CareerPlan

Senior Staff Engineer

San JoseFull-time$174k2026-09-11 → 2026-11-10
Based in United States

Core

Architecting the centralized, adaptive risk mitigation system (ARP) to detect, prevent, and mitigate fraud and abuse across Adobe products using AI/ML and distributed systems.

Role type

Senior Staff Engineer (Architect)

Builds

The Adobe Risk Platform (ARP) and foundational building blocks for future risk-mitigation capabilities.

Domain

Fintech / Cybersecurity / AI & Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

AI and ML (fraud detection and counter-attacks), distributed systems, databases (SQL, NoSQL, DynamoDB), data lakes (Databricks, Spark), architectural strategy, technical mentorship, cross-org influence

Preferred skills

Graph databases, identity/relationship graphs, device fingerprinting, AI agent design, payments/commerce/fraud domain expertise, regulatory compliance (PCI)

Technologies

Databricks, Spark, DynamoDB, SQL, NoSQL

Responsibilities

Define architectural direction and long-term technical strategy for risk mitigation, push the platform to the forefront of AI and ML, lay foundational building blocks for event-driven risk intelligence, set architectural standards for risk-decisioning services, share architectural thinking via design docs and tech talks, simplify complex interlinked systems, mentor senior and staff engineers

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership