Adobe is looking to transform end-to-end creative workflows for global brands and agencies by unlocking the GenAI-powered Content Supply Chain, requiring a Manager, Forward Deployed AI Engineering to lead a team in building and launching GenAI-powered solutions directly with customers.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering, AI/ML, or technical consulting experience, with recent hands-on development in full-stack, cloud, and GenAI applications.
- Direct experience with modern AI technologies, including LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta Llama, Mistral), diffusion models (Firefly, Stable Diffusion, DALL·E), RAG pipelines, vector databases, and agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen).
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe Firefly APIs, Creative Cloud SDKs, GenStudio for Performance Marketing, and enterprise integration patterns.
- Expertise in cloud deployments (AWS, Azure), CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and enterprise-grade delivery with governance, security, and monitoring.
- Track record of engaging directly with enterprise customers, simplifying technical complexity, and earning trust as both an engineer and a strategic partner.
- Ability to dive into code, architecture, or delivery sprints when needed.
Responsibilities
- Act as both mentor and peer-level engineer—reviewing code, shaping architectures, and guiding engineers on technical depth, delivery velocity, and customer impact.
- Ensure your teams apply Forward Deployed Engineering principles: embedded collaboration, rapid prototyping, iterative feedback, and production-grade handoffs.
- Define and enforce engineering standards across pods, including CI/CD pipelines, reusable frameworks, architecture playbooks, and model governance practices.
- Partner with Directors of Forward Deployed Engineering and Architecture to align technical approaches across the org and codify patterns into scalable, reusable assets.
- Funnel field-proven innovations and best practices into Adobe Firefly and GenStudio roadmaps—ensuring product strategy is shaped by customer reality.
- Stay at the forefront of generative AI, creative automation, and enterprise integration—keeping your teams current and inspired.
- Foster internal knowledge sharing—publishing playbooks, reusable modules, and lessons learned that accelerate the entire organization.
Other
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of Forward Deployed AI Engineers (FDEs).
- Cultivate top engineering talent, instill a culture of rapid innovation and delivery excellence, and ensure every engagement drives measurable business impact.
- Recruit, coach, and empower a high-performing team of Forward Deployed AI Engineers (and select Forward Deployed AI Architects).
- Develop future leaders by strengthening technical judgment, customer-facing confidence, and cross-functional influence.
- Willingness to travel up to 30% to support customers and teams in person.
