Staff AI VFX Engineer

Workman Labs; Culver City (CA); Hybrid; USD 212,000 - 307,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is hiring a Staff AI VFX Engineer for its Firefly Foundry initiative to design production-grade, AI-driven VFX pipelines by integrating diffusion and video models into compositing, look-dev, previs, and virtual production for feature films and episodic content.

$211,800 – $306,625 / yr. Location: Culver City, CA. Hybrid work arrangement with senior responsibilities in leading VFX tooling and production readiness.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years in VFX engineering, pipeline TD, or tools development with shipped film/episodic credits.
• Deep production VFX workflow knowledge: compositing, 3D, rendering, look-dev, previs/postvis.
• Working understanding of generative AI fundamentals: diffusion models, LoRA, ControlNet, prompt engineering.
• Proficiency in Python and C++, Rust, or TypeScript for production-quality code.
• Familiarity with VFX data standards: OpenEXR, ACES, USD, Alembic, OpenColorIO.

Responsibilities

• Build and validate AI-driven VFX workflows, integrating Firefly Foundry's custom diffusion and video models into compositing, look-dev, previs, and virtual production.
• Solve production challenges including temporal coherence, art-directability, lighting matching, and fidelity.
• Own integration surfaces across Nuke, Houdini, Maya, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Substance 3D.
• Translate studio engagement insights into product requirements for engineering teams.
• Implement multi-modal model orchestration across image, video, animation, and 3D generation.
• Engage studio and VFX leadership through technical presentations and workshops.
• Document repeatable playbooks, architectures, and deployment patterns.

Skills

Production VFX knowledge

Technical communication

Python

C++

Rust/TypeScript

OpenEXR/ACES/USD

LoRA/ControlNet

Diffusion basics

Tools

Nuke

Houdini

Maya

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Substance 3D

Job description

Adobe is hiring a Staff AI VFX Engineer for its Firefly Foundry initiative to design production-grade, AI-driven VFX pipelines a02 cc a2— integrating custom diffusion and video models into compositing, look-dev, previs, and virtual production for feature films and episodic content.

$211,800 – $306,625 / yr

Location

Culver City, CA

Hybrid

Seniority

Staff

Compared with 41 other Engineering roles: Common across similar roles Unique to this role

What you'll do

Responsibilities

• Build and validate AI-driven VFX workflows, integrating Firefly Foundry's custom diffusion and video models into compositing, look-dev, previs, and virtual production Common
• Solve production challenges including temporal coherence, art-directability, lighting matching, and fidelity
• Own integration surfaces across Nuke, Houdini, Maya, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Substance 3D
• Translate studio engagement insights into product requirements for engineering teams
• Implement multi-modal model orchestration across image, video, animation, and 3D generation
• Engage studio and VFX leadership through technical presentations and workshops
• Document repeatable playbooks, architectures, and deployment patterns

What you'll need

Experience

• 5–10+ years in VFX engineering, pipeline TD, or tools development with shipped film/episodic credits
• Deep production VFX workflow knowledge: compositing, 3D, rendering, look-dev, previs/postvis
• Working understanding of generative AI fundamentals: diffusion models, LoRA, ControlNet, prompt engineering
• Proficiency in Python and C++, Rust, or TypeScript for production-quality code
• Familiarity with VFX data standards: OpenEXR, ACES, USD, Alembic, OpenColorIO Unique
• Strong technical communication for technical and non-technical audiences
• Preferred: major feature film or high-profile episodic VFX credits Unique
• Preferred: real-time rendering (Unreal Engine, virtual production)
• Preferred: hands-on generative model fine-tuning/deployment, computer vision/image processing, and customer-facing technical experience Common