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Senior Applied Scientist

San Jose, US💼 Full-time💰 $142,700–$142,700🗓 2026-05-26 → 2026-10-02

Core

Develop and refine post-training pipelines (SFT, DPO/GRPO, distillation) to improve the quality, efficiency, and deployability of Adobe Firefly's generative AI models for images and videos.

Role type

Senior Applied Scientist / Machine Learning Engineer (Generative AI)

Builds

Production-ready generative AI models and training pipelines for Adobe Firefly

Domain

Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Computer Vision

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Machine learning algorithms, Model distillation techniques, Python programming, AI model training and optimization, Supervised fine-tuning (SFT), Preference optimization (DPO/GRPO), Reward-based learning, Model compression, Inference optimization

Preferred skills

Advanced degree, Large-scale data pipelines, Adobe products knowledge

Technologies

Python, SFT, DPO, GRPO, Model Distillation, Model Compression

Responsibilities

Develop distillation pipelines to transfer capabilities from teacher to student models; Refine post-training methods including SFT and preference optimization; Build infrastructure for training workflows and data pipelines; Conduct experiments to improve model quality and instruction alignment; Collaborate with research teams to scale training pipelines to production; Evaluate models using automated metrics and human preference signals; Optimize models for deployment efficiency. (via careerplan.io/jobs/R169113-1-senior-applied-scientist-at-adobe)

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC