Adobe
Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Video & Audio (DVA)
$209K–$429K
San Jose +2 · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- San Jose
Seattle
San Francisco - Experience
- 15+ years of software engineering experience.
About the job
Leads engineering strategy and execution for Adobe’s Digital Video & Audio portfolio, modernizing its platforms and integrating AI into creator workflows across Premiere Pro and After Effects.
What you'll do
- Set DVA engineering and technology strategy, modernize core video, rendering, cloud, and platform technologies, and deliver products continuously.
- Lead development of AI-native, agent-based, and generative AI creative experiences in partnership with Adobe AI Research and Firefly.
- Build and develop a global engineering organization, driving performance, reliability, execution, and alignment across Adobe.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping products with worldwide reach.
- Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations and complex, business-critical platforms, including large-scale desktop and cross-platform products.
- Demonstrated ownership of business outcomes delivering double-digit growth; experience growing adoption among new and emerging creators.
- Proven experience integrating AI and machine learning into customer experiences and leading platform modernization and large-scale AI adoption.
Pay
$209,300 - $429,350 annually (base salary); $276,200 - $429,350 (base salary); $246,700 - $383,650 (base salary)
Tools
Premiere Pro, After Effects, generative AI, large language models, agent-based workflows, orchestration frameworks, inference systems, multimodal experiences
AI focus
Lead AI-native and agent-based creative experiences; integrate generative AI, intelligent agents, and multimodal workflows into creator products, and drive AI adoption and AI-assisted engineering practices.
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