Sr. Manager, Machine Learning

The Opportunity

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone — from emerging artists to global brands — everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences.

We are building a new-generation, AI-first web application in the rapidly emerging "vibe coding" category — where users describe intent in natural language and an intelligent assistant collaborates with them to design, generate, and refine on the web. This is a strategic, greenfield bet, and we are hiring a Senior Manager, Machine Learning Engineering to lead the ML engineering team behind it in
the US.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who wants to build a senior ML engineering team from the ground up, set the technical direction for the agentic and model-serving systems that sit at the core of the product, and ship to real users early and often. You will work alongside product, design, applied research, and partner engineering teams across Adobe, and play a pivotal role in defining how AI-native creative tools get built at Adobe.

What you'll do

• Lead a team of machine learning engineers building the model, agent, and inference systems that power a new AI-first web product — set the bar, the operating rhythm, and the culture.
• Partner closely with product management, design, and applied research to translate product intent into a credible ML roadmap; balance speed and quality to ship iteratively to real users.
• Drive the right architectural calls for an agent-native product — model and tool routing, latency and cost, evaluation and telemetry, safety and trust — in partnership with the broader Adobe AI platform.
• Own production excellence for the ML stack: reliability, performance, observability, and a tight loop from field signal back into evaluation.
• Play a pivotal role in attracting, hiring, onboarding, and retaining exceptional engineers through mentorship, and grow them professionally and personally.
• Encourage collaboration and shared accomplishments by maintaining an environment that values partnership and celebrates achievements.
• Rely on a combination of data and your instincts to make informed decisions and drive the team's progress quickly; your ability to balance speed and quality will be instrumental in achieving our goals.
• Champion engineering excellence, contributing to the architecture of the product and ensuring it is built with high quality and a great user experience in mind.

What you'll need to succeed

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software / ML engineering, with a demonstrated understanding of software development principles, practices, and methodologies.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams, including managing senior ICs; a track record of hiring and growing high-performing teams in the US market.
• Strong technical depth in ML engineering — at least one of: modern LLM / agent application stacks, model serving and inference optimization, retrieval and tool-use systems, or evaluation infrastructure for AI products.
• Background shipping AI-powered features in customer-facing web products; comfortable reasoning about both the model side and the application side of the stack.
• Proven ability to drive consensus on requirements, ensure timely decision-making, provide guidance, prioritize tasks, and optimize scope and time.
• Excellent social and communication skills; able to effectively communicate ideas and influence others across product, design, research, and engineering — including across geographies and timezones.
• Passion for learning, sharing of new ideas, and creative thinking to provide innovative solutions to challenges.
• Embrace generative and AI-assisted coding and architectural patterns, and be eager to learn and adapt as development tools continue to evolve.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Ideal but not required: prior experience with creative tools, design systems, code generation, or developer-facing AI products.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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Expected Pay Range:

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 position is $160,900 -- $317,775 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and 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 $219,500 - $317,775


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

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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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