Senior AI Systems Engineer — C++ / Applied AI at Adobe

Compensation · Listed in posting

$159,200 – $301,600/yr

Location: San Jose, California · San Francisco, California · +4
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 18, 2026

Description

Adobe is hiring a Senior AI Systems Engineer to build and operate C++ infrastructure, service integration layers, evaluation systems, and reliability mechanisms for AI-enabled product and platform capabilities. The role combines large-scale systems engineering, applied AI, production software architecture, technical strategy, and cross-team leadership, with responsibilities spanning C++ platform engineering, AI reliability, evaluation, observability, and secure AI system design. Candidates need 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, significant C++ expertise, cross-platform software experience, and hands-on experience integrating AI, LLMs, agents, or model-backed systems into production software.

Required Skills

C++
C++ design
Memory management
Concurrency
API design
AI reliability
Evaluation frameworks
Observability
Technical strategy

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant C++ depth
Experience building or maintaining large, mature, performance-sensitive codebases
Cross-platform software experience across Windows, macOS, Linux, or similar environments
Hands-on experience integrating AI, LLMs, agents, or model-backed systems into production or production-adjacent software
Experience designing reliable interfaces between AI systems and deterministic software systems
Experience with large-scale testing, including unit tests, integration tests, CI validation, regression testing, and quality gates
Experience leading through influence across engineering, product, design, platform, security, and data science teams
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with frontier model APIs such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, or similar systems
Experience designing tool/function-calling interfaces, agentic workflows, or AI orchestration systems
Experience building AI evaluation frameworks, automated scoring systems, or human-in-the-loop quality review
Familiarity with JSON-RPC, gRPC, WebSockets, REST, or similar service protocols
Experience with observability and tracing for AI systems or distributed systems
Experience with privacy-aware telemetry, data retention, secure client/service communication, or enterprise compliance requirements
Familiarity with sandboxing, safety boundaries, permissions, or policy enforcement for AI-initiated actions
Experience modernizing legacy C++ systems or improving developer productivity in large engineering organizations
Background in creative tools, productivity applications, developer tools, enterprise software, or complex desktop applications
Translation Company Name: ADUS-Adobe Inc.