Sr. Systems Design/Architecture 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
UnknownVisa
Technology, Digital MediaIndustries

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in solution architecture or enterprise systems design
  • Strong understanding of architecture design principles, cloud-native patterns, and business process optimization
  • Demonstrated experience with business applications powered by AI and familiarity with knowledge graphs, vector databases, language models
  • AI integration patterns (RAG, embeddings, prompt engineering)
  • Agentic AI protocols (MCP, A2A, OAP)
  • Strong cloud architecture literacy (Azure/AWS/GCP) and AI services (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI)
  • Familiarity with enterprise SaaS platforms (Salesforce, MS Dynamics, SAP, Gainsight)
  • Excellent visual and written communication; comfortable presenting AI strategies to VP+
  • Preferred
  • Experience in a global, multi-brand enterprise with both B2C and B2B customer models
  • Experience implementing AI in marketing, sales, customer success, and support
  • Familiarity with AI IDEs (e.g. Cursor, Replit), enterprise AI search / RAG (e.g. Glean), open-source frameworks (e.g. LangChain), agentic frameworks (e.g. CrewAI), cloud bot/agent services (e.g. Vertex AI, Amazon Lex)

Responsibilities

  • Drive our innovation strategy and roadmap for addressing high priority opportunities
  • Work with Product, Engineering, Digital Media Business Unit, UX, and others to deliver new innovative solution features
  • Define AI performance targets and business impact metrics
  • Partner with our internal customers to develop closed-loop learning systems for continuous AI optimization
  • Advocate for responsible AI practices and educate interested parties on emerging AI trends
  • Drive architectural design for multiple initiatives, ensuring scalability, performance, and resilience
  • Develop proof-of-concept solutions and validate them with customers
  • Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) and maintain architecture documentation
  • Design and optimize enterprise application architecture across marketing, sales, customer success, and support
  • Apply advanced capabilities, such as predictive analytics, generative technology, conversational tools, and intelligent automation, to improve customer engagement, revenue growth, and operational efficiency
  • Ensure compliance and ethical AI practices, including alignment to global data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and responsible AI governance frameworks
  • Translate business goals into scalable technical solutions
  • Partner with product managers, engineers, and UX designers to deliver innovative features
  • Advocate for adoption of new technologies and architectural improvements across teams

Skills

Systems Architecture
Solution Architecture
Enterprise Systems Design
Cloud-Native Patterns
AI Systems
Business Process Optimization
Architecture Design Principles

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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