Sr Machine Learning Engineer- ML Infrastructure & Data Platforms

Adobe
San Jose, California, United States of America / Seattle, Washington, United States of America2026-03-19Full time

About the job

Join our team as a Senior Machine Learning Engineer and help build the infrastructure powering large-scale, multimodal AI training and inference. Collaborate with top researchers, develop distributed systems, and drive innovation in data engineering. Shape the future of AI at scale with cutting-edge tools and a dynamic, supportive environment.

Responsibilities

Build distributed data loaders to support large-scale training workflows

Develop data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and preparing multimodal datasets

Design batch inference systems for high-volume data processing across GPU environments

Improve system performance, scalability, and reliability using distributed computing tools (e.g., Ray, Spark, DuckDB)

Implement search and retrieval systems using vector databases and embedding-based approaches

Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows, including testing, deployment, and containerization

Partner with researchers and engineers to turn model requirements into scalable systems

Create reusable tools, libraries, and documentation to support teams across the organization

Monitor and improve system health, including throughput, latency, and resource utilization

Support a collaborative team environment through code reviews and knowledge sharing

Qualifications

Minimum

8+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems or ML infrastructure in production

Experience working with large-scale data pipelines or inference systems

Strong programming skills in Python and a foundation in software engineering principles

Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow

Familiarity with distributed computing tools (e.g., Ray, Spark, Dask, or similar)

Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure

Understanding of MLOps practices, including CI/CD and deployment workflows

Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate with cross-functional teams

Preferred

Experience working with multimodal data (images, video, text)

Familiarity with vector databases or semantic search systems