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This role combines hands-on modeling with deep experimentation, evaluation, and analytics to improve detection and quantify business impact.\nYou will work across the fraud lifecycle - from modeling and ground-truth definition to performance measurement, monitoring, and executive-ready insights!\nWhat you'll Do\nBuild and tune ML models for fraud and abuse detection using statistical and classical ML techniques.\nDevelop robust evaluation frameworks, datasets, and metrics to measure model and mitigation effectiveness.\nAnalyze false positives/negatives, model drift, and emerging fraud patterns to continuously improve detection.\nDefine ground truth, labeling approaches, and fraud taxonomies that support reliable model development and evaluation.\nDesign experiments and evaluate tradeoffs across precision, recall, customer impact, and fraud loss.\nBuild dashboards and metrics that translate detection performance into measurable business impact.\nPressure-test models and data for leakage, bias, data-quality issues, and other sources of misleading results.\nPartner across engineering, product, policy, and risk teams to turn insights into detection improvements and business decisions.\nWhat you'll need to succeed\n8+ years in applied Data Science / ML, with experience building and evaluating production ML models.\nStrong foundation in statistical and classical ML, experimentation, model evaluation, and performance measurement.\nStrong hands-on Python and SQL skills working with large, complex datasets.\nExperience with model monitoring, drift, false-positive/false-negative analysis, and imperfect or delayed labels.\nStrong data visualization and storytelling skills - able to translate complex analysis into clear insights and recommendations.\nStrong analytical judgment, ownership, and ability to operate independently through ambiguity.\nBachelor's or equivalent experience in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field; advanced degree a plus.\nPreferred Attributes\nExperience in fraud, abuse, risk, identity, trust & safety, or other adversarial domains.\nExperience with anomaly detection, clustering, behavioral modeling, or prevalence estimation.\nExperience with labeling frameworks, weak supervision, active learning, or human-review systems.\nFamiliarity with LLMs and AI-assisted evaluation/analysis.\nExperience evaluating multi-layered risk controls and automated decisioning systems.\nHybrid Work Model: This role follows a hybrid schedule, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.\nAbout Adobe\nAdobe 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.\nOur 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.\n\nLet’s Adobe together\nAt 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.\nAdobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Learn more.\nAdobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email .\nAI Use Guidelines for Interviews:\nOur 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.\nAt 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.\nExpected Pay Range:\nOur 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 $133,100 - $236,400 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.\n\nIn California, the pay range for this position is $163,200 - $236,400\nIn New York, the pay range for this position is $163,200 - $236,400\nIn Illinois, the pay range for this position is $149,100 - $216,000\nIn Washington, the pay range for this position is $157,900 - $228,575\nAt 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).\nIn addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.\nState-Specific Notices:\nCalifornia:\nFair Chance Ordinances\nAdobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.\nColorado:\nApplication Window Notice\nThere is no deadline to apply to this job posting because Adobe accepts applications for this role on an ongoing basis. The posting will remain open based on hiring needs and position availability.\nMassachusetts: \nMassachusetts Legal Notice\nIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. 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