Director, Production‑Ready AI Products

Adobe; California (PA); On-site; USD 206,000 - 385,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe seeks a Director of Engineering to lead an ML engineering organization delivering AI-native, production-ready solutions for external clients. You will own the full lifecycle from concept to production, and engage with product teams, customers, and partners to ensure differentiated AI offerings.

You will mentor senior engineers, scale the team from ~4 to 20+, and establish a hybrid operating model that keeps leaders close to the work while enabling autonomous initiatives.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with AI/ML.
• Proven track record delivering AI/ML products in production.
• Experience leading customer-facing, revenue-impacting AI/ML products.
• Strong leadership of senior technical teams and org scaling.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end delivery of AI/ML solutions in production.
• Lead discussions on system build, model integration, performance, reliability.
• Collaborate with Product Management to shape vision and differentiation.
• Drive architecture decisions balancing innovation, cost, and maintainability.
• Represent technical voice in customer engagements and roadmap discussions.

Skills

ML systems

Technical leadership

Product collaboration

Customer engagement

Production-grade AI

Systems architecture

Job description

Adobe seeks a Director of Engineering to lead an ML engineering organization delivering AI-native, production-ready solutions for external clients. You will own the full lifecycle from concept to production, and engage with product teams, customers, and partners to ensure differentiated AI offerings.

You will mentor senior engineers, scale the team from ~4 to 20+, and establish a hybrid operating model that keeps leaders close to the work while enabling autonomous initiatives.