The AEM Senior Developer will design, develop, and maintain AEM solutions for a global financial client, focusing on enterprise implementations and collaboration across teams.
AEM Senior Developer (AEM Engineer / Full-Stack – AEM Focus)
Position Summary
Blue Acorn iCi is seeking an experienced AEM Senior Developer to support large-scale enterprise implementations for a global financial services client. This role will focus on designing, developing, and maintaining Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions, working closely with architects, UX teams, and backend engineers to deliver scalable, high-quality digital experiences.
While this role includes front-end exposure, it is AEM-centric and requires strong hands-on experience across AEM components, services, integrations, and deployment environments, rather than a pure front-end or JavaScript-only profile.Location & On-Site Requirements
Position Summary
Blue Acorn iCi is seeking an experienced AEM Senior Developer to support large-scale enterprise implementations for a global financial services client. This role will focus on designing, developing, and maintaining Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions, working closely with architects, UX teams, and backend engineers to deliver scalable, high-quality digital experiences.
While this role includes front-end exposure, it is AEM-centric and requires strong hands-on experience across AEM components, services, integrations, and deployment environments, rather than a pure front-end or JavaScript-only profile.Location & On-Site Requirements
- Hybrid role
- Office presence required once per week
- Candidate must be located within a commutable distance to the client-approved office locations (USA - > Tampa, Charlotte, New York, New Jersey
Canada – Mississauga) - Remote-only candidates will not be considered
- Design, develop, and maintain AEM components, templates, workflows, and services
- Participate in enterprise-level AEM implementations, enhancements, and upgrades
- Collaborate with AEM Architects, UX/UI designers, and backend developers to deliver end-to-end solutions
- Translate business and functional requirements into technical AEM solutions
- Develop reusable, scalable AEM components following best practices
- Configure and support AEM Author and Publish environments
- Work with dispatcher configurations, caching strategies, and performance optimization
- Integrate AEM with external systems and APIs (REST, JSON, SOAP)
- Ensure solutions are compatible across devices and responsive layouts
- Participate in Agile / Scrum ceremonies, estimations, and sprint execution
- Support testing, deployment, and post-release stabilization activities
- Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across teams
- 5+ years of hands-on AEM development experience
- Strong knowledge of AEM Sites, including:
- Components
- Templates
- Workflows
- OSGi services
- Sling Models
- Sightly / HTL
- Solid understanding of:
- JCR
- Apache Sling
- OSGi
- RESTful services
- Experience working with:
- Java / J2EE
- JavaScript
- HTML5 / CSS3
- Experience with AEM Author & Publish setups
- Familiarity with dispatcher configuration and caching strategies
- Experience working in enterprise, regulated environments preferred
- Strong Git experience and version control best practices
- Ability to collaborate across distributed and cross-functional teams
- Working knowledge of modern front-end practices
- Experience with:
- JavaScript frameworks (React preferred, but not mandatory)
- CSS preprocessors (SASS / LESS)
- Responsive design principles
- Ability to work closely with FE specialists and UX teams rather than owning FE architecture end-to-end
- Experience with:
- Adobe Analytics / tagging implementations
- Accessibility standards (ADA / WCAG)
- CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Prior experience supporting financial services or large enterprise clients
- AEM certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
Top Skills
Adobe Experience Manager (Aem)
Apache Sling
CSS3
HTML5
J2Ee
Java
JavaScript
JSON
Osgi
Rest
Soap
Blue Acorn iCi New York, New York, USA Office
261 Madison Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY, United States, 10016
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