Senior Product Security Engineer

About the role

Job Description: Senior Product Security Engineer

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about product security testing and vulnerability management? Adobe Product and Software Security is seeking a dynamic candidate with strong security testing expertise to join our expanding team. In this role, you will be the frontline responder for external vulnerability reports submitted through the Bug Bounty program, working closely with internal engineering and security teams to ensure timely, accurate triage and resolution, managing automation workflows, supporting live hacking events, campaigns, challenges.

This is a great opportunity to contribute to innovative work that will elevate Adobe Security to new heights!

What You'll Do

- Triage, validate and reproduce incoming vulnerability reports submitted via the bug bounty platform, assessing validity, impact, and scope, including AI related reports.

- Assign CVSS scores and severity ratings accurately, following Adobe’s internal severity guidelines and industry standards.

- Reproduce proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits to validate reported vulnerabilities across web, API, and mobile surfaces.

- Communicate clearly and professionally with external researchers: request clarifications, provide status updates, and manage expectations.

- Coordinate with product engineering teams to route confirmed vulnerabilities for remediation.

- Identify duplicate, out-of-scope, or informational reports and close them with clear, respectful explanations.

- Contribute to internal documentation, triage runbooks, and severity calibration guidelines.

- Flag systemic or critical findings to Bug Bounty team for partner concern as needed.

- Develop dashboards in PowerBI to support data-driven analysis and remediation efforts.

What You Need to Succeed

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with 5+ years of practical experience.

- In-depth knowledge of application security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10) and mitigation techniques.

- Strong understanding of CVSS v3.1 scoring and hands-on experience applying it to real-world vulnerabilities.

- Proficiency in common web vulnerability classes: XSS, SQL injection, SSRF, IDOR, authentication flaws, and business logic issues.

- Ability to reproduce and validate PoC exploits using tools such as Burp Suite, browser DevTools, curl, and custom scripts.

- Familiarity with bug bounty platforms and responsible disclosure processes.

- Solid written communication skills — able to write clear, constructive responses to researchers of all skill levels.

- Familiarity with attacker techniques used by external researchers against LLM systems and generative AI products.

- Proficiency with JIRA and PowerBI.

- Strong knowledge of LLM (Large Language Model) testing methodologies.