The OpportunityThe Firefly Foundry team is seeking an experienced Applied Science Manager to lead and evolve the training data ecosystem that powers our generative AI models for content synthesis and editing across multiple modalities, including imaging and video. This role is pivotal to building and scaling the science, pipelines, and data strategies essential to developing the next generation of creative tools. We are looking for candidates with a strong foundation in applied research, data algorithms, large-scale data pipelines, and machine learning, paired with a passion for enabling cutting-edge AI research and product development.
As a Manager for Applied Science at Adobe, you will develop novel data-centric solutions that advance creativity through features in Adobe's products, reaching millions of people worldwide.
Responsibilities- Lead and grow a distributed team focused on training data for generative AI.
- Define and execute the strategy for acquiring, processing, curating, annotating, versioning, and ensuring the quality of large-scale datasets for Custom Foundation Models.
- Build and maintain scalable, efficient data pipelines across the training data lifecycle.
- Collaborate with researchers, ML engineers, and product managers to align on data needs for foundation models.
- Champion data diversity, bias mitigation, and ethical AI practices.
- Evaluate and integrate tools and methodologies that enhance infrastructure and workflows.
- Influence model development through insights on data quality and availability.
- Provide technical leadership and foster a culture of innovation.
- Partner across teams to align data priorities and share best practices.
Qualifications- Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, AI/ML, or a related field - or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience in engineering leadership.
- Deep understanding of ML data lifecycles, particularly for generative models.
- Experience in the science and algorithms underpinning data for generative AI.
- Experience with synthetic data creation and curation.
- Strong grasp of data privacy, security, and ethical AI principles.
- Excellent leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Experience working with large-scale image and video datasets.
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Expected Pay Range: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 $172,500 -- $306,625 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.
In California, the pay range for this position is $211,800 - $306,625In Washington, the pay range for this position is $201,000 - $291,150
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.
