AEM Architect – AEM as a Cloud Service / Java / Technical Leadership | Remote | Fulltime
IT-Projektgenossenschaft eG
Ansprechpartner: Michael Zankl
Plano, USA
Beschreibung
We are looking for an experienced AEM Architect to translate business requirements into detailed technical solutions and guide their implementation through to production. This hands-on leadership role combines architectural design, low-level specifications, technical governance and mentoring.
Responsibilities
- Create detailed Low-Level Design Documents (LLDs), specifying Sling Model logic, JSON output structures, component dialog requirements and API contracts for frontend consumption.
- Break down large features into actionable Jira tickets with clear acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate with business analysts to align technical solutions with business requirements.
- Design the overall system architecture, including content models, workflows and integrations with CRM, Commerce and DAM systems.
- Develop proof of concepts, complex OSGi services and core frameworks.
- Proactively investigate the codebase to identify technical debt, API bottlenecks and delivery risks.
- Define and enforce AEM development standards through code reviews and security audits.
- Improve performance through Dispatcher/CDN caching strategies, query optimization and prevention of Java memory leaks.
- Verify solutions in staging, oversee performance testing and ensure existing functionality remains intact.
- Mentor senior and mid-level developers through code reviews and pair programming.
- Resolve complex issues across AEM, Dispatcher, CDN and integrated APIs.
Required qualifications
- At least 10 years of professional experience, including a minimum of 5 years as an AEM Architect or Lead Developer.
- Expert Java/J2EE knowledge within the OSGi context, including thread safety, singleton handling and memory leak analysis using heap dumps.
- Extensive hands-on experience with AEM as a Cloud Service, OSGi, Apache Sling, JCR/Oak and Dispatcher.
- Proven experience designing robust, fault-tolerant integrations with third-party systems using REST/JSON APIs.
- Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines in Adobe Cloud Manager or Jenkins.
- Strong ownership of solutions throughout the lifecycle, from design and implementation to production.
Technical stack
AEM as a Cloud Service, Java, OSGi R7+, Apache Sling, JCR/Oak, Dispatcher, CDN caching (Fastly/CloudFront), REST/SOAP integrations, Maven, Git Flow and CI/CD.
Preferred qualifications
- Adobe Certified Master – Architect certification.
- Experience designing headless CMS architectures using GraphQL and Content Fragments.
- Experience migrating legacy on-premise AEM instances to AEM as a Cloud Service.
Project:
- Start: December '26
- Location: Full remote
- Workload: 100%
- Working hours: 40h/wk US timezone
- Contract type: Freelance
This project is provided by IT-Projektgenossenschaft eG. Please apply with your current CV, certificates, references and your hourly rate.