Sr. Software Development Engineer -AI/ML

Our Company

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The Opportunity:

Adobe Document Clouds AI team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to improve our next generation of AI-enabled features. Our scale involves billions of PDFs and millions of transactions monthly. Join the core team managing the central repository supporting all feature development and backend services for the Acrobat AI Assistant. This role is pivotal in encouraging rapid feature development and building production-ready componentry used countless times daily to serve our customers. We support features like question-answering (QA) suggested and related questions attributions document summaries and more.

Recent public features: Liquid Mode for PDF reflow on mobile PDF Extract API Table Decomposition in Liquid Mode new generative AI features. All products powered by AI deployed on mobile cloud and desktop.

What Youll Do:

• Design build and maintain scalable and efficient code solutions for the Acrobat AI Assistant.
• Develop and review specifications for safe client-service contracts ensuring clear concise and secure interactions.
• Implement standard methodologies in code layering and modular design for robust and maintainable codebases.
• Conduct detailed reviews of pull requests and debug complex service integration issues.
• Lead the coordination and execution of service releases ensuring they meet rigorous production standards.
• Work closely with feature teams to facilitate effective communication and knowledge sharing.
• Boost engineering efficiency by empowering your fellow engineers with excellent tooling and systems.
• Build and provide operational support for globally deployed systems powering some of the most advanced products in the market.

What Youll Need to Succeed:

• B.S. . or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience with 5 years of experience.
• Extensive background in software development specifically in backend infrastructure emphasizing code layering and architectural standard methodologies.
• Proficiency in crafting and implementing concurrent and asynchronous systems using languages such as Python JavaScript () or Go.
• Familiarity with integrating language models within a feature pipeline.
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and non-blocking I/O operations.
• Understanding of OOP principles such as encapsulation inheritance polymorphism and abstraction.
• Familiarity with common design patterns (e.g. Singleton Factory Observer Strategy).
• Proficiency in writing unit and integration tests for object-oriented systems. Strong debugging skills.
• Proficiency in Python with the ability to write clean unit-tested and well-documented code using docstrings. Familiarity with frameworks such as LangChain and Pydantic is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with timely engineering vector search techniques and similar AI/ML technologies.
• Experience or willingness to learn how to build and review specifications for client-service contracts.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead mentor and work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical challenges independently.
• Flexibility in fast-paced environments.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in developing and deploying machine learning models in production environments.
• Expertise in continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines particularly in cloud environments.
• Experience with building and maintaining large-scale data processing systems with a strong understanding of technologies like Kafka and Spark.
• Familiarity with networking protocols and monitoring systems as well as experience in developing and maintaining RESTful APIs.

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