AEM Architect Lead Developer

We are seeking an experienced Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect / Lead Developerwith 13 years of overall IT experience and at least 5 years of hands-on expertise in AEM. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing developing and maintaining scalable AEM-based applications with strong technical depth in AEM architecture integrations and modern web technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect design develop and maintain AEM components templates dialogs and pages
• Work extensively with AEM Sites(Author & Publisher environments) including editable templates and content fragments
• Customize and extend AEM using OSGi services Sling Models and workflows
• Develop reusable components using HTL (Sightly) and Java
• Integrate AEM with DAM third-party systems REST APIs and Adobe Marketing Cloud solutions
• Collaborate with UX teams content authors QA and business stakeholders
• Optimize application performance security and scalability
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to AEM best practices
• Support deployments and troubleshooting across Dev QA and Production environments
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide accurate estimations
• Address security concerns and remediate issues (e.g. Adobe Looking Glass reports)
• Manage cookie consent integrations (e.g. OneTrust ObservePoint)

Required Skills & Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 5 years of experience in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.x / AEM as a Cloud Service)
• Strong expertise in:
  • Java J2EE
  • OSGi Apache Sling JCR
  • HTL (Sightly)
• Experience in:
  • Custom AEM components & templates
  • Sling Models & services
  • AEM workflows and schedulers
• Strong understanding of AEM Dispatcher caching and security concepts
• Hands-on experience with front-end technologies:
  • HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript
  • Basic knowledge of React or Angular (preferred)
• Experience with:
  • CI/CD pipelines (Maven Git Jenkins)
  • RESTful APIs and JSON

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with AEM as a Cloud Service
• Exposure to Adobe Analytics Adobe Target or Adobe Campaign
• Knowledge of:
  • Content Fragments & Experience Fragments
  • Headless AEM architecture
• Understanding of SEO accessibility (WCAG) and performance optimization
• Adobe AEM Certification (Developer or Architect)

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Education

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience)