Senior Architect - Adobe Experience Manager

Key Responsibilities

• AEM Platform Architecture
• Design and own end-to-end AEM architecture across AEM Sites, Assets, and Forms for multi-brand, multi-region deployments.
• Architect and govern Multi-Site Manager (MSM) configurations — blueprints, live copies, rollout strategies, and inheritance models.
• Define component architecture (Core Components, SPA Editor, Universal Editor) aligned with composable DX principles.
• Lead AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) adoption, migration planning, and Cloud Manager pipeline strategy.
• Establish coding standards, OSGi configuration governance, Sling model patterns, and AEM DevOps best practices.
• Headless CMS & Content Delivery
• Design headless and hybrid delivery architectures using Content Fragments, Experience Fragments, GraphQL Persisted Queries, and the Assets HTTP API.
• Define content fragment models and structured content schemas for omnichannel consumption (web, mobile, kiosk, third-party).
• Integrate AEM with CDN layers (Fastly, Akamai, CloudFront) and edge delivery services for optimal performance.
• Evaluate and guide adoption of Edge Delivery Services (EDS) / Franklin for document-based authoring at scale.
• Collaborate with front-end teams on decoupled SPA frameworks (React, Next.js, Angular) consuming AEM headless APIs.
• Content Governance & Workflow
• Establish content governance frameworks: authoring standards, replication topologies, publish/preview environments, and rollback strategies.
• Design DAM taxonomy, metadata schemas, smart tagging, and asset lifecycle management for enterprise-scale libraries.
• Define user roles, permissions models, and workflow orchestration across author instances and MSM hierarchies.
• Lead content audit processes, archival policies, and version management strategies.
• Partner with legal, compliance, and brand teams to enforce content quality gates and approval workflows.
• SEO & GEO Architecture
• Architect technical SEO foundations: URL structures, canonical tags, hreflang, structured data (schema.org), and XML sitemaps within AEM.
• Design and implement internationalisation (i18n) and localisation (l10n) frameworks, including language copies and live-copy inheritance in MSM.
• Define GEO-targeting strategies: geo-redirect logic, CDN geo-routing rules, and market-specific content variants.
• Ensure AEM page templates and components emit Core Web Vitals-optimised markup (LCP, INP, CLS).
• Integrate AEM with SEO analytics platforms (Google Search Console, Adobe Analytics, BrightEdge, Conductor) for performance monitoring.
• Stay current on Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) trends and guide content structures optimised for LLM discoverability and AI-generated answer inclusion.
• Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO) & Personalization
• Architect integration between AEM and Adobe Journey Optimizer for triggered, journey-based web and email personalization.
• Design offer decisioning models using AJO + Adobe Target / Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) for segment-driven content variations.
• Define event schemas, XDM data models, and audience segments in AEP that feed AJO personalization journeys.
• Implement web channel actions and code-based experiences in AJO surfaced through AEM-rendered pages.
• Govern consent, data privacy, and cookie compliance (GDPR, CCPA) across the personalization stack.
• Stakeholder Leadership & Governance
• Act as the primary technical liaison between business stakeholders, product owners, and engineering squads.
• Produce and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), solution design documents, and platform roadmaps.
• Lead proof-of-concept engagements with Adobe.
• Mentor senior developers, conduct architecture reviews, and establish centre-of-excellence (CoE) practices.
• Represent the platform in steering committee and executive briefings.

Experience

• 10+ years in enterprise web / digital platforms engineering
• 7+ years hands-on AEM development and architecture
• Proven delivery of multi-site, multi-region AEM implementations
• Experience with AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS)
• Deep MSM design and rollout governance experience
• Headless CMS implementation experience (AEM or comparable)
• AJO or Adobe Target personalization implementations
• Experience in regulated or large-scale enterprise environments

Technical Skills

• AEM Sites & Assets
• AEM as a Cloud Service
• Multi-Site Manager (MSM)
• Content Fragments / GraphQL
• Edge Delivery Services
• AJO (Adobe Journey Optimizer)
• Adobe Experience Platform
• Adobe Target / Offer Decisioning
• Apache Sling / OSGi / Felix
• Java / HTL / Sling Models
• React / Next.js / Angular
• GraphQL & REST APIs
• Cloud Manager / CI-CD
• CDN Architecture (Fastly/Akamai)
• SEO Technical Architecture
• Hreflang / i18n / l10n
• Core Web Vitals Optimisation
• GEO / AI Search Optimisation
• Adobe Analytics / Launch
• GDPR / CCPA Compliance
• DAM Taxonomy & Metadata
• Git / GitHub Actions / Jenkins
• Kubernetes / Docker (AEMaaCS)
• Adobe IMS / OAuth / SAML

Nice to have:

• Experience with Adobe Commerce (Magento) and AEM-Commerce integration (CIF)
• Familiarity with Adobe Workfront for creative ops and DAM workflow automation.
• Exposure to headless commerce or DXP composable architectures (MACH Alliance principles).
• Knowledge of AI/ML-assisted content tagging, smart crop, or auto-translation pipelines within AEM Assets.
• Experience with travel, hospitality, or rental industry digital platforms.

Compensation

$100,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year