Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Developer / Architect

Position

Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Developer / Architect

Job Description

Job Description

This role is responsible for  designing, building, and optimizing Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions  to power  Arrow Digital’s  customer-focused digital experience. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in AEM architecture, component development, and cloud-based optimizations, with a deep understanding of best practices for security, performance, and scalability. This candidate should be experienced  AEM Headless Architect  with deep expertise in  React-based front-end architectures ,  Server-Side Rendering (SSR) , and  API-driven integrations  using  Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)  as a  pure headless CMS.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

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Architect  end-to-end headless solutions  using  AEM as a content source  and  React/Next.js  for rendering.

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Design  SSR and SSG architectures  leveraging  Next.js  or similar frameworks for high-performance and SEO-friendly sites.

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Define and implement  AEM Headless content models  (Content Fragments, Models, and APIs) that support omnichannel delivery.

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Architect, develop, and maintain scalable AEM components  following Adobe best practices and focusing on reusability.

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Lead  AEM template, workflow, and dispatcher  configurations, ensuring high availability and performance.

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Guide  AEM Cloud implementations , ensuring alignment with Adobe’s evolving cloud-native capabilities.

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Collaborate with system administrators, DevOps, and security teams on deployments, optimizations, and system upgrades.

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Serve as a  technical leader , providing mentorship to developers and ensuring adherence to AEM development standards.

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Troubleshoot complex  authoring, performance, and integration  issues across the AEM platform.

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Oversee and optimize  AEM integrations with Adobe CJA Analytics, Adobe Launch, and third-party services .

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Define and enforce  security, accessibility, SEO, UX, and analytics  best practices.

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Lead  code reviews, technical design sessions, and solution architecture discussions .

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Maintain and evolve  comprehensive technical documentation .

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Collaborate with stakeholders and product teams, aligning AEM capabilities with business goals.

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Provide leadership in Agile/Scrum environments, ensuring efficient sprint planning and execution.

Required Skills & Experience

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Significant hands-on experience with  Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.x / AEM as a Cloud Service) , including Sites, Assets (and optionally Forms).

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Strong  Java / Java EE / OSGi / Apache Sling / HTL  (Sightly) experience.

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Experience with building  AEM components , templates, dialogs, services, workflows, scheduled jobs.

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Familiarity with front-end technologies:  HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, JavaScript, client libraries, responsive design.

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Experience in integrating AEM with other systems:  REST APIs / SOAP, CRM, marketing tools, identity management / SSO.

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Strong understanding of  caching, dispatching, CDN, load balancing, performance tuning.

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Experience in  upgrades / migrations of AEM or content migration  (from legacy systems).

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Strong design/architectural mindset: able to make high-level design decisions, tradeoffs, and document them.

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Good leadership, communication (both technical & non-technical), and team mentoring skills.

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Familiarity with  DevOps / CI-CD pipelines, environment provisioning, monitoring, logging.

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Knowledge of security best practices ( authentication, authorization, vulnerabilities ).

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Experience in  multi-site / multi-language (MSM), headless architecture, GraphQL / SPA front ends.

Education / Certifications

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Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

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Preferably  AEM Architect or AEM Developer certification(s) from Adobe .

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Relevant certifications  (e.g., cloud / security) are a plus .

Nice-to-Have / Additional (Optional)

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Experience working in  eCommerce platforms and integrations .

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Experience with  Adobe Experience Cloud stack: Analytics, Target, Campaign, Launch, etc.

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Experience with  micro-frontends or component-based architecture .

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Experience in large scale, globally distributed environments.

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Knowledge of modern front-end frameworks ( React, Angular, Vue ) especially in  hybrid or headless AEM setups .

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Experience with  AEMaaCS or AMS (Adobe Managed Services ).

Location

EG-Cairo, Egypt (Al Emdad & Al Tamween)

Time Type

Full time
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Job Category

Information Technology