Senior Product Security Engineer

Adobe; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 145,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe Security is seeking a VOC Senior Product Security Engineer to analyze and triage vulnerabilities and engage with developers across Adobe's products and services in San Jose, California.

You will drive remediation through engineering collaboration, build AI-powered automation with Python, and help reduce risk by measuring severity, prioritizing fixes, and expanding security hardening across the product portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline.
• Deep knowledge of infrastructure and application security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10).
• Experience designing and implementing AI-powered automation playbooks using Python.

Responsibilities

• Validate and assess severity of vulnerabilities.
• Drive security issues to resolution through engagement with engineering teams.
• Build automation tools to scale vulnerability management.
• Champion remediation efforts to reduce preventable vulnerabilities.
• Identify security gaps and collaborate with product engineering on hardening opportunities.
• Investigate systemic vulnerability trends to improve product risk posture.

Skills

Vuln assessment

AI automation

Python scripting

Root-cause analysis

Security concepts

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about securing global systems and mitigating risks in a fast-paced environment? Adobe Security is looking for a dynamic candidate to join its Vulnerability Operation Center (VOC). As a VOC Senior Product Security Engineer, you will analyze and triage incoming identified vulnerabilities and engage with developers for all of Adobe's products and online services. In this role, you will partner directly with developers and engineers to pave the way for measuring, prioritizing, and reducing risk across Adobe's suite of product offerings. This is a great opportunity to join in ground-breaking work to influence our organization's risk posture.

What you’ll Do

• Validate and assess severity of public and privately disclosed security vulnerabilities
• Drive security issues to resolution through continuous engagement with engineering teams
• Build automation and AI tools to drive scalability across the vulnerability management pipeline
• Champion remediation efforts to Industry Wide Vulnerabilities and reducing preventable vulnerabilities
• Identify security gaps and collaborate directly with product engineering teams on improved hardening opportunities
• Investigate systemic vulnerability trends to improve product risk posture and reduce preventable vulnerabilities

What you need to succeed

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline and at least 3-4 years of practical experience
• Deep knowledge of infrastructure and application security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) and mitigation techniques
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement AI-powered automation playbooks using Python, including prompt engineering, tool/API orchestration, and translating repeatable workflows into scalable, maintainable scripts
• Strong understanding of common security concepts that support root-cause analysis to make data-driven decisions on vulnerability patterns and trends
• Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure
• Ability to speak and communicate professionally

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe's industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We're on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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AI Use Guidelines for Interviews

Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

Expected Pay Range

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $144,800 -- $261,450 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California, the pay range for this position is $180,600 - $261,450.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

State-Specific Notices

California:

Fair Chance Ordinances

Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.

Colorado:

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If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. 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 based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

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It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Locations

Location: San Jose, California, United States of America