Senior AI Systems Architect

The Opportunity

We are seeking a strategic and technically skilled Senior AI Systems Architect to bridge the gap between complex business needs and advanced AI system design. You will play a pivotal role in translating use cases into scalable, intelligent solutions—leading the design of agent-based workflows, data pipelines, and orchestration systems tailored to enterprise applications.

What you'll Do

• Translate business goals into AI architecture: Collaborate with customers and team members to understand needs, assess feasibility, and define system scope.
• Design AI agents and orchestration workflows: Create end-to-end blueprints for multi-agent systems to support real-time, multi-turn interactions across business functions.
• Define data and RAG architecture: Specify data requirements and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) configurations to ensure context-aware, grounded responses.
• Author technical specifications: Produce clear, detailed documentation for LLM-based solutions, including APIs, tools, prompt logic, and agent capabilities.
• Collaborate across teams: Work with ML engineers, product teams, and customer collaborators to align implementation with technical and business strategy.
• Ensure scalability and reliability: Design solutions that are modular, maintainable, and resilient across enterprise environments.
• Lead POCs and solution validation: Guide prototype development, performance tuning, and feedback loops for continuous improvement.

What you need to succeed

• 10+ years in software architecture, enterprise AI engineering
• Experience designing and deploying AI/LLM systems (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, RAG stacks, vector databases)
• Strong understanding of conversational AI, agents, orchestration (LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, etc.)
• Deep understanding of modern ML techniques and the ML lifecycle from data gathering, training, model evaluation, MLOps, and productionizing models.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization (Docker/K8s), and CI/CD
• Excellent communication and collaborator engagement skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-agent systems, tool calling, or autonomous workflows
• Understanding of enterprise data governance, security, and compliance
• Prior work with domain-specific AI solutions (e.g., finance, legal, HR, customer service)
• Bachelor's , Master’s, PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

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 $172,500 -- $306,625 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 $211,800 - $306,625

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.

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California:

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Colorado:

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There is no deadline to apply to this job posting because Adobe accepts applications for this role on an ongoing basis. The posting will remain open based on hiring needs and position availability.

Massachusetts:

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