Senior AI Platform Engineering Manager

Adobe; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to build and lead the teams behind Meta Factory, the core of the Adobe Unified Platform. You will own the agent harness, agent definitions, execution loop, evaluations, self‑improvement systems, and skills framework.

You will guide a high‑performing engineering team, partner cross‑functionally to turn strategy into reliable, secure, and scalable execution, and drive architectural decisions with a focus on production AI systems.

Qualifications

• Experience building and scaling engineering teams that deliver AI, developer platform, or infrastructure systems.
• 5+ years of people management experience, including 2+ years leading teams that deploy AI applications in production.
• Technical depth in AI/ML systems, including LLM APIs, agent frameworks, modern software engineering practices, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Architecture judgment, including the ability to review designs, evaluate tradeoffs, identify fragile agent behavior, and catch production risks early.
• Experience developing engineers, expanding team capabilities, and supporting career growth.
• Clear communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts, align stakeholders, and drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own engineering execution for Meta Factory, including the agent harness, agent definitions, execution loop, evaluations, self‑improvement systems, and skills framework.
• Lead development of the agent harness, including runtime, tool integrations, context management, control mechanisms, and execution environments.
• Build and lead a high‑performing engineering team that partners cross‑functionally to turn strategy into prioritized, reliable, secure, and scalable execution.
• Design feedback systems that help agents evaluate their work, learn from outcomes, and improve over time.
• Lead build‑versus‑buy evaluations across the Meta Factory stack, with clear recommendations on where to adopt external solutions and where Adobe should build key capabilities.
• Stay current with agentic standards, model capabilities, and AI engineering practices, and apply relevant advances to Meta Factory.

Skills

Leadership experience

AI systems depth

People management

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Architectural judgment

Job description

Adobe seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to build and lead the teams behind Meta Factory, the core of the Adobe Unified Platform. You will own the agent harness, agent definitions, execution loop, evaluations, self‑improvement systems, and skills framework.

You will guide a high‑performing engineering team, partner cross‑functionally to turn strategy into reliable, secure, and scalable execution, and drive architectural decisions with a focus on production AI systems.