Senior Director of Engineering — AI-Powered Video Platform

Adobe; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 276,000 - 429,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe's Digital Video & Audio (DVA) leads Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the platform, guiding AI-powered creative experiences for professionals worldwide. The Senior Director of Engineering defines the technical vision, builds high-performing, global teams, and drives delivery across desktop and cloud surfaces.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, Research, Firefly AI, and Creative Cloud to modernize architectures and accelerate AI adoption while maintaining strong operational rigor.

Qualifications

• Profound leadership of large software teams delivering cross-platform products.
• Strong track record integrating AI & ML into customer experiences.
• Deep knowledge of scalable architectures, reliability, and performance.
• Experience driving platform modernization and AI adoption in mature organizations.
• Excellent communication and executive collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the engineering strategy for DVA across Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the platform.
• Lead the next generation of AI-native and agent-based creative experiences.
• Integrate generative AI, intelligent agents, and multimodal workflows in collaboration with Adobe AI Research and Firefly teams.
• Lead engineering execution and advance extensibility, developer experiences, and AI-powered workflows across devices.
• Drive the tech strategy for Adobe's DVA portfolio, accelerating AI-powered experiences across Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the platform.
• Modernize core video and rendering tech, cloud services, collaboration capabilities, extensibility frameworks, and shared platform infrastructure.
• Build and develop a high-performing global engineering org focused on performance, scalability, reliability, and ops rigor.
• Foster accountability, technical excellence, innovation, and execution while aligning strategy with Adobe-wide priorities.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI integration

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/Engineering

Tools

C++

Python

Java

Job description

Adobe's Digital Video & Audio (DVA) leads Premiere Pro, After Effects, and the platform, guiding AI-powered creative experiences for professionals worldwide. The Senior Director of Engineering defines the technical vision, builds high-performing, global teams, and drives delivery across desktop and cloud surfaces.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, Research, Firefly AI, and Creative Cloud to modernize architectures and accelerate AI adoption while maintaining strong operational rigor.