Staff Applied Scientist

Adobe

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose, CASan Francisco, CASeattle, WALos Angeles, CA
Salary: $211,800–$306,625 / yr
Posted: 92 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 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

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As a Staff Applied Scientist in the Firefly Foundry team, you will conduct innovative research and development focused on training large-scale generative AI models for image and video synthesis. You will be responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating advanced techniques for conditional generation and editing to improve instruction compliance, controllability, and visual quality. Your daily work involves collaborating cross-functionally with researchers and product teams to translate multimodal innovations into scalable applications while maintaining robust evaluation pipelines for safety and efficiency. The role requires expertise in diffusion models, transformers, and other state-of-the-art generative architectures. You will utilize Python and PyTorch to build production-ready implementations. This position specifically addresses the technical challenges of pre-training and mid-training multi-modality models to enhance creative workflows for high-quality image and video generation within a professional multimedia environment.

What does a Applied Scientist earn?

Median $208800 from 47 postings across 10 companies.

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Skills

Generative AI Python PyTorch Diffusion Models Transformers Machine Learning Synthetic Data ML Infrastructure Research and Development

What you'll do

Conduct research and development for training large-scale generative AI models for image and video synthesis.
Implement advanced techniques to improve instruction compliance, controllability, and visual quality in pre-trained models.
Develop and maintain robust evaluation pipelines to assess model quality, efficiency, robustness, and safety.
Translate research concepts and published work into production-ready implementations using Python and modern ML frameworks.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate multimodal innovations into scalable applications within Adobe products.
Manage the training of multi-modality generative models using large-scale datasets and synthetic data generation.

What we're looking for

Ph.D. or MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
8+ years of industry experience.
Extensive practical experience in large-scale generative AI training for image and video generation and editing.
Familiarity with diffusion models, transformers, or other state-of-the-art generative architectures.
Strong coding and prototyping skills in Python, PyTorch, and ML infrastructure tools.
Experience working with product teams on technology transfers.
Experience with synthetic data generation and working with large-scale datasets.
Strong publication record in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related fields.