Staff Applied Scientist

About the Role Join Adobe's Firefly Foundry as a Staff Applied Scientist to help advance the training and deployment of large-scale multimodal generative AI models for image, video, and 3D content. You will innovate across the full training stack, collaborate with data, modeling, and product teams, and deliver production-ready solutions that power creative workflows for millions of users.

What You'll Do

• Conduct innovative research and development in training large-scale generative AI models for image and video synthesis.
• Develop, implement, and rigorously evaluate advanced techniques for conditional generation and editing — with emphasis on improving instruction compliance, controllability, and visual quality in pre-trained models.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with researchers, engineers, and product teams to translate multimodal innovations into scalable downstream applications within Adobe products.
• Develop and maintain robust evaluation pipelines to assess generative models across quality, efficiency, robustness, and safety metrics.
• Translate research concepts and published work into production-ready implementations using Python and modern ML frameworks.

What We're Looking For

• Ph.D. or MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, with 8+ years industry experience.
• Extensive practical experience in large-scale generative AI training with a focus on image and video generation and editing.
• Familiarity with diffusion models, transformers, or other state-of-the-art generative architectures.
• Strong coding and prototyping skills in Python, PyTorch, and ML infrastructure tools.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Experience working with product teams on technology transfers.
• Strong publication record in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related fields.

Nice to Have

• Experience on large-scale generative model training
• Experience on synthetic data generation
• Experience of working with large-scale datasets
• Experience of working with product teams on technology transfers

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $172,500 – $306,625 USD annually (varies by location). California: $211,800 – $306,625; Washington: $201,000 – $291,150.
• Benefits: comprehensive benefits programs; Adobe life and culture programs.