**The Opportunity ** The Adobe Firefly client team is seeking a senior pipeline and infrastructure engineer to contribute to an exciting, high-profile effort to establish Adobe as the best provider of creativity tools. We seek to empower the next generation of creators everywhere by turning creative intent into creative success.
We are crafting new AI/ML powered tools empowering self-expression and collaboration across the digital landscape. While implementing this far-reaching strategy, we are focusing on using product-driven development to drive rapid iteration and to continuously deliver measurable impact. This initiative is an outstanding opportunity to shape emerging next-generation products reaching millions of creators worldwide.
What are we looking for in an ideal lead back-end developer?
You will be joining a highly collaborative team of application and MLE engineers working closely with the internal product teams and collaborators. You have a user-centric approach, invite constructive collaboration, naturally strive to be a mentor and always work with a bias towards action. Most importantly, you enjoy independently solving complex problems, have a deep empathy for customers, and drive tangible results in a team-oriented culture.
**What you’ll do **
- Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services, APIs, and data pipelines.
- Help establish architecture and quality coding practices for the Adobe Firefly client platform
- Define long-term solutions for component-based architecture using functional programming
- Work closely with the design team, product management and our internal clients translating early ideas into interactive prototypes
- Engage with customers to identify problems, and refine workflows
- Expand your knowledge and skills to stay ahead of the latest development, test, and deployment methodologies
**What you need to succeed **
- 7-10+ years of professional experience developing interactive web applications,
- preferably in the creative tool domain
- B.S or higher in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
- Well-established practice of building and deploying web applications or interactive sites
- High proficiency in Python and JavaScript
- Confidence to be a pragmatic developer - especially in the areas of writing
- high-performance, reliable and maintainable code
- Experience with Docker and other container orchestration systems
- Ability to perform independently in a hybrid or remote-first work environment supported by competent written and verbal communication skills
Bonus Qualifications
Experience developing ML Ops workflows
Fluent with Test Driven Development (TDD)
Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
Exposure to generative AI models, including test-to-image and large language models
Experience with data storage and retrieval for multimedia assets
Experience in UX design, design systems or close collaboration with design teams
Knowledge of modern web technologies
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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 $159,200 -- $301,600 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 $208,300 - $301,600 In Washington, the pay range for this position is $190,200 - $275,400
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