Applied AI Engineer
Adobe
- Location
- San Jose
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- H-1B history
- 221 approvals (FY2023)
- Posted
- 16h ago
Skills
About this role
The Opportunity
We are looking for a hands-on AI Agent Engineer to develop, build, and maintain intelligent agents that drive automation and business impact across the enterprise. This role is responsible for the full lifecycle of agent development — from design to versioning, orchestration, and continuous learning. You’ll contribute directly to scaling our AI strategy by engineering reusable components, optimizing agent workflows, and ensuring real-world performance in production environments.
What you'll Do
A core aspect of this role involves building scalable Agentic AI platforms that empower developers, significantly enhance engineering efficiency, and accelerate AI adoption across the organization. Create reusable agent templates and modular components to accelerate deployment across business units Productionize AI models from prototypes to production-ready systems. Develop autonomous agents and skills for tasks like code generation and tool calling. Optimize model performance, reduce latency, and improve reliability. Implement prompt engineering strategies, memory handling, resource management and tool-calling integrations. What you need to succeed 3–5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering and backend development Prior exposure to LLM APIs or AI-powered services in production Experience with AI tools like LangChain, LlamaIndex, or vector databases. Ability to measure and improve model solve rates and accuracy. Strong engineering fundamentals (Python, REST) Experience with event streaming (Kafka, Flink, Kinesis, or similar) and data pipelines (Spark, Databricks, or comparable). Familiarity with production operations: Kubernetes, CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and incident response. Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), REST APIs, Python, and containerization (Docker, K8s) 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. Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more. Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015. AI Use Guidelines for Interviews: Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents