Product Security Engineer

Job description

from Adobe careers

The Opportunity

Adobe’s Security Partnership Product Engineering (SPPE) team is hiring a mid-level engineer to build the AI-powered platforms that help secure our products. The team’s tools include a threat modeling capability that delivers analysis in seconds and a new feature that surfaces risk hotspots across Adobe’s product portfolio. You will design AI-driven features, partner with security and engineering teams Adobe-wide, and make risk-based decisions that balance security with engineering velocity. This role is based in New York City, San Jose, or Seattle.

What You’ll Do

• Build security analysis capabilities using LLM integrations with Azure OpenAI, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, and vector-based context retrieval.

• Develop and maintain platforms end to end using React, Python FastAPI, Celery, Postgres, Redis, and Kubernetes with Argo.

• Evaluate LLM and retrieval outputs to ensure accuracy and reliability for internal users.

• Address AI-specific risks like prompt injection, data exposure, and output manipulation.

• Make architecture decisions for new security capabilities, balancing performance, scalability, maintainability, and responsible AI use.

• Identify security gaps with internal users and propose features to close them.

• Partner with security and product teams to translate their needs into scalable features.

• Use AI-assisted tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor to move faster without compromising code quality.

• Share knowledge with peers, support teammates, and contribute to Adobe’s security community.

What You Need to Succeed

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 4 to 6 years of software development experience, including full-stack or backend systems.

• Solid foundation in Secure SDLC practices, application security, and threat modeling.

• Proficiency in Python and JavaScript, with React experience preferred.

• Experience with AI systems, including LLMs, prompt engineering, AI APIs like Azure OpenAI, and vector databases or retrieval-based systems.

• Understanding of AI-specific risks like prompt injection and hallucination, with experience evaluating AI outputs.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably Azure, and containerized deployments.

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern development workflows.

• Ability to work independently and across teams, with judgment to make risk-based decisions and communicate technical risk clearly.

• Curiosity about emerging AI and security techniques and a willingness to apply them.

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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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.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

 

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 $122,900 -- $216,300 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 $149,400 - $216,300 In New York, the pay range for this position is $149,400 - $216,300 In Washington, the pay range for this position is $143,400 - $207,600

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:

Application Window Notice

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:

Massachusetts Legal Notice

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.