Candidate Profile — Candidate #1
Position: Adobe — Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer (San Jose, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA)
Candidate Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Experience: 4.9 years experience

Relevant Experience & Education Highlights

Demonstrated hands-on expertise in multi-GPU LLM fine-tuning, kernel development, containerized ML deployments, and multimodal generative AI agents positions this candidate strongly for building scalable foundation model infrastructures at Adobe.

1. Build and optimize infrastructures that power large foundation model training on thousands of GPUs

Engineered high-performance ML systems leveraging multi-GPU setups and custom optimizations.

  • Developed multi-GPU LLM fine-tuning pipelines and custom kernel development with benchmarking at a pioneering containerization company.
  • Implemented containerized microservice architectures for RL model training and deployment supporting scalable AI workloads.
  • Contributed to agentic AI workflows using NeMo Agent Toolkit in NVIDIA AI Enterprise at a leading GPU technology company.

2. Profile GPU utilization, trace inference and training runs and help craft strategies for optimizing our ML model latency

Applied performance profiling and optimization techniques in production ML environments.

  • Conducted benchmarking and kernel optimizations for multi-GPU LLM inference and training at a containerization leader.
  • Performed agentic red-team testing and remediation workflows to enhance AI model efficiency and reliability.
  • Optimized multimodal AI agents combining VLMs and LLMs in a top-tier research lab's NLP group.

3. Architect and optimize end-to-end ML pipelines, ensuring they're scalable, efficient, and robust

Designed and deployed full-stack ML solutions with MLOps best practices.

  • Built AI chatbot automating student registration workflows as lead engineer at a non-profit educational organization.
  • Engineered recommender systems for personalized content delivery at a stealth startup.
  • Integrated Copilot features and shaped product roadmaps for enterprise communication tools at a major software company.

Requirements & Candidate Alignment

Adobe RequirementCandidate Qualification
Education: Graduate, PhD, or postgraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent experience.Pursuing dual BS degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Business Administration from a top-tier research university.
ML Engineering Experience: 2+ years ML Engineering experience, specializing in generative AI like LLMs.4.9 years including multi-GPU LLM fine-tuning, multimodal AI agents, and generative AI research.
Programming and Deep Learning Skills: Strong Python and deep learning engineering skills, paired with experience in training and inferencing with PyTorch or TensorFlow.Strong Python and deep learning engineering with multi-GPU LLM training, transformer architectures, and large language models.
Model Familiarity: Familiarity with distillation, transformers, and diffusion models. Experience with generative image and video is a plus.Deep expertise in transformers, diffusion models, and generative AI including multimodal VLMs and LLMs.
Deployment Technologies: Knowledge of deployment technologies such as Docker, ML Ops, and ML services.Docker and MLOps proficiency demonstrated in containerized RL model training, deployment microservices, and scalable AI pipelines.
Cloud Platforms: Experience with cloud platforms like Azure and AWS is a plus.Hands-on experience with Azure supporting ML workflows and deployments including Google Cloud.
Problem-Solving: Excellent problem-solving abilities and capacity to analyze complex issues and drive solutions with a data-driven approach.Proven problem-solving across AI research, product strategy, and performance benchmarking in fast-paced environments.
Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills and success in cross-functional team environments.Strong cross-functional collaboration in product management, research labs, and engineering roles driving AI initiatives.

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