Senior Software Engineer, Meta Factory Agent Harness

The Opportunity

Adobe Unified Platform is building the system that changes how software gets made at Adobe. A platform that understands builders intent breaks down complex work executes it through autonomous agents and improves with every cycle. What this team ships multiplies across thousands of Adobe engineers and its the substrate the rest of Adobes agentic efforts build on.

Meta Factory is the core of that platform: the Agentic Builders Experience that defines how agents understand their goals decompose work use tools evaluate their own outcomes and improve over time. Think of it as our own version of Claude Code optimized for Adobe needs model independent and operated for the whole company.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in agent runtimes model context protocols multi-agent coordination tool calling patterns sandboxed execution and feedback-driven improvement systems to help build and shape Meta Factorys core agent harness systems.

What youll do

• Shape the technical direction of the Agent Harness across agent execution tool use context state and lifecycle management.
• Define clear interfaces and standards for how agents tools and Meta Factory interact with the harness.
• Evaluate emerging agent runtime and tool-use patterns and help teams adopt the right approaches for Adobes needs.
• Build reusable architecture patterns for agentic systems that are secure scalable and maintainable.
• Lead cross-team technical work and help resolve complex design challenges across Meta Factory and partner teams.
• Share expertise through design docs technical reviews internal forums and mentoring engineers working on agentic systems.

What youll need to succeed

• 12 years of software engineering experience with a track record of delivering high-impact systems used by multiple teams or products.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems runtime design and platform architecture.
• Experience building agentic systems LLM infrastructure developer platforms or other AI-enabled systems.
• Proven ability to design scalable systems that balance near-term delivery with long-term maintainability.
• Experience leading complex technical work across teams including design reviews implementation planning and technical decision-making.
• Proven ability to balance near-term delivery with long-term maintainability security and operational reliability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including experience writing design documents and sharing technical knowledge across teams.
• Experience mentoring engineers and building team confidence with new execution patterns and infrastructure.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobes 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 30000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. Were 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.

Lets Adobe together

At Adobe we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life including our values and culture focus on people purpose and community Adobe for All comprehensive benefits programs the stories we tell the customers we serve and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender race or color ethnicity or national origin age disability religion sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.

Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process email or call 1 .

AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
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 its restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

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:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and fair chance ordinances.

Colorado:

Application Window Notice

If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting) the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location no specific application window applies and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.