Role at a glance
- Salary
- $183.3K – $265.4K/yr
- Location
- San Jose, United States
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 3–5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, NLP systems, or backend development
- Education
- Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
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Role Summary
The Senior AI Agent Engineer designs, builds, and maintains intelligent agents that automate enterprise processes and support customer experience use cases. The role covers the full agent lifecycle, including orchestration, reusable components, production monitoring, continuous improvement, governance, and deployment.
What You'll Do
- Build and fine-tune specialized AI agents for discovery, support, and lead qualification use cases.
- Implement prompt engineering, memory handling, resource management, and tool-calling integrations.
- Build cooperative multi-agent workflows with communication, handoff, and delegation mechanisms.
- Create reusable agent templates, modular components, and plug-and-play configurations.
- Monitor conversation quality, task success, user satisfaction, and agent performance using observability tools.
- Manage agent versioning, testing pipelines, controlled rollouts, knowledge-base updates, drift detection, and performance improvements.
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3–5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, NLP systems, or backend development; proficiency with OpenAI APIs, LangChain, RAG pipelines, Python, REST APIs, cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, prompt design, vector databases, and memory handling; experience building conversational agents or workflow bots in production environments.
Required
- AI/ML engineering, NLP systems, or backend development experience
- OpenAI APIs, LangChain, or RAG pipelines
- Conversational agents or workflow bots in production environments
- AWS, GCP, or Azure
- REST APIs
- Python
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Prompt design
Preferred
- Multi-agent frameworks or agent orchestration systems
- Observability tools
- Data labeling workflows
- Synthetic data generation
- Conversational design or dialogue management systems
- Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
Original job description
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The Opportunity
We are looking for a hands-on, systems-oriented Senior AI Agent Engineer to design, build, and maintain intelligent agents that drive automation and business impact across the enterprise. This role is responsible for the full lifecycle of agent development — from design to versioning, orchestration, and continuous learning.
You’ll contribute directly to scaling our AI strategy by engineering reusable components, optimizing agent workflows, and ensuring real-world performance in production environments.
What you'll Do
Agent Development
- Build and fine-tune specialized AI agents for targeted customer experience use cases such as discovery, support, and lead qualification
- Implement prompt engineering strategies, memory handling, resource management and tool-calling integrations
Multi-Agent Communication
- Adopt agent-to-agent communication protocols and handoff mechanisms to enable cooperative task execution and delegation
- Build orchestrated workflows across agents using frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, or Semantic Kernel
Templates & Reusability
- Create reusable agent templates and modular components to accelerate deployment across business units
- Build plug-and-play configurations for domain-specific requirements
Lifecycle Management & Monitoring
- Track and improve conversation quality, task success rate, user satisfaction, and performance metrics
- Automate monitoring of agent behavior using observability tools (e.g., Arize, LangSmith, custom dashboards)
Continuous Improvement
- Implement learning workflows, including human-in-the-loop feedback and automatic retraining
- Refine prompts and model behavior through structured experimentation and feedback loops
Maintenance & Governance
- Handle knowledge base updates, drift detection, performance degradation, and integration of new business logic
- Ensure agents stay aligned with evolving enterprise data sources and compliance requirements
Deployment
- Manage agent versioning, testing pipelines (unit, regression, UX), and controlled rollout processes
- Collaborate with DevOps, QA, and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable deployments
What you need to succeed
- 3–5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, NLP systems, or backend development
- Strong proficiency with LLM frameworks (e.g., OpenAI APIs, LangChain, RAG pipelines)
- Experience building conversational agents or workflow bots in production environments
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), REST APIs, Python, and containerization (Docker, K8s)
- Comfort with prompt design, vector databases, and memory handling strategies
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with multi-agent frameworks or agent orchestration systems
- Familiarity with observability tools, data labeling workflows, or synthetic data generation
- Background in conversational design or dialogue management systems
- Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
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.
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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 $151,800 -- $265,350 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 $183,300 - $265,350
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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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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About the company
Adobe Inc.
Large Enterprise
Adobe Inc. is a multinational software company based in San Jose, California, renowned for its innovative digital media and creative solutions. Established in 1982, Adobe is best known for its flagship products, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat, which are widely used in design, marketing, and document management across various industries. The company's commitment to fostering creativity and empowering individuals and businesses is reflected in its cloud-based services, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, which provides subscribers access to a suite of powerful applications and collaborative tools. With a strong focus on customer-centric technology and digital transformation, Adobe continues to lead the industry in enhancing how content is created, managed, and delivered.
Adobe Inc. is a multinational software company based in San Jose, California, renowned for its innovative digital media and creative solutions. Established in 1982, Adobe is best known for its flagship products, including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat, which are widely used in design, marketing, and document management across various industries. The company's commitment to fostering creativity and empowering individuals and businesses is reflected in its cloud-based services, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, which provides subscribers access to a suite of powerful applications and collaborative tools. With a strong focus on customer-centric technology and digital transformation, Adobe continues to lead the industry in enhancing how content is created, managed, and delivered.