Senior Engineering Manager, AI Platform & Agentic Systems

Adobe Inc.; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 160,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe Inc. is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to build and lead the teams that own Meta Factory, the agent harness, evaluation systems, and skills framework.

You will drive architectural decisions and guide cross-functional partners to deliver reliable, scalable AI infrastructure. You will mentor engineers, shape the execution loop, and balance build-versus-buy debates while staying current with AI engineering practices.

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 practices, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Architecture judgment and 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 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 to build.
• Stay current with agentic standards, model capabilities, and AI engineering practices, and apply relevant advances to Meta Factory.

Skills

AI/ML systems

Leadership

Team building

Cloud platforms

Agent frameworks

Architecture review

Communication

Tools

LLM APIs

Agent harness

Tool integrations

Context management

Job description

Adobe Inc. is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to build and lead the teams that own Meta Factory, the agent harness, evaluation systems, and skills framework.

You will drive architectural decisions and guide cross-functional partners to deliver reliable, scalable AI infrastructure. You will mentor engineers, shape the execution loop, and balance build-versus-buy debates while staying current with AI engineering practices.