Adobe
Threat Intelligence / Reverse Engineering Investigator
$82K–$190K
San Jose +2 · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- San Jose
New York
Austin
About the job
Investigates and disrupts fraud, abuse, and adversarial activity targeting Adobe by conducting threat research, reverse engineering, technical investigations, and building detection and mitigation capabilities.
What you'll do
- Monitor adversarial activity and produce intelligence assessments and threat reporting.
- Reverse engineer malicious tools and conduct investigations into fraud, abuse, account compromise, and platform misuse.
- Translate findings into scalable detections and mitigations, collaborating across teams and supporting incident response.
What they ask for
- Experience using SQL/SPL and data analysis techniques to support investigations.
- Experience identifying risk signals, anomalous behaviors, and abuse patterns and translating findings into detection, mitigation, or enforcement strategies.
- Strong analytical and investigative skills, communication skills, and ability to manage competing priorities and work across teams.
Nice to have
- Experience in fraud investigations, threat intelligence, cybersecurity investigations, abuse prevention, trust and safety, fraud analytics, enterprise risk management, or related disciplines.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled threats, automated attack techniques, or AI and automation in investigative, detection, or intelligence workflows.
Pay
$81,500 - $189,800 USD annually (base salary); $131,100 - $189,800 USD (base salary) in California; $131,100 - $189,800 USD (base salary) in New York
Tools
SQL, SPL
AI focus
Evaluate AI-enabled attack techniques and adversarial tooling, and develop scalable detection and mitigation strategies; familiarity with AI-enabled threats or AI in investigative workflows is a plus.
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