Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect

Title: Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect

Location: Denver, CO

Duration: Long Term

Mode: Onsite

Principal Accountabilities:

Focuses on application development and tools. Ability to write code and test new and innovative web applications, integrate web tools or new features, develop or integrate new code, maintain and address existing code.
Application development of global websites using C++, Java, XML, HTML, CGI, JSP, Javascript, AJAX, multimedia applications, database and data modeling tools and other languages or software tools as needed. Maintaining web standards and best practices.
Design user interfaces within existing style guidelines. Actively participate in user interface implementation from initial planning/design to project release. Effectively communicate conceptual ideas, design rationale and the specifics of user centered design process.
Actively plan, analyze and review functional and technical specification documents. Create holistic design solutions that address design, layout and maintenance, and web performance.
Job Complexity:

Requires in-depth knowledge and experience
Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions
Works independently; receives minimal guidance
Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience
Represents the level at which career may stabilize for many years or even until retirement
Contributes to process improvements
Typically resolves problems using existing solutions
Provides informal guidance to junior staff
Works with minimal guidance           
Job Description:

Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Architect
This role is responsible for designing, building, and optimizing Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions to power Client’s Digital’s customer-focused digital experience.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience in AEM architecture, component development, and cloud-based optimizations, with a deep understanding of best practices for security, performance, and scalability.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Architect, develop, and maintain scalable AEM components following Adobe best practices and focusing on reusability.
Lead AEM template, workflow, and dispatcher configurations, ensuring high availability and performance.
Guide AEM Cloud implementations, ensuring alignment with Adobe’s evolving cloud-native capabilities.
Collaborate with system administrators, DevOps, and security teams on deployments, optimizations, and system upgrades.
Serve as a technical leader, providing mentorship to developers and ensuring adherence to AEM development standards.
Troubleshoot complex authoring, performance, and integration issues across the AEM platform.
Oversee and optimize AEM integrations with Adobe CJA Analytics, Adobe Launch, and third-party services.
Define and enforce security, accessibility, SEO, UX, and analytics best practices.
Lead code reviews, technical design sessions, and solution architecture discussions.
Maintain and evolve comprehensive technical documentation.
Collaborate with stakeholders and product teams, aligning AEM capabilities with business goals.
Provide leadership in Agile/Scrum environments, ensuring efficient sprint planning and execution.
Qualifications:

10+ years of overall experience in software development, with at least 8+ years of hands-on AEM experience.
Extensive experience in AEM core technologies (Apache Sling, OSGi, JCR/CRX, AEM Workflows, AEM Dispatcher).
Expertise in AEM as a Cloud Service, including modern cloud deployment strategies.
Strong experience with HTL (Sightly), Java, JavaScript, ReactJS, NextJS, and NodeJS.
In-depth understanding of J2EE architecture and scalable web application design.
Strong experience with SSR, caching strategies, and performance optimizations.
Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) knowledge is a plus.