JOB LEVEL
P40
EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual Contributor
The Adobe Firefly Applied Science & Machine Learning (ASML) group is seeking a Model Tech Lead to own the optimization and architectural evolution of our multimodal editing foundation models. This position is central to the delivery of Firefly’s proprietary foundation models, focusing on developing efficient training and inference solutions that directly enhance our profit margins. We are looking for a hands-on technical authority with deep expertise in frontier foundation model areas to drive high-performance, large-scale AI delivery.
** Job Responsibilities**
Drive Architectural Innovation: Design and implement novel MLLM architectures (e.g., sparse models, MoE) and specialized kernels, using deep expertise in quantization, pruning, and post-training optimization to enhance efficiency.
Implement Performance Roadmaps: Lead the end-to-end efficiency roadmap for Adobe’s multimodal editing stack, focusing on reducing computational costs for both large-scale training and low-latency inference while maintaining powerful performance.
Technical Leadership & Execution: Lead a multi-functional squad as a hands-on authority, unblocking complex technical issues, conducting rigorous code reviews, and upholding high engineering standards for reproducibility and quality.
Post-Training Optimization: Oversee advanced model compression and deployment strategies, ensuring that frontier models are optimized for real-world enterprise performance and scalability.
** What You’ll Need to Succeed**
** Preferred Experience**
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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 positionis $142,700 -- $270,950 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand 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 $187,100 - $270,950
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