Senior Software Quality Engineer, Agentic Harness

Adobe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Quality Engineer for the Agentic Harness team in San Francisco, CA. You will validate the agent’s behavior, tool use, and outputs to ensure quality before shipping.

You’ll work with engineers and data scientists to catch regressions early, strengthen test coverage, and help the team ship quickly without breaking existing functionality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Several years of quality engineering or QA experience on complex software.
• Hands-on with automated tests and test frameworks; strong test design and coverage.
• Ability to diagnose root cause across a stack and fix issues.

Responsibilities

• Design, write, and maintain automated test suites and plans covering harness behavior, tool use, and outputs.
• Implement manual and exploratory testing on new agent capabilities, identifying edge cases and failure modes.
• Investigate test failures and reported bugs to isolate root cause, collaborate with engineers to reproduce, document, and resolve issues.
• Partner with the Agent Evals team to close coverage gaps and improve reliability of quality signals.

Skills

Quality engineering

Test automation

Bug investigation

LLM testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

The Opportunity

Adobe is reimagining the future of creativity, where generative AI and human imagination work together. As a Quality Engineer on the Agentic Harness team, you’ll help the harness behave the way creators expect. You’ll verify that the agent’s behavior, tool use, and outputs meet Adobe’s quality and reliability bar before they ship. You’ll work closely with engineers and data scientists to catch regressions early and harden test coverage. You’ll help the team ship quickly without breaking what already works.

What You’ll Do

• Design, write, and maintain automated test suites and test plans covering the agentic harness’s behavior, tool use, and outputs.
• Implement manual and exploratory testing on new agent capabilities, identifying edge cases and failure modes before they reach production.
• Investigate test failures and reported bugs to isolate root cause, working with engineers to reproduce, document, and resolve issues.
• Partner with the Agent Evals team to close coverage gaps and improve the reliability of quality signals.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Several years of experience in quality engineering, test automation, or QA, ideally on complex, evolving software.
• Hands‑on experience writing automated tests and test frameworks. Solid grasp of test design fundamentals, including coverage, edge cases, and regression risk.
• Comfort digging into bugs and failures across a stack to identify root cause, not just report symptoms.
• Familiarity with testing LLM‑based or agentic systems and how their behavior differs from traditional software.
• Comfort operating in a fast‑moving, ambiguous environment where the technology and user expectations are evolving quickly.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry‑leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

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Expected Pay Range

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 $113,400 - $221,750 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 $153,200 - $221,750. In New York, the pay range for this position is $153,200 - $221,750. In Washington, the pay range for this position is $142,500 - $206,275.

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long‑term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices

California

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Colorado

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Massachusetts

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