Director, AI VFX Engineering

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 206400 - 384675

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were 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!

Role summary

Lead Firefly FoundrysGenAI Field Architecturepracticewith a focus on VFX building and managing a team of seniorVFXengineersand architects proficient in Generative AI. Drive executive engagement with studio streaming sports and gaming leaders while scaling Firefly adoption through people leadership multi-functional alignment and repeatable execution models.

Youllpartner withVFX housesstudiosdirectors and more in the film industryto reinvent content pipelines with Firefly taking initiatives from pilot to global rollout. You will be collaborating withFireflyandFoundry AI and engineering teamsdesigningand deployinggroundbreaking newVFXworkflows and technologies.

Whatyoulldo

Build & lead a team:Hire develop and mentor a high-performing group ofVFX engineers and workflow experts.

Executive engagement:Represent Firefly Foundry withthe media and entertainmentleaders; guide your team to deliver executive design reviews workshops and thought leadership.

Codify best practices:Establishand evolve reference patterns for creative workflow blueprints prompt/evaluation pipelines campaign scalability and governance guardrails.

Support complex problem-solving:Provide leadership and escalation frameworks as your team tackles fidelity throughput quality and authenticityof new VFX workflows with Generative AI.

Integration strategy:Oversee enterprise integration acrossAdobe surfacesapps (FireflyPhotoshop Premiere Pro After Effects Substance 3D ) and DAM/MAM systems; empower your team to lead implementations.

Ecosystem leadership:Direct partners and customersblueprint creationin terms of how to work with our new workflows and technologiesvalidatedelivery againstourstandards and scale.

Drive measurable value:Ensure your team translates creative and business priorities into ROI/TCO metrics that influence customerexpansions.

Whatyoullbring

Must-have

12 years ofdevelopingand shippingVFX solutions in film and other M&E industries (e.g. gaming)

2yearsdevelopingand working with Generative AI solutions (e.g.ComfyUI) for VFX production and post-production (in animation or live action).

5 years inpeopleleadership roles managingVFX engineeringteams (direct reports hiring coaching career development).

Deep understanding of M&E production post-production and VFXworkflows.

Familiarityin GenerativeAI solution patterns: prompt design & evaluation guardrails observability/measurement vectorized retrieval style constraints and cost governance.

Strong technical depth acrossSoftware and tooling for VFX; ability to evaluate trade-offs without being the primary implementer.

Executive presence with studio leadership; exceptional written communication (1-pagers decision records reference designs).

Nice-to-have

Portfolio of contributions to A-list movies or other productions.

Collaboration

Partner daily with Firefly FoundryAppliedScientistsFoundry VFX and M&E solutions engineers Adobe productgroups(Firefly/Express/Photoshop/Premiere/After Effects/) Customer Success Security/Privacy/Legal and Partner/Alliances teams.

Work setup

Travel:10% for workshops studio/post visits and key industry events.

Hybrid/Remote:flexible.

#FireflyGenAI

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 positionis $$384675 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge skillsand 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 $265700 - $384675 In Washington the pay range for this position is $234900 - $340100

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In addition certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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Our CompanyChanging the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos...