Senior Applied Scientist

About the Role Adobe Firefly's Applied Science & Machine Learning (ASML) group is looking for research scientists and engineers focused on post‑training, alignment and distillation of large‑scale generative AI models. The goal is to push the frontier of generative AI while ensuring models are safe, efficient, aligned with user intent, and deployable at scale. Job Responsibilities Conduct innovative research and development in post‑training alignment and model distillation for large‑scale generative AI models. Design and evaluate techniques such as RLHF, DPO/GRPO, SFT, reward modeling, and preference optimization to improve instruction‑following, controllability, and safety. Develop efficient distillation, compression, and inference acceleration methods to make frontier models deployable at scale. Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product teams to transfer post‑training innovations into Adobe products. Build and maintain pipelines to evaluate generative models across quality, efficiency, and safety metrics. Convert research ideas/papers into production‑ready implementations in Python and modern ML toolkits. Provide technical mentorship and guidance to peers and junior researchers. Qualifications Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field. Strong hands‑on experience with large‑scale generative AI training and post‑training (SFT, RLHF, DPO/GRPO, distillation). Familiarity with diffusion models, transformers, or other state‑of‑the‑art generative architectures. Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across cross‑functional teams. Strong coding and prototyping ability in Python, PyTorch, and ML infrastructure tools. Experience working with product teams on technology transfers. Good publication record in Computer Science, AI/ML or related fields. Benefits Expected Pay Range: $142,700 – $270,950 annually (U.S. range; may vary by location and experience). Additional benefits may include short‑term incentives and long‑term equity awards. For more details, please consult the recruiting process. Equal Employment Opportunity Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. State‑Specific Notices California: Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances. Colorado: If this role is open to hiring in Colorado, the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time. Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. #J-18808-Ljbffr