Threat Intel & Reverse Engineering Investigator

Adobe; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe Threat Intelligence / Reverse Engineering Investigator is responsible for identifying, investigating, and disrupting fraud, abuse, and adversarial activity targeting Adobe's products, services, and ecosystem.

The role leverages threat intelligence, reverse engineering, and detection engineering to deliver actionable intelligence and scalable mitigations that strengthen platform resilience and protect Adobe, its customers, and its ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Experience using SQL/SPL and data analysis techniques.
• Ability to translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Experience in fraud investigations, threat intelligence, cybersecurity investigations, abuse prevention, or related disciplines.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled threats is a plus.
• Able to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Collaborative work across cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail and high-quality outcomes.
• Experience reviewing platform activity for suspicious behavior a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor adversarial activity, fraud, abuse, and emerging threats impacting Adobe products and services.
• Assess threat actors and campaigns to understand risk exposure and mitigation.
• Produce intelligence assessments and threat reports for detection and investigations.
• Reverse engineer malicious tooling and attack infrastructure to document methodologies.
• Develop scalable detection, monitoring, and enforcement capabilities.
• Collaborate with Product, Security, Engineering, Data Science, Risk, and Trust & Safety teams.
• Support incident response with intelligence, attribution analysis, and guidance.
• Create executive-ready briefings and risk assessments with strategic recommendations.

Skills

Threat intel

Reverse engineering

SQL/SPL

Data analysis

Fraud investigations

Risk management

AI threats

Communication

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Tools

SQL/SPL

Job description

Adobe Threat Intelligence / Reverse Engineering Investigator is responsible for identifying, investigating, and disrupting fraud, abuse, and adversarial activity targeting Adobe's products, services, and ecosystem.

The role leverages threat intelligence, reverse engineering, and detection engineering to deliver actionable intelligence and scalable mitigations that strengthen platform resilience and protect Adobe, its customers, and its ecosystem.