The OpportunityAdobe Unified Platform is building the system that changes how software gets made at Adobe. A platform that understands builders' intent, breaks down complex work, executes it through autonomous agents, and improves with every cycle. What this team ships multiplies across thousands of Adobe engineers, and it's the substrate the rest of Adobe's agentic efforts build on.
Meta Factory is the core of that platform: the Agentic Builders Experience that defines how agents understand their goals, decompose work, use tools, evaluate their own outcomes, and improve over time. Think of it as our own version of Claude Code, optimized for Adobe needs, model independent and operated for the whole company.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in agent runtimes, model context protocols, multi-agent coordination, tool calling patterns, sandboxed execution, and feedback-driven improvement systems to help build and shape Meta Factory's core agent harness systems.
What you'll do- Shape the technical direction of the Agent Harness across agent execution, tool use, context, state, and lifecycle management.
- Define clear interfaces and standards for how agents, tools, and Meta Factory interact with the harness.
- Evaluate emerging agent runtime and tool-use patterns, and help teams adopt the right approaches for Adobe's needs.
- Build reusable architecture patterns for agentic systems that are secure, scalable, and maintainable.
- Lead cross-team technical work and help resolve complex design challenges across Meta Factory and partner teams.
- Share expertise through design docs, technical reviews, internal forums, and mentoring engineers working on agentic systems.
What you'll need to succeed- 12+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of delivering high-impact systems used by multiple teams or products.
- Strong expertise in distributed systems, runtime design, and platform architecture.
- Experience building agentic systems, LLM infrastructure, developer platforms, or other AI-enabled systems.
- Proven ability to design scalable systems that balance near-term delivery with long-term maintainability.
- Experience leading complex technical work across teams, including design reviews, implementation planning, and technical decision-making.
- Ability to influence engineering teams and align stakeholders around clear, practical architectural choices.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience writing design documents and sharing technical knowledge across teams.
- Experience mentoring engineers and helping teams adopt new technologies and engineering patterns.
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 $173,500 -- $331,050 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 $228,600 - $331,050
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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.
