Sr Engineering Manager, AI Enablement

Job description

from Adobe careers

The Opportunity

Join Adobe as a Senior Engineering Manager in San Jose, CA, and lead an ambitious team to deliver world-class engineering solutions! This is an outstanding opportunity to build the future of digital creativity and efficiency. Adobe is renowned for its innovative platforms and tools, and you will play a crucial role in maintaining our flawless standards and driving success.

What you'll Do

• Lead the strategy and execution of a central AI Platform focused on Agentic AI, MCP, and A2A frameworks
• Partner with Product and Business leaders to translate priorities into scalable AI solutions and measurable outcomes
• Build reusable AI capabilities, orchestration frameworks, and developer platforms to drive adoption across teams
• Establish standards, governance, and guidelines for responsible and scalable AI development
• Hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing AI engineering team with a strong execution culture

What you need to succeed

• 10+ years of engineering experience with strong leadership in building platform teams
• Proven experience in designing and delivering AI/ML or Generative AI platforms at scale
• Deep understanding of Agentic AI systems, including orchestration, tool usage, memory, and multi-agent collaboration (A2A)
• Experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, prompt orchestration, and evaluation frameworks
• Familiarity with MCP or similar tool/agent integration frameworks and building reusable AI components
• Strong system design skills across distributed systems, APIs, and scalable platform architectures
• Hands-on experience with cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) and modern data/AI infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability to partner with Product and Business leaders to shape strategy and deliver outcomes
• Strong execution perspective with a track record of taking ambiguous AI initiatives to production
• Experience building and leading high-performing, fast-moving engineering teams
• Ability to operate effectively in a matrix organization and influence without authority
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills to align senior partners on AI strategy and investments
• Passion for staying at the forefront of AI innovation and applying it to real-world business problems
• People & Delivery Leadership
  · Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams, including
  Engineering Managers,  Senior Engineers, and cross-functional
  contributors.
  · Build a culture of innovation, accountability, inclusivity, and
  continuous learning, aligned with Adobe’s values.
  · Own execution excellence:
  o Roadmap planning and prioritization
  o Dependency and risk management
  o Delivery predictability and operational rigor
  · Conduct performance management, career development, and long-term
  leadership succession planning.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. 

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call +1 408-536-3015. 

AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

 

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 $160,200 -- $320,000 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 $221,000 - $320,000

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans.  Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.