Senior Applied Scientist

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!
Adobe Firefly Applied Science & Machine Learning (ASML) group is looking for research scientists and engineers working on generative AI models for image and video synthesis to help us build the next generation of creative tools. We are especially looking for experience in video generation. We seek candidates with strong expertise in the field, as evidenced by peer-reviewed academic publications, combined with hands-on industrial research experience.
As an Applied Scientist at Adobe, you will be joining an outstanding team of applied researchers building the future of digital experiences. You will have the opportunity to develop novel ideas to advance the Creativity world through features in Adobe's products and reach millions of people worldwide!
Job Responsibilities
Conduct innovative research and development in Generative AI
Develop and transfer novel technologies to Adobe products
Research and develop novel large-scale foundation models in Generative AI
Collaborate with extraordinary researchers and engineers to bring research ideas to production
Ability to convert a research idea/paper to code in Python and typical machine learning development toolkits.
Provide technical mentorship and guidance.
What you'll need to succeed
Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI/ML or related fields
Excellent communication skills and a great teammate
Experience in state-of-the-art Generative AI technologies, such as GAN and/or diffusion models
Strong hands-on experience working on image/video generation and image/video editing
Experience with large-scale generative model training
Preferred experience:
Working with large-scale datasets
Working with product teams on technology transfers
Good publication record in Computer Science, AI/ML or related fields
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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 $150,700 -- $284,400 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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