Software Development Engineer

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. 

We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity 

Adobe is seeking a Senior Principal Architect to join our AI team within Document Cloud. This role will have the opportunity to shape how hundreds of millions of users experience knowledge work and tens of billions of documents every month. This role will partner closely with product, architecture, engineering and design teams to influence, co-create and ship AI features that scales to hundreds of millions of users. If you are a seasoned software architect with a passion for building cutting edge AI systems, this role is for you! 

What You’ll Do 

• Work closely with product, design and engineering teams to co-create AI solutions in an agile and fast paced environment. 

• Drive deep architecture discussions across SMEs to develop architectures that serve immediate needs and evolve with the rapidly changing AI technologies 

• Architect and drive the implementation of AI/ML platforms and services that support consumer and enterprise use cases across multiple products and surfaces. 

• Serve as a senior technical leader with vision and trusted advisor to senior leadership. 

• Mentor, coach and develop next generation of technical leaders 

• Lead architectural reviews and provide hands-on guidance and expert advice for solution design, data pipelines, model deployment, and orchestration frameworks. 

• Stay ahead of emerging AI technologies and industry trends and evaluate their applicability to Adobe’s internal ecosystem. 

What You Need to Succeed 

• 10+ years of technical leadership experience on architecting and shipping consumer products for millions of users, with at least a couple of years focused on AI/ML systems. 

• Deep understanding of AI/ML lifecycle, including data engineering, model training, MLOps, and responsible AI practices. 

• Demonstrated experience delivering innovative AI solutions using platforms such as AWS, Azure AI, Google GCP / Vertex AI, Databricks, OpenAI and Claude. 

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members and being able to influence senior leadership on strategy. 

• Experience working in a large, matrixed environment with multiple product groups and technology stacks. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience architecting highly scalable micro-services and low latency data pipelines