Senior Engineering Manager

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe is all about. Adobe provides everyone, from emerging artists to global brands, with everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. Adobe is passionate about empowering individuals to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, transforming how companies interact with customers across every screen. Adobe is on a mission to hire the very best talent and is committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunities. Adobe recognizes that new ideas can come from anywhere within the organization, and the next big idea could be yours! The Adobe Firefly Gen AI Models and Services group is seeking a passionate Engineering Manager interested in working on generative AI models for image, vector, audio, video, and multimodal to assist in building the next generation of foundation models that power Adobe creative tools. As a Firefly Models and Services Engineering Manager, you will join an outstanding team of ML and service engineers focused on building the future of digital experiences. You will collaborate with multiple Adobe teams to design and construct the pipelines of future foundation models at Adobe. You will play a pivotal role in making significant technical decisions, prioritizing model optimization experiments, and developing innovative ideas to advance the creative world through features in Adobe's products, reaching millions of people worldwide. **Job Responsibilities** - Lead a diverse team of world-class ML engineers to build and optimize large-scale foundation model pipelines in Generative AI. - Partner with Adobe Research and Applied Research to deliver innovative models. - Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Research teams to architect and implement new AI/ML capabilities. - Work with senior technical leaders to develop guidelines and strategies for efficiently transitioning AI/ML projects from research to customer features while maintaining outstanding quality and safety. - Coordinate with other teams to align on priorities and drive goals and projects forward. - Provide technical mentorship and guidance. - Create and nurture a team culture that emphasizes sound scientific processes and engineering excellence, encouraging deep engagement with customers. - Review and provide feedback on features, technology, architecture, designs, and test strategies. **What you'll need to succeed** - Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related fields, or B.Tech with strong experience in AI/ML. - 10+ years of experience. - 5+ years of experience building and shipping large-scale ML solutions. - 2+ years of people management and leadership experience with research and engineering teams. - Sound knowledge of generative AI, common ML algorithms, and natural language processing. - Experience with Python. Familiarity with cloud development on Azure/AWS. - Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills. - Strong record of developing, leading, coaching, and mentoring software and machine learning engineers and scientists. - Experience in cultivating a positive environment conducive to growth. - Excellent collaboration skills. Experience with working in a Matrix organization, driving alignment, drawing conclusions, and getting things done. **Preferred experience** - Experience in pioneering Generative AI technologies, such as GAN, diffusion, and transformer models. - Strong hands-on experience with large-scale GenAI model pipelines and/or shipping ML features.,