Staff Agentic ML Engineer - Photoshop
Adobe•San Jose, CA
•$190,200 - $345,650•Remote
About The Position
We are building an advanced AI platform that powers next-generation creative workflows for flagship products like Photoshop and Lightroom. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (or Applied Scientist), you will combine deep technical expertise with architectural leadership to design and implement reasoning systems, tool orchestration, and multimodal integrations using cutting-edge large language models (LLMs) and vision-language models (VLLMs).
Requirements
- Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field
- 8+ years of industry ML experience
- Demonstrated expertise in LLMs, fine-tuning (SFT, RLHF, DPO, PEFT/LoRA), and agentic system development in production
- Deep experience building evaluation frameworks for LLM and multi-agent systems (LLM-as-judge, automated benchmarks, red-teaming)
- Proficiency in PyTorch and agentic frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, MCP, Agent Development Kit (ADK)
- Fluency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) while maintaining independent engineering judgment and critical ownership of technical decisions
- Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills; comfortable operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Nice To Haves
- Experience with multimodal models (vision-language, image generation/editing) is a strong plus
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of next-generation AI agents that improve and extend Adobe's product ecosystem
- Drive the architecture and implementation of robust agentic systems that combine reasoning, retrieval, tool use, and multimodal capabilities
- Own end-to-end LLM fine-tuning pipelines — data curation, training, RLHF/DPO alignment, and evaluation
- Design and maintain comprehensive evaluation frameworks to measure agent quality, reliability, and safety
- Implement state-of-the-art LLM techniques for specialized creative applications
- Mentor and grow engineers and scientists across the team; establish technical best practices
- Move fast in an environment where priorities evolve and problems are sometimes loosely defined
Benefits
- Exceptional work environment
- Ongoing feedback through Check-In approach
- Meaningful benefits programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
