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Director, ML Services Engineering

San Jose💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Director of ML Services Engineering owning the end-to-end productionization, scaling, and operation of custom generative AI models (image, video, 3D) for enterprise customers at Adobe Firefly Foundry.

Role type

Director, ML Engineering (Executive)

Builds

Enterprise-scale managed service for custom generative AI models and creative workflows

Domain

Generative AI, Multimedia (Image/Video/3D), Enterprise SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Generative AI architecture (diffusion, transformers, VAEs), ML systems end-to-end, engineering organization leadership, unit economics, GPU stack optimization, tenancy/data isolation design, executive stakeholder management

Preferred skills

High-resolution media pipelines (4K+ video), model quantization, hyperscaler/GPU vendor partnership

Technologies

CUDA, NCCL, GPU stacks

Responsibilities

Define technical strategy for productionizing custom generative models; own unit economics (cost-to-serve, GPU utilization, gross margin); lead multi-team engineering organization and hiring at scale; ensure production SLAs and observability; represent engineering in C-suite and senior customer conversations

Seniority

Director, hands-on executive leadership

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