AEM Solutions Engineer Lead

Title: AEM Solutions Engineer Lead

Location: 2 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201- (3 days in office/2days remote)

Long term Contract

Tasks:

• Design, develop, and maintain Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) components, templates, workflows, jobs, and integrations.
• Ensure application stability, scalability, and performance across multiple environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Dispatcher configuration, caching, and overall system performance.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, including Cloud Manager operations, automated builds, deployments, and testing.
• Collaborate with Architects and Product Owners to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Follow coding standards, best practices, and security guidelines throughout the development lifecycle.
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical guidance to junior developers.
• Mentor team members and promote AEM development best practices.
• Integrate AEM with third-party systems, including CRM platforms, DAM solutions, analytics tools, and custom APIs.
• Monitor application health and implement observability, logging, and diagnostic solutions to improve system reliability.

Mandatory Skills/Experience: Candidates who do not have the mandatory skills will not be considered

• 8+ years of experience in AEM development; strong hands-on experience with AEM Sites, Assets, Sling Jobs and workflows.
• Relevant AEM certifications such as Adobe Experience Manager Sites Architect, Adobe Experience Manager Sites Lead, Adobe Experience Manager DevOps, Adobe Experience Manager Sites Developer
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, including mentoring, conducting code reviews, and promoting industry best practices (DevOps, Cloud, Agile).
• Collaborate with business teams to define requirements, identify risks and define maintainable solutions within the AEM platform
• Design, develop and support AEM components, integrations, and applications for building websites
• Expertise in Java, Sling, OSGi, HTL (Sightly), and front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Strong knowledge of Dispatcher configs, caching techniques, and performance tuning
• Experience deploying websites to AEM Cloud Service and on-premises installations.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Maven, Jenkins, or other DevOps tools
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience resolving production issues in AEM environments.
• Familiarity with Agile development practices and team collaboration tools.

Desired Skills/Experience

• Experience with Adobe Target is not required but consider a plus
• Experience integrating Adobe Analytics with AEM is a+
• Experience with Akamai Content Delivery Network for websites
• Experience with language translation tools such as Smartling or Transperfect
• Experience with search engines such as Coveo or Solr