Adobe
Director of Engineering – Machine Learning & AI Products
$206K–$385K
San Jose · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- Over 15 years in software engineering; extensive expertise in machine learning or AI systems.
About the job
Leads the engineering organization delivering customer-facing AI/ML products from product conception through production operations and ongoing customer engagement.
What you'll do
- Own production delivery, architecture, reliability, and operational readiness of AI/ML products.
- Partner with Product and customers on product vision, technical tradeoffs, roadmaps, and production issues.
- Build and lead the ML engineering organization, including mentoring, performance management, and team scaling.
What they ask for
- Over 15 years of software engineering experience, with extensive machine learning or AI systems expertise.
- Track record delivering and managing production AI/ML products and directly owning or leading a customer-facing, revenue-impacting product.
- Strong experience in ML system development, production architecture, and operational challenges.
- Success leading senior technical teams, including performance evaluations, mentoring, and organizational scaling.
Nice to have
- Experience building AI/ML products in startup or startup-like environments.
- Background in customer-facing platforms, especially AI-first products; familiarity with marketing technology, sales technology, or customer experience platforms.
Pay
$206,400 - $384,675 annually (base salary); $265,700 - $384,675 (base salary)
Tools
machine learning, AI/ML, LLM
AI focus
Leads development and production operations of customer-facing AI/ML products, including model integration, performance, reliability, and differentiation beyond general-purpose LLM capabilities.
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