Information Retrieval Engineer at Adobe

San Jose, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
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TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • 4+ years in data engineering, ML infrastructure, or information retrieval
  • Experience building and deploying RAG pipelines or semantic search systems
  • Strong Python skills and familiarity with retrieval libraries (e.g., Haystack, LangChain, Elasticsearch, Milvus)
  • Proficiency with embedding models, vector similarity search, and document indexing
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms and MLOps tooling (e.g., Airflow, dbt, Docker)
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • Knowledge of graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, TigerGraph) or knowledge graph design
  • Experience optimizing retrieval for LLMs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral)
  • Background in IR/NLP, Search Engineering, or Cognitive Computing
  • Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deploy scalable retrieval pipelines using vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Weaviate, Pinecone, Qdrant)
  • Implement semantic search infrastructure and hybrid retrieval systems (semantic + keyword)
  • Build ingestion pipelines for both structured and unstructured data sources
  • Implement document chunking strategies, embedding generation (e.g., OpenAI, Cohere, HuggingFace), and metadata tagging
  • Fine-tune relevance scoring, reranking algorithms, and query understanding mechanisms
  • Develop techniques to improve precision/recall for specific business domains or user tasks
  • Create and maintain knowledge graphs to support context linking and disambiguation
  • Manage data freshness and version control to ensure consistency and reliability of retrieved content
  • Design and iterate on context window strategies that improve LLM reasoning (e.g., adaptive injection, task-based retrieval)
  • Collaborate with prompt engineers and model developers to align retrieval outputs with downstream model behavior
  • Track key retrieval metrics such as accuracy, latency, and fallback rate
  • Implement caching, prefetching, and deduplication strategies to optimize system responsiveness

Skills

RAG
FAISS
Weaviate
Pinecone
Qdrant
Semantic Search
Hybrid Retrieval
Embeddings
OpenAI
Cohere
HuggingFace
Knowledge Graphs
Vector Databases
Reranking
Data Ingestion

Adobe

Software solutions for content creation and marketing

About Adobe

Adobe provides a range of software solutions focused on digital experiences, catering to creative professionals, businesses, and educational institutions. Its main offerings include Adobe Creative Cloud, which contains tools for photography, graphic design, video editing, illustration, UI/UX design, 3D and augmented reality, and social media content creation. Adobe also offers marketing solutions through Adobe Experience Cloud and document management services via Adobe Document Cloud. The company operates on a subscription-based model, allowing users to access its software through monthly or annual plans, with special pricing available for students, teachers, and businesses. Adobe differentiates itself from competitors by providing a comprehensive suite of tools that cover various aspects of content creation and marketing, all integrated into one platform. The goal of Adobe is to empower users to create, manage, and optimize their digital content effectively.

San Jose, CaliforniaHeadquarters
1994Year Founded
$668.9MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer Software, Enterprise Software, DesignIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Company Equity
401(k) Company Match

Risks

Emerging AI-driven design tools offer similar functionalities at lower costs.
Open-source alternatives may attract users away from Adobe's subscription model.
Data privacy concerns could affect trust in Adobe's cloud services.

Differentiation

Adobe offers a comprehensive suite for content creation, marketing, and document management.
Adobe's subscription model includes special pricing for students, teachers, and businesses.
Adobe integrates advanced analytics with Experience Cloud for data-driven marketing.

Upsides

Generative AI tools enhance Adobe's content creation and editing efficiency.
Remote work boosts demand for Adobe's cloud-based document management solutions.
AR's popularity in marketing benefits Adobe's 3D and AR tools.

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