AEM Technical Lead

The AEM Core Technical Lead is responsible for designing and delivering AEM and related integration‑platform solutions throughout the full project lifecycle, working in close collaboration with partner teams. The role provides hands‑on technical leadership, guiding development teams to successfully deliver business and technical requirements. It also supports existing AEM implementations by driving enhancements, resolving defects, and ensuring the platform remains scalable, performant, and aligned with best practices.

The position operates with a high degree of autonomy and requires proactive initiative, sound judgment, strong organizational skills, and the ability to introduce best practices and innovative solutions. This position will sit onsite full‑time in Berlin, CT, reporting to the Director of Applications Development.

• Design and define technical solutions aligned to business requirements, review proposals with technical leadership, document architecture, and lead solution development with delivery teams.
• Ensure successful delivery of enterprise‑scale AEM integrations, supporting complex upstream and downstream system dependencies.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders during the discovery phase to gather functional and technical requirements, translating them into well‑documented AEM solution designs.
• Define and present development approaches, estimates, and effort plans to technical leadership for review and approval.
• Remain hands‑on with AEM features and capabilities, contributing directly to custom development, backend integrations, and complex implementations alongside the development team.
• Apply innovative and out‑of‑the‑box thinking to introduce best practices, reusable frameworks, and scalable development approaches.
• Propose alternative technical solutions to improve efficiency, reusability, and long‑term sustainability while meeting business goals.
• Perform design and code reviews, providing technical guidance and direction throughout the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to architectural standards, governance, and development guidelines to ensure compliance, quality, and consistency across teams.
• Drive project scope, timelines, and delivery plans aligned to solution complexity and business priorities.
• Work effectively within Agile methodologies, supporting iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
• Build strong customer relationships through clear communication, collaboration, and proactive stakeholder engagement.

• 10+ years delivering enterprise‑scale digital and web solutions.
• 5+ years developing with AEM Touch UI (6.4+ / AEM as a Cloud Service).
• 6+ years architecting and delivering complex AEM site builds, including Editable Templates, Touch UI Components (React, Sightly/HTL, Java, Angular), Servlets, Services, and third‑party integrations, Context Hub, Campaigns, Content & Experience Fragments, MSM, Replication workflows, Dispatcher configuration, Multi‑tenant architectures and styling systems, Performance tuning, SEO diagnostics, and analytics instrumentation.
• Experience integrating Salesforce, commerce platforms, and product management systems.
• Strong working knowledge of Git Hub/Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, and modern Dev Ops workflows.
• Experience with cloud hosting, CI/CD design, and GDPR customization.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and the ability to balance technical excellence with business outcomes.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with broad digital and web technology expertise.

• Extensive hands‑on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) including Components, Editable Templates, Client Libraries, Workflows, Content Publishing, Tagging, Taxonomy, Metadata, Campaigns, Analytics, Targeting, and Replication.
• Strong expertise in AEM architecture and capabilities, including MSM (Blueprints, Live/Language Copies), Multi‑tenant implementations, Dispatcher configuration (sling mapping, vhosts, URL rewrites), and AEM Cloud & on‑prem deployments.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise AEM solutions, including content fragments, contexts, Sling Models, OSGi configuration, data layers,…