Staff Software Engineer - AI/ML Systems and Reliability

Adobe

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San Jose, US Posted 17 days ago $208,300–$301,600 / year
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TL;DR

Adobe seeks a Staff Software Engineer specializing in AI/ML Systems, MLOps, and Reliability to join its Experience Platform team. This role involves designing and operating the foundational platform for scalable model training, reliable inference, and automated ML workflows, supporting enterprise-scale personalization use cases. The ideal candidate will build systems that enable intelligent audience creation and journey optimization, working closely with engineering, product, and data science teams. Key responsibilities include architecting AI/ML infrastructure, developing MLOps capabilities, improving system reliability, and driving operational excellence through CI/CD pipelines and monitoring solutions. Required skills encompass strong programming in Python or Java, experience with AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, and distributed systems technologies like Kafka and Spark. The role demands a hands-on approach to technical leadership and the adoption of emerging AI and ML infrastructure trends.

Skills

AWS Kubernetes Docker Python Java CI/CD Terraform Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Elasticsearch Ray Kafka Spark Airflow MLOps DevOps microservices REST APIs cloud-native architectures

What you'll do

  • Design and build MLOps capabilities such as model deployment pipelines, feature stores, and inference infrastructure.
  • Improve reliability, scalability, observability, and operational efficiency of distributed AI systems.
  • Build monitoring, alerting, logging, and tracing solutions for production services.
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code tooling.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and drive operational excellence for cloud-native services.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in building distributed systems.
  • Strong programming skills in Python or Java.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Docker.
  • Expertise in microservices, REST APIs, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and production operations.
  • Deep understanding of reliability, scalability, and observability for distributed systems.
  • Hands-on experience with MLOps platforms or ML infrastructure.

Market check

Salary context

This $208,300–$301,600 range sits above 85% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$156,910–$257,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$168,500–$238,250

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 290 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $183,300–$265,350 across 290 roles with salary data.

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