Sr. Director, Engineering - Digital Video & Audio (DVA)
$276,200–$429,350 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States or Seattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Define and drive engineering strategy for Adobe's Digital Video & Audio portfolio across Premiere Pro and After Effects. Lead the next generation of AI-native and agent-based creative experiences by integrating generative AI, intelligent agents, and multimodal workflows into creator platforms. Modernize core video, rendering, and cloud technologies while advancing extensibility frameworks and developer experiences. Build and develop a high-performing global engineering organization responsible for performance, scalability, and operational rigor. Partner closely with Product, Design, Research, and Firefly teams to align strategy and deliver intelligent experiences that support hybrid creative storytelling. Represent Adobe externally through executive engagement and technical leadership to shape the future of professional video creation.
Required Qualifications
- 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 including large-scale desktop applications and cross-platform experiences used by millions of creators
- 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 in 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
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