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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Director of Engineering, Photoshop Ecosystem - **Company:** Adobe Systems - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $276,200.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Mobile Application Development, Distributed Systems, Graphics Software, Imaging Technology, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, AI Infrastructure, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Adobe, Kubernetes, Virtual Agents - **Published:** June 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://adobe.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/external_experienced/job/San-Jose/Senior-Director-of-Engineering--Photoshop-Ecosystem_R169455 ## About the Role We are looking for an experienced engineering leader with strong technical judgment, operational rigor, and a track record of delivering products through major technology shifts. The ideal candidate has modernized mature architectures, scaled organizations, and integrated AI into customer experiences at global scale., * Demonstrated ownership of business outcomes that delivered double-digit growth. Experience expanding product value and adoption among new and emerging creators, with a strong focus on activation, retention, and business impact. * 15+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping products with a worldwide reach. Experience leading large distributed engineering organizations responsible for complex, business-critical platforms. * Proven experience integrating AI and machine learning technologies to enhance customer experiences, including generative AI, large language models, agent-based workflows, orchestration frameworks, inference systems, and multimodal experiences. * Demonstrated success modernizing platforms and leading large-scale AI adoption initiatives across mature engineering organizations and codebases. Experience improving engineering productivity through AI-assisted development and modern delivery practices. Strong technical depth across native applications, cloud-connected platforms, distributed systems, web, mobile, AI infrastructure, and developer ecosystems. * Deep understanding of scalability, reliability, performance optimization, platform architecture, and operational excellence. Experience supporting globally distributed products and services used at large scale. * Passion for creativity tools and a strong understanding of creator workflows, imaging technologies, graphics systems, extensibility, security, compliance, and enterprise requirements. * Proven ability to build and develop leadership teams across directors, managers, architects, and engineers. Experience driving alignment across executive collaborators and partnering with organizations such as Premiere, Illustrator, and Firefly to deliver connected creative workflows. * Exceptional communication, organizational leadership, and influence skills. Ability to inspire teams, shape strategy, and lead significant organizational change. About Adobe ## Description * Define and drive the engineering strategy for Photoshop across. Lead the next generation of AI-native and agent-based creative experiences. * Integrate generative AI, intelligent agents, and multimodal workflows into creator experiences in partnership with Adobe AI Research and Firefly teams. * Lead engineering execution and advance extensibility frameworks, developer experiences, and AI-powered workflows while delivering seamless experiences across devices and creative surfaces. * Build and scale Adobe's AI Factory strategy within Photoshop while modernizing imaging and rendering technologies, cloud-connected architectures, extensibility models, collaboration systems, ecosystem services, and AI-native workflows. Balance long-term architectural investments with rapid product innovation. * Build and develop a high-performing global engineering organization responsible for performance, scalability, reliability, and operational rigor. 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