AEM Architect

Position:

Experience Required:

Role Overview

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

Key Responsibilities

1. Architecture & Design

• Architect end-to-end solutions on

  AEM Sites, Assets, Forms, and/or Screens

  .
• Define

  component architecture, workflows, content models, templates, OSGi services

  , and dispatcher caching strategy.
• Create

  high-level and low-level design (HLD & LLD)

  documents.
• Ensure solutions meet

  performance, scalability, flexibility, and security

  requirements.

2. Technical Leadership

• AEM components (HTL/Sightly)
• Sling models
• OSGi services
• Integrations with 3rd-party systems (REST, GraphQL, SOAP)
• Enforce

  AEM best practices

  , coding standards, and architectural governance.
• Conduct design + code reviews.

3. Integration & DevOps

• CRM / CDP
• Adobe Analytics, Target, Launch
• Commerce platforms (Magento, SAP Commerce, Shopify)
• Search (Solr, Elastic)
• Work with DevOps to enable
• CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud Manager (AEMaaCS)
• Dispatcher configurations
• Automated deployments

4. AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS)

• Cloud Manager pipelines & performance tests
• Asset Compute workers
• Content Transfer Tool
• CDN + Dispatcher caching strategy

5. Content & Experience Architecture

• Build scalable

  content architectures

  to support multi-site, multi-language deployments (MSM).
• Personalized experiences using

  Adobe Target

  or

  ContextHub

  .
• Design and optimize

  content authoring workflows

  .

6. Client & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with business teams, product owners, marketing teams, and IT stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs.
• Present architectural recommendations and provide estimations.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8–15 years (minimum 4–6 years in Adobe Experience Manager)
• Strong experience with

  AEM 6.x

  and

  AEM as a Cloud Service

• Deep expertise in:
• Sling, OSGi, JCR, CRX
• HTL/Sightly, JSP
• AEM workflows
• Dispatcher
• Editable templates
• Content Fragments, Experience Fragments

Backend & Frontend Technologies

• Apache Sling Models
• REST APIs, JSON, GraphQL
• JavaScript, CSS, HTML

DevOps & Cloud

• Jenkins/GitHub Actions
• AWS/Azure/GCP fundamentals
• CDN, caching, performance optimization

Adobe Experience Cloud Ecosystem

• Adobe Target
• Adobe Analytics
• Adobe Campaign
• Adobe Launch
• AEP/CJA integrations

Preferred Qualifications

• Adobe Certified:

• AEM Architect

  /

  AEM Developer Expert

• Experience in:
• Multi-site Manager (MSM)
• Headless AEM / Content APIs
• SPA Editor (React/Vue)
• Knowledge of DAM optimizations, workflows, renditions
• Experience in accessibility (WCAG), SEO, security best practices

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to lead technical teams
• Problem-solving with complex architectures
• Stakeholder management + requirement analysis