JOB LEVEL M60/P60 EMPLOYEE ROLE Individual Contributor The Opportunity Adobe Express enables all users, whether individuals or large organizations, to effortlessly produce impressive content. The AI Foundations team constructs a flexible, scalable AI framework that drives creativity at scale in design, imaging, motion, and personalization. We're looking for a Principal Architect to build and implement the AI framework for Adobe Express, merging strong ML skills with proficiency in distributed systems, data architecture, and large-scale service development. You'll define and invent the end-to-end foundation that brings Agentic AI, Create AI, Imaging AI, Motion AI, and Personalization AI to life — spanning model orchestration, inference systems, data pipelines, caching and storage layers, session analytics, and continuous evaluation frameworks. This role blends applied research and engineering leadership — ideal for someone who can connect modeling innovation with production-grade systems that deliver real-time, customer-facing intelligence at scale. What You’ll Do • Architect and evolve the complete AI stack for Adobe Express — covering Agentic AI, Construct AI, Imaging AI, Motion AI, and Personalization AI. • Develop and operationalize end-to-end systems — integrating microservices, data pipelines, LLM orchestration layers, in-house and third-party models, databases, caches, session analytics, and evaluation systems into a cohesive architecture. • Develop large-scale data and inference infrastructure to support model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and deployment — employing Spark, Kafka, Flink, and other distributed frameworks. • Develop high-performance runtime services for inference and orchestration with strong observability, fault tolerance, and latency guarantees. • Apply strong caching and storage tactics to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness for various AI workloads. • Lead development of experimentation and evaluation systems, encompassing session-level analytics, feedback loops, and quality metrics that drive continuous improvement. • Work closely with applied research, product, and platform teams to implement LLMs and other AI models into customer-facing services. • Drive architectural strategy for Express AI Foundations — connecting ML models, reasoning engines, and data streams into adaptive, intelligent systems. • Mentor senior engineers and scientists, encouraging excellence across architecture, experimentation, and AI system composition. What You’ll Bring • 10+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems AI infrastructure, or ML platform engineering with exposure and experience on in-product AI application engineering • Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, or Go, with an emphasis on distributed systems, cloud-native deployment, and performance tuning, agentic AI application building. • Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks, model routing, and multi-model inference. • Deep understanding of ML and LLM fundamentals — training, fine-tuning, deployment, and evaluation workflows. • Familiarity with Agentic AI patterns — reasoning loops, memory persistence, task decomposition, and multi-agent coordination. • Skill to merge engineering precision with practical research understanding, connecting prototyping and production. • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing cross-functional technical direction. • Proven expertise in building and scaling data pipelines, real-time streaming systems, and event-driven architectures (Kafka, Spark, Flink, etc.). • Strong background in caching strategies, database development, and performance optimization for large-scale serving systems Preferred Qualifications • Bachelor's or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field. • Experience architecting AI assistants, build agents, or multimodal creative systems. • Exposure to Generative AI (LLMs, diffusion, or multimodal architectures). • Experience with MLOps pipelines, feature stores, and model registries. • Track record of open-source contributions, publications, or conference presentations. Why Adobe At Adobe, we’re crafting the future of creativity through intelligence. The AI Foundations team combines the agility of a startup with the scale and mission of Adobe — constructing the AI stack for Adobe Express, spanning Agentic, Design, Imaging, Motion, and Personalization AI. Join us to develop the infrastructure that brings adaptive, autonomous, and human-centered AI to millions of creators worldwide! Expected Pay Range: Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $206,400 - $379,100 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. 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