Adobe

Director, AI VFX Engineering

Adobe

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Los Angeles • California • Washington • United States

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Salary

💰 $206,400 - $384,675 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead Firefly Foundry’s GenAI Field Architecture practice, focusing on VFX, building and managing a team of senior VFX engineers and architects proficient in Generative AI
  • Drive executive engagement with studio, streaming, sports, and gaming leaders while scaling Firefly adoption
  • Partner with VFX houses, studios, directors, and more in the film industry to reinvent content pipelines with Firefly
  • Collaborate with Firefly, Foundry AI, and engineering teams, designing and deploying groundbreaking new VFX workflows and technologies
  • Hire, develop, and mentor a high-performing group of VFX engineers and workflow experts
  • Represent Firefly Foundry with the media and entertainment leaders; guide your team to deliver executive design reviews, workshops, and thought leadership
  • Establish and evolve reference patterns for creative workflow blueprints, prompt/evaluation pipelines, campaign scalability, and governance guardrails
  • Provide leadership and escalation frameworks as your team tackles fidelity, throughput, quality, and authenticity of new VFX workflows with Generative AI
  • Oversee enterprise integration across Adobe surfaces apps (Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Substance 3D, Frame.io)

Requirements

  • 12+ years of developing and shipping VFX solutions in film and other M&E industries (e.g., gaming)
  • 2+ years developing and working with Generative AI solutions (e.g., ComfyUI) for VFX, production, and post-production (in animation, or live action)
  • 5+ years in people leadership roles, managing VFX engineering teams (direct reports, hiring, coaching, career development)
  • Deep understanding of M&E production, post-production, and VFX workflows
  • Familiarity in Generative AI solution patterns: prompt design & evaluation, guardrails, observability/measurement, vectorized retrieval, style constraints, and cost governance
  • Strong technical depth across Software and tooling for VFX; ability to evaluate trade-offs without being the primary implementer
  • Executive presence with studio leadership; exceptional written communication (1-pagers, decision records, reference designs)
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
VFX solutionsGenerative AIprompt designevaluation pipelinesworkflow blueprintscampaign scalabilitygovernance guardrailsobservabilityvectorized retrievalstyle constraints
Soft skills
leadershipteam managementcoachingcareer developmentexecutive presencewritten communicationmentoringcollaborationthought leadershipproblem-solving