Senior AI Systems Engineer: C++ & Production AI

Adobe; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 208,000 - 302,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Senior AI Systems Engineer to architect and implement native C++ infrastructure that ties product codebases to AI-powered services and model-backed workflows. The role spans system design, production code, and cross‑team leadership to deliver reliable, observable AI in complex software.

You will guide long‑term architectural decisions, balance performance and safety, and collaborate with product, security, data science, and governance teams to ensure high-quality AI

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant depth in C++.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI, LLMs, agents, or model-backed systems into production software.
• Experience with testing at scale, including unit tests, integration tests, CI validation, regression testing, and quality gates.

Responsibilities

• Design and build native C++ infrastructure connecting product codebases to AI-powered services and model-backed workflows.
• Own client-side infrastructure including service connectivity, session lifecycle, authentication, TLS, reconnection, concurrency, and async execution.
• Design APIs and abstractions that are maintainable, testable, and scalable across product surfaces.
• Create guardrails for AI-driven actions, including safety checks, fallback paths, and failure handling.
• Lead engineering direction across native clients, backend AI services, and product teams.

Skills

C++

AI integration

Systems engineering

Cross-team leadership

Architecture design

API design

Performance optimization

Debugger/diagnostics

Security/compliance

ADR/technical reviews

Job description

Adobe is seeking a Senior AI Systems Engineer to architect and implement native C++ infrastructure that ties product codebases to AI-powered services and model-backed workflows. The role spans system design, production code, and cross‑team leadership to deliver reliable, observable AI in complex software.

You will guide long‑term architectural decisions, balance performance and safety, and collaborate with product, security, data science, and governance teams to ensure high-quality AI