Machine Learning Engineer, Express AI Foundations

Adobe Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 161,700 - 234,150; Full time

Job summary

Adobe Express is seeking an engineer to help develop and scale the AI infrastructure behind AI experiences. You’ll work on core platform components, backend services, data pipelines, and ML inference systems to support Agentic AI, Create AI, and Personalization AI.

You will join a collaborative team focused on reliability, performance, and cost-aware design, contributing to storage, caching, and orchestration as part of a production-grade AI platform at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering, backend infrastructure, data systems, or ML infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable design.
• Experience building or supporting APIs, data pipelines, or event-driven systems.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, or Go.
• Familiarity with cloud environments and production engineering practices.
• Exposure to ML systems or LLM-based applications is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and collaborative teamwork skills.
• Clear communication and willingness to learn from cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of core platform components that support AI experiences.
• Build backend services, microservices, and workflows connecting models, APIs, data systems, and product features.
• Help develop data and inference pipelines for training, evaluation, fine-tuning, and deployment of ML models.
• Support runtime systems for inference and orchestration with emphasis on reliability and performance.
• Work on storage, caching, and data-access patterns to improve efficiency and cost.
• Collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product teams to deliver production-ready AI capabilities.
• Participate in debugging, testing, monitoring, and operational improvements for AI platform services.

Skills

3+ years experience

Distributed systems fundamentals

API/data pipelines

Python

Cloud environments

ML systems exposure

Collaborative teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Docker

Job description

The Opportunity

Adobe Express helps people and teams create standout content with ease. The AI Foundations team builds the core AI platform that powers creativity across design, imaging, motion, and personalization. We're looking for an engineer to help develop and scale the AI infrastructure behind these experiences. This role is a strong fit for someone with solid software engineering fundamentals, exposure to ML systems, and interest in building reliable large‑scale platforms that support modern AI products.

You’ll work with experienced engineers to build production systems that power Agentic AI, Create AI, Imaging AI, Motion AI, and Personalization AI. Your work will contribute to important layers of the platform, including model integration, inference services, data pipelines, storage and caching systems, analytics, and evaluation tooling.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the development of core platform components that support AI experiences in Adobe Express.
• Build and improve backend services, microservices, and workflows that connect models, APIs, data systems, and product features.
• Help develop data and inference pipelines for training, evaluation, fine‑tuning, and deployment of ML models.
• Support runtime systems for inference and orchestration with attention to reliability, observability, and performance.
• Work on storage, caching, and data‑access patterns to improve efficiency, scalability, and cost.
• Collaborate with engineers, researchers, and product teams to deliver production‑ready AI capabilities.
• Participate in debugging, testing, monitoring, and operational improvements for AI platform services.

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, backend infrastructure, data systems, ML infrastructure, or related areas.
• Good understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, backend services, and scalable system design.
• Experience building or supporting APIs, data pipelines, or event‑driven systems.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, or Go.
• Familiarity with cloud environments, service deployment, and production engineering practices.
• Exposure to ML systems or LLM‑based applications, including model inference, orchestration, or evaluation, is a plus.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work well in a collaborative team environment.
• Clear communication skills and willingness to learn from cross‑functional partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience with technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Flink, or similar distributed data frameworks.
• Exposure to generative AI systems such as LLMs, multimodal models, or diffusion models.
• Familiarity with MLOps concepts such as experiment tracking, model deployment, or evaluation workflows.
• Interest in agentic AI concepts such as tool use, task planning, or memory systems.

Why Adobe

At Adobe, we’re building the future of creativity through intelligent systems. The AI Foundations team combines platform engineering, applied AI, and product impact to bring powerful creative tools to millions of users. This is an opportunity to grow your technical depth while helping build the systems behind the next generation of AI‑powered creative experiences.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

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 $125,600 -- $234,150 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. In California, the pay range for this position is $161,700 - $234,150. In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long‑term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State‑Specific Notices:

California:

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

Colorado:

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.