 3D, LLMs, and cross-modal setups.
Work on synthetic data generation and optimize large-scale model training techniques.

What we're looking for

Ph.D. in Computer Science, CV/AI/ML/CG or related fields with 4+ years of professional experience.
Expertise in training Generative AI models for image, video, 3D, audio, and cross-modal setups.
Proficiency in large-scale model training and optimization techniques including data curation and distributed training.
Experience in synthetic data generation and working with large-scale datasets.
Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively with product teams on technology transfers.

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