We are seeking a hands-on Forward Deployed Creative Technologist with a strong blend of creative technology, AI implementation, and workflow transformation expertise. This role involves working closely with clients and AI technology partners to rapidly prototype, configure, and deploy AI-powered creative solutions that drive business value and accelerate content production. The ideal candidate will operate at the intersection of design, technology, and operations, helping organizations optimize creative workflows, implement AI-driven tools, build custom integrations and plugins, and enable successful adoption of Generative AI across content supply chains.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Rapidly Prototype & Iterate: Create proof-of-concept implementations demonstrating AI integration possibilities.
• Adobe Ecosystem Development: Build and iterate on AI-powered creative tools and plugins using Adobe App Builder, UXP, and Creative SDK frameworks.
• Custom Tooling: Develop custom Photoshop and Figma plugins that automate complex creative workflows and integrate AI capabilities.
• Agile Execution: Operate within Agile/Scrum methodologies to deliver iterative value, adapting quickly to evolving client feedback and requirements
• API Orchestration: Write JSON configuration files and orchestrate complex API calls to create seamless automation sequences between disparate systems
• Hands-on Troubleshooting: deeply investigate API requests/responses, debug connectivity issues using browser consoles and proxy tools, and optimize integration performance for low latency
• Integrate cutting-edge AI technologies (LLMs, diffusion models, RAG pipelines) into creative workflows and production systems
• Build and optimize AI agent frameworks using tools like AutoGen, LangChain, and LlamaIndex for creative workflow automation
• Implement multimodal AI processing capabilities for text, image, video, and audio content creation and manipulation
• Operate within client environments with high autonomy, managing complex technical workstreams from ideation through deployment
• Drive technical requirements gathering and solution architecture for AI-powered creative systems
• Analyze unfamiliar legacy backend systems and devise novel integration solutions
• Capture field-proven use cases and technical patterns, feeding insights back to Product & Engineering teams
• Establish frameworks and mental models that inspire autonomous innovation across engineering and creative teams
• Document technical discoveries and prototype learnings to accelerate future implementations
• Mentor client technical teams on AI integration best practices and advanced automation techniques

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• 7-8 years of experience in creative technology, full-stack engineering, or technical product development
• Experience using rapid prototyping, structured testing, and continuous refinement as core working methods. A portfolio demonstrating a history of rapid app/tool development is highly recommended.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud APIs, SDK, CEP frameworks, Firefly Services APIs, and building custom plugins/extensions (ex: Photoshop, Figma,). 
• Workfront Fusion experience a plus.
• Experience with full-stack development, modern web technologies, API integration, cloud deployment
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, diffusion models, RAG pipelines, vector databases, prompt engineering, model optimization, and AI agent frameworks with multimodal processing
• Deep understanding of creative workflows, content production pipelines, and design tool ecosystems
• Demonstrated ability to own complex systems end-to-end from ideation through deployment
• Proven ability to navigate seamlessly across disciplines (ML, animation pipelines, plugin architecture, generative models)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to navigate ambiguity and evolving requirements

ABOUT US

Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Current, and TrueLogic.

Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.

The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.