Staff Applied Scientist, Firefly Foundry

Adobe Systems
San Jose, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 172,500 - 306,625 annuallyFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Experience: 4+ yearsEducation: phdSkills: ["PyTorch","Distributed training","GPU","TPU","Large-scale training","Fine-tuning","Alignment","Distillation","Data curation","Communication"]

We are seeking a Staff Applied Scientist in Generative AI to advance visual, audio, and multi-modal generation, editing, and understanding. You will train and refine large foundation models, publish in top venues, and collaborate with researchers and ML engineers to bring cutting-edge AI tech into Adobe products used by millions.

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6 months ago

Staff Applied Scientist, Firefly Foundry

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Job Summary

We are seeking a Staff Applied Scientist in Generative AI to advance visual, audio, and multi-modal generation, editing, and understanding. You will train and refine large foundation models, publish in top venues, and collaborate with researchers and ML engineers to bring cutting-edge AI tech into Adobe products used by millions.
Location: San Jose, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct pioneering research and development in Generative AI for visual (image/video/3D), audio, and multi-modal outputs.
  • •Develop and deploy novel generative AI technologies to existing and new Adobe Products.
  • •Research and develop novel large-scale foundation models with deep reasoning and world-building capabilities.
  • •Collaborate with world-class researchers and ML engineers to bring research ideas to creative workflows used by millions.
  • •Publish and present your work in world-class scientific venues in CV/AI/ML/CG fields.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 172,500 - 306,625 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Ph.D. in Computer Science, CV/AI/ML/CG or related fields and 4+ years professional experience.
  • •Research or industry experience in training Generative AI models (pre-training and/or post-training) in at least one modality: image, video, 3D, or audio.
  • •Expertise in large-scale model training and optimization, including data curation, distributed training, and memory-efficient techniques.
  • •Experience with post-training techniques such as fine-tuning, alignment or distillation.
  • •Proficiency with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) and experience scaling models on GPU/TPU clusters.
Experience:4+ yearsGenerative AIMultimodalMachine learningDeep learningNLPComputer vision
Education:PhD / Doctorate
Skills:PyTorchDistributed trainingGPUTPULarge-scale trainingFine-tuningAlignmentDistillationData curationCommunication
Tech Stack:PyTorchGPUTPUDistributed trainingLarge-scale trainingFine-tuningAlignmentDistillation

Company Brief

Adobe Systems
Provides creative, marketing, and document management software and cloud services, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and the Adobe Experience Cloud, serving creative professionals, enterprises, and governments worldwide.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 1982
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