Founding Machine Learning Engineer Jobs in Santa Clara, CA

Position: 2026 Machine Learning Engineer
Req ID: Pending
Location: San Jose
Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands- everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We're on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours.
The Opportunity
AI-powered Search, Recommendations and Generative AI-based guidance is a core part of Adobe's Cloud offering. Adobe Cloud enables customers to create and generate digital content, and Digital experiences. The Search, Discovery, and Content AI Team drives customer success for Adobe Express, Creative Cloud, and Document Cloud. Creative professionals and novice users need the quick discovery of digital assets from brushes to colors, images, videos, and beyond. They also need AI-powered assistance to discover the ingredients needed to complete their creative journey at scale.
We are building a new search, recommendations, and content understanding platform that powers suits of Adobe product lines. Our platform caters to millions of users and billions of entities. Become part of this growing team at Adobe and have an excellent impact by providing AI-powered search, recommendations, and gen AI-based assistance across the creative suites of products at Adobe. This is an opportunity to make a huge impact in a fast-paced, startup-like environment in a great company.
What You'll Do
Build novel machine learning models using deep learning, reinforcement learning, content understanding, language understanding, and more by developing pioneering machine learning algorithms for Search&Discovery team.
Apply machine learning/reinforcement learning to improve content understanding, computer vision, deep learning, language understanding and
content ranking & recommendations.
Build machine learning offerings to enable lifecycle of billions of images, documents and other assets in Adobe Cloud.
Build machine learning services to host AI/ML models using technologies such as REST web services, micro- services, machine learning frameworks, Pytorch, Tensorflow, and LLMs
What You Need to Succeed

• MS/PhD (preferred) in Computer Science, Machine Learning or equivalent field
• Good understanding of statistical modeling, machine learning, deep learning, or data analytics concepts.
• Proficient in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java and C
• Familiar with one or more machine learning or statistical modeling tools such as PyTorch, SGLang, Verl and scikit learn
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving ability.
• Excellent communication, relationship skills and a great teammate

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.
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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 $125,600 -- $234,150 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 $161,700 - $234,150
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:
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Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.
Colorado:
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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:
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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.