Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Agent Harness - Meta Factory

Adobe Unified Platform is building the system that changes how software gets made at Adobe. A platform that understands builders’ intent, breaks down complex work, executes it through autonomous agents, and improves with every cycle. What this team ships multiplies across thousands of Adobe engineers, and it's the substrate the rest of Adobe's agentic efforts build on.

Meta Factory is the core of that platform: the Agentic Builders Experience that defines how agents understand their goals, decompose work, use tools, evaluate their own outcomes, and improve over time. Think of it as our own version of Claude Code, optimized for Adobe needs, model independent and operated for the whole company.

We are looking for a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to define the technical architecture of the Agent Harness and serve as one of Adobe’s senior technical leaders in agentic systems. You will set the long-term technical direction, solve the hardest design challenges, and establish engineering standards for AI-native software development at Adobe scale.

• Work as part of a team of architects shaping the technical direction of the Agent Harness, contributing across agent execution, tool use, context, state, and lifecycle management.
• Define harness interfaces and standards while balancing performance, cost, and reliability.
• Track emerging trends in agent runtimes and tool-use standards and lead their evaluation and adoption at Adobe.
• Define AI-first architecture and engineering standards for agentic systems across Adobe.
• Lead cross-team technical initiatives and provide guidance on complex architectural challenges.
• Advise engineering leadership on emerging agentic execution challenges and mentor senior technical talent across the organization.

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong record of innovation and business impact at Adobe or across the industry.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, runtime build, and platform architecture, with experience leading large multi-functional initiatives.
• Recognized expertise in agentic systems and LLM infrastructure, with hands-on experience fine-tuning, optimizing, and operating models or runtimes at scale.
• Experience driving AI-first architecture, engineering standards, technology choices, and product direction across organizations.
• Strong communication and influence skills, with the ability to align senior leaders and teams around a shared technical vision.

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.

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 $206,400 -- $379,100 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

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In California, the pay range for this position is $261,800 - $379,100

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