Sr. Research Engineer

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!

The Opportunity

The Research Engineering & Design Lab within Adobe Research is looking for a Sr. Research Engineer with a passion for the unique challenges involved in the development of high-performance ML models with a particular focus on optimizing the resource consumption of large-scale generative models including for cloud and on-device deployment. Join our efforts to turn cutting-edge research into new products and features in Adobes web desktop and mobile applications and expand whats possible in tools for creative expression.

What youll Do

At Adobe Research you will work closely with both scientists and engineers to ensure that new technologies being developed for generative AI models image processing audio video animation 3D and vector graphics will run efficiently in-cloud and on a variety of platforms. Youll help adapt models and algorithms to the limitations of different systems and devices. You will have the opportunity to:

• Play a key collaborative role in ambitious research projects
• Be valued as a specialist in your domain of expertise
• Build innovative tool that enables users to explore their creative potential
• Contribute to existing Adobe tools as well as completely new applications
• Impact products that are used by tens of millions of people
• Learn from your peers and grow into new opportunities

What you need to succeed

• Passion for model optimization/compression and high-performance computing
• Solid deep learning skills including practical experience in computer vision/natural language processing
• Knowledgeable about the current state of the art in ML efficiency
• Experience in improving the efficiency of mid- to large-scale ML models
• Software engineering expertise
• Proficiency with Python and ML libraries like PyTorch TensorFlow JAX or similar
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ph.D. /Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field or 3 years of industry experience

Additional Desirable Qualifications

• Knowledge of state-of-the-art machine learning methods for large scale multimodal models
• Experience on diffusion model optimization neural network pruning/knowledge distillation/quantization/architecture search sub-quadratic attention optimization efficient architecture design and on-device ML
• Experience with sparse mixture of experts and related techniques
• Experience running ML models within a deployment environment (using TensorRT AITemplate CoreML WinML TensorFlow Lite ONNXRuntime or similar)
• Hands-on experience in designing ML models between different platforms (Cloud mobile in-browser etc.)
• Knowledge of design techniques for mobile-friendly ML models
• Proficiency with C

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