Senior Product Security Engineer

Adobe

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Jose, CAMcLean, VASan Francisco, CALehi, UT
Salary: $180,600–$261,450 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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About Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

Adobe currently has 210 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Product Security Engineer

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As a Senior Product Security Engineer within the Vulnerability Operation Center, you will play a critical role in securing products and online services by analyzing and triaging identified vulnerabilities. You will partner directly with engineering teams to measure, prioritize, and reduce risk across the product suite while driving security issues toward resolution. Your daily responsibilities include validating the severity of public and private disclosures, identifying systemic trends to improve risk posture, and championing remediation efforts for industry-wide vulnerabilities. To succeed, you must possess deep knowledge of infrastructure and application security, specifically regarding OWASP Top 10 mitigation techniques. You will also build automation and AI tools using Python, including prompt engineering and API orchestration, to scale the vulnerability management pipeline. This role focuses on proactively hardening products and reducing preventable security gaps through data-driven decisions.

Skills

OWASP Top 10 Python AI Prompt Engineering API Orchestration Vulnerability Management Application Security Automation

What you'll do

Validate and assess the severity of both public and privately disclosed security vulnerabilities.
Drive security issues to resolution through continuous engagement with engineering teams.
Build automation and AI tools to scale the vulnerability management pipeline.
Champion remediation efforts for industry-wide vulnerabilities and reduce preventable risks.
Identify security gaps and collaborate with product engineering teams on hardening opportunities.
Investigate systemic vulnerability trends to improve overall product risk posture.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline.
At least 3-4 years of practical experience.
Deep knowledge of infrastructure and application security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) and mitigation techniques.
Ability to design and implement AI-powered automation playbooks using Python, including prompt engineering and API orchestration.
Strong understanding of common security concepts to perform root-cause analysis on vulnerability patterns and trends.
Ability to communicate professionally with engineering teams to drive issues to resolution.

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