Aem Developer

Position: AEM Developer Backend Developer (Apple)

AEM Backend Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance AEM components, workflows, and backend integrations.
  
• Work with Sling Models, OSGi services, JCR, and REST APIs.
  
• Optimize performance, indexing, caching, and dispatcher configurations.
  
• Ensure security best practices including ACLs, SSO, and permission management.
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (QA, UX, PM) for end-to-end delivery.
  
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and support release deployments.
  
• Participate in code reviews and maintain high documentation standards.
  
• Work on AEM upgrades, service pack installations, and performance tuning.
  

Required Skills

A. Backend / AEM Core Stack

• Strong Java programming skills
  
• OSGi, Sling, JCR, WCM APIs
  
• Sightly / HTL, Sling Models
  
• Workflow, Workflow Launcher, Scheduler, Event Handler, Event Listener
  
• API integrations
  
• Multi-Site Manager (MSM)
  
• Query Builder, Search, Indexing
  
• JUnit Testing
  

B. Frontend (AEM UI)

• Touch UI
  
• Sightly
  
• Components, Content & Experience Fragments
  
• Editable Templates
  
• ClientLibs
  
• Coral/Granite UI Customization
  

C. Security

• Access Control Lists (ACLs)
  
• Security Layers
  
• Single Sign-On (SSO)
  

D. Performance Optimization

• Page performance
  
• Dispatcher caching
  
• Query optimization
  
• Debugging and log-level analysis
  

E. Infrastructure

• Dispatcher & Apache setup
  
• Cron Job setup
  
• TarMK / MongoMK / S3 Repository Setups
  

F. Build & Deployment

• Maven / Ant
  
• Jenkins
  
• CI/CD pipeline setup
  
• Production deployment experience
  

G. Java Expertise

• Exception Handling
  
• Collections Framework
  
• Design Patterns
  
• Multithreading
  

H. AEM Upgrade Experience

• Service pack upgrade & Hotfix installation
  
• Pre-upgrade analysis
  
• In-place upgrade / Content migration
  
• Post-upgrade validation
  

I. Additional Use Cases

• Migration from Non-CMS to AEM
  
• Headless CMS approach
  
• Integrations with external systems
  
• Coding best practices
  

Preferred

• Prior Apple project experience is a strong advantage
  
• Experience with other CMS platforms and Digital Experience Platforms (DXPs)