Applied Scientist

Adobe • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Adobe Firefly’s ASML group invites research scientists and engineers passionate about conditional generation and editing of large generative AI models. This role emphasizes images and videos. We strive to advance generative AI technology while guaranteeing models possess excellent quality and control. We are especially looking for candidates experienced in large-scale, industry-level pre-training and mid-training of multi-modality generative models. This role has a direct effect on the quality of Adobe’s image and video generation models, supporting next-generation creative workflows for millions of users. As an Applied Scientist at Adobe, you will join a world-class team of applied researchers and engineers building the future of digital experiences. You will have the opportunity to innovate across the full training stack, collaborate across data, modeling, and product, and see your work ship to customers worldwide. About Adobe Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity. Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. Let’s Adobe together At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture , focus on people, purpose and community , Adobe for All , comprehensive benefits programs , the stories we tell , the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Requirements

• Possession of a Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Extensive practical experience in large-scale generative AI training concentrating on image and video generation and editing.
• Familiarity with diffusion models, transformers, or other brand new generative architectures.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Strong coding and prototyping ability in Python, PyTorch, and ML infrastructure tools.
• Working with product teams on technology transfers.
• Strong history of publishing in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related areas.

Responsibilities

• Conduct innovative research and development in training large-scale generative AI models for image and video synthesis.
• Develop, carry out, and carefully assess sophisticated techniques for conditional generation and editing. Emphasize improving instruction compliance, controllability, and visual clarity in pre-trained image and video models.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with researchers, engineers, and product teams to translate multimodal innovations into scalable downstream applications coordinated within Adobe products.
• Develop and maintain robust evaluation pipelines to assess generative models across quality, efficiency, robustness, and safety metrics.
• Translate research concepts and published work into production-ready implementations using Python and modern machine learning frameworks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees