Senior Staff Applied Scientist - AI/ML

Adobe • San Jose, CA

93d • $182,900 - $334,500

About The Position

Adobe is seeking Senior Staff Applied Scientists who excel at turning research breakthroughs into innovative product features. In this role, you will focus on scouting, adapting, and improvising the latest research to advance Adobe’s AI capabilities in the field of Natural Language, Image/Video generation, editing, and multimodal AI that impact millions of users. We welcome outstanding candidates in all related technical fields, such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, and Natural Language Processing, Large language models. Familiarity with inference optimization, performance trade-offs, and scalable integration will be an asset. We are looking for a candidate who is motivated by moving fast with research and innovation and wants their ideas to shape the future of Adobe products.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or Masters or equivalent experience in Engineering, Computer Science, AI/ML or related fields and 10+ professional experience.
• Research or industry experience in training AI/ML models in at least one of the following modalities: multimodal LLMs, Image, Video.
• Proficiency in training and optimizing large-scale models, involving data curation, distributed training, and memory-efficient strategies.
• Experience with post-training techniques such as fine-tuning, alignment or distillation.
• Proficiency with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) and experience scaling models on GPU/TPU clusters.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong great teammate.

Nice To Haves

• Experience on large-scale generative model training.
• Experience on synthetic data generation.
• Previous involvement with product teams in technology transfers.
• Experience of working with large-scale datasets.

Responsibilities

• Transform innovative research concepts into practical applications within the realm of Generative AI, LLMs, Reinforcement learning, Reasoning, Evaluations.
• Prototype and experiment rapidly, demonstrating feasibility and business impact.
• Push beyond academic results to develop and deploy practical, differentiated innovations for Adobe’s products.
• Collaborate with world-class researchers and ML engineers to bring research ideas to production.
• Publish and present your work in world-class scientific venues in AI/ML fields.
• Develop and enhance GPU-accelerated pipelines for (customized) model training and inference, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Foster a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $182,900 -- $334,500 annually based on location and experience.
• Short-term incentives in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).
• Long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award for certain roles.
• Exceptional work environment recognized globally.
• Ongoing feedback and growth opportunities through unique Check-In approach.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees