Sr. Applied AI Engineer

Adobe

Sr. Applied AI Engineer

San Jose, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    JOB LEVEL
    P40
    EMPLOYEE ROLE
    Individual Contributor

    The Opportunity

    The GTM Agentic AI Operations team is leading the shift to an Agentic operating model for Adobe GTM and Sales. This function is the orchestration layer that operationalizes Adobe GTM and Sales strategy into end to end Agentic AI workflows that compress planning cycles from months to weeks, launch more personalized campaigns across every route to market, and streamline manual tasks so sellers can focus on talking to customers. We are building an always-on Agentic operating layer that connects strategy, data, and frontline execution for the Digital Media business.

    The Applied AI Engineering P illar

    As a Sr. Applied AI Engineer you will drive efficiency and excellence in sales operation s building and scal ing robust AI agents and workflows t o streamline the sales cycle and processes. You will p artner with S ales operations , C ampaign specialists , P roduct managers , and D ata/ A nalytic s engineer s to tackle problems and b ottlenecks using emerging technologies from the AI and agentic landscape .

    Key Responsibilities

    • Build , tune, and refine AI agents to help the digitization and streamlining of sales operational tasks

    • Implement, strategize, and improve AI prompts and context to achieve optimal output, throughput, and performance

    • Determine, procure, and curate the necessary API/MCP integrations

    • Build orchestrated workflows within and across agents

    • Perform necessary data curation to bridge source data to agents

    • Translate business requirements and ideas into working agents and agentic processes

    • Mai ntain logic documentation /diagr ams , monitor performance, and (re) align agents to changing requirements and evolving technolog ie s

    Qualifications/Experience

    • BS/Advanced degree in quantitative fields: Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, Math/Statistics, or a related field

    • 7 + years of experience in an applied AI engineering or related role with 2+ years in agentic development, and/or with a combination of context/prompt engineering

    • Expert-level Python proficiency with emphasis on modular, object-oriented code, strict typing, and rigorous unit/integration testing for production

    • Experience with building both conversational agents and workflow agentic processes in production

    • Applied e xperience with multiple LLM stacks/frameworks (e.g., Op enAI, C laude, Gemini, RAG pipelines), and a gent orchestration systems (e.g., La ngGraph , Au toGen, Cr ewAI, or La ngChai n b uilding collabo rative autonomous and complex AI workflows

    • Demonstrated comfort with prompt design strategies (chain-of-thought, few-shot) and context window optimization to ensure high-quality LLM outputs

    • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), REST APIs, and containerization (Docker, K8s)

    • Experience implementing and managing Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Milvus, Weaviate ) for RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines.

    • Proficiency in Databricks and SQL (DDL/DML ) driv ing scalable data architecture and holistically in tegrating prompt design s , vector databases, and memo ry strategies to deliver advanced LLM soluti ons

    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 $133,100 -- $236,400 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.

    At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

    In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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