Senior 3D Reconstruction Pipeline Engineer

Our Company
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands-everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We're 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!
Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe's all about. We give everyone-from emerging artists to global brands- everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences. We're passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.
We're 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
We are looking for a senior Pipeline Engineer to lead 3D reconstruction efforts related to neural graphics. An ideal candidate will possess domain expertise in 3D graphics, modern Python platform engineering, computer vision, and a drive to build creative tools rooted in customer empathy. Together we will design and implement fundamentally new technologies that democratize 3D workflows and create delightful and powerful 3D tools.
You will be a key driver of innovation, evaluating, integrating, optimizing, and deploying research technologies that push the state-of-the-art in neural reconstruction. You will also be a champion of robust and sustainable engineering practices as you transfer new 3D capture and 3D reconstruction capabilities into Adobe's creative tools. This role is part of a customer-focused research engineering team, to deliver technical innovations with high visibility that will reach millions of creatives.
What you'll do

• Develop 3D Reconstruction Pipelines based on neural graphics and 3D GenAI techniques, optimizing both performance and quality
• Build and contribute to shared technology platforms that accelerate machine learning research and development, including data pipelines, datasets, distributed compute infrastructure, and deployment engines
• Write robust, high-performance code. Identify and fix bugs and performance bottlenecks.
• Architect scalable and performant backend solutions for 3D reconstruction in the cloud
• Define technical roadmaps for large-scale projects, where you will coordinate and work with research scientists, artists, designers, and product engineers to architect, develop, optimize, ship, and maintain novel technologies that set Adobe apart
• Support the evaluation of new technologies by

• working with artists and product managers to define quantitative and qualitative metrics for success
• contributing to pipeline tools that streamline evaluation processes
• building prototypes as needed

What you'll need to succeed

• 3+ years of experience in backend web services engineering
• Proven technical leadership experience, driving a project from inception to maintenance
• Deep knowledge of modern Python 3 design patterns
• BS in Computer Science, with focus on software engineering, computer graphics, or computer vision
• Basic knowledge of C++
• Strong communication skills and the proven ability to collaborate across teams, disciplines, and time zones.
• Customer empathy and a passion for creating delightful experiences
• Experience writing cross-platform code
• Experience in building, profiling, debugging, and testing complex systems

Welcome expertise

• Industry experience in VFX or Film
• Prior work in the field of 3D reconstruction (Photogrammetry, NeRF, GSplats, etc.)
• MS or PhD in Computer Science (computer graphics or computer vision)
• Expertise in modern C++ (>= C++17)
• Expertise in deploying machine learning services
• Familiarity with 3D content creation tools and their APIs (e.g., Maya, Houdini, Blender, C4D, ...)
• Experience with design of high-level APIs and frameworks

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 position is $154,000 -- $278,800 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.
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