Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer (AEM)

PlayStation Global; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PlayStation Global in Dublin is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specialized in AEM. In this role, you will be integral to developing and deploying AEM assets, ensuring best practices are followed for web performance and user experience.

The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years of experience with AEM and strong skills in Java. You will guide peers and work collaboratively in an agile environment, contributing to innovative digital marketing strategies.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of progressive experience in AEM.
• Strong experience with AEM building blocks, templates, and components.
• Familiarity with web technologies like Tomcat and Apache.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, test, and deploy AEM Assets and Sites.
• Ensure best practices in coding, user experience, and web performance.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to peers.

Skills

AEM Content Management

Java/J2EE

Agile development practices

Communication skills

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science/Information Technology

Tools

Jira

GitHub

Adobe Experience Cloud

Job description

Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer (AEM)

Ireland, Dublin

Job Title – Sr. Software Engineer (AEM)

Location – Ireland, Dublin

What you’ll be doing:

• The Senior AEM developer will play a vital role in the development, design, testing and deployment of AEM Assets and Sites, as well as Adobe Marketing Cloud tools.
• Share new concepts, strategies, and innovative approaches to development execution that will have a significant impact on the project.
• Provide deep knowledge expertise in AEM and working knowledge of Adobe Target and Analytics.
• Ensure we are developing using web best practices including areas such as user experience, SEO, A/B testing, and website performance optimization.
• Employ strong coding standards for efficiency, readability, and reuse of code.
• Troubleshoot issues by reviewing or debugging code, provide fixes and workarounds, suggest changes for operability and maintaining existing project solutions.
• Provides technical guidance and mentorship to peers.
• Ensures software developed adheres to best practices and quality standards through code and design reviews.
• Influence development decisions based on a working knowledge of current digital marketing trends on topics such as personalization, recommendations, mobile and digital product management.
• Apply an AI-first experimentation mentality to rapidly iterate on technical proof-of-concepts, assessing and validating business value outcomes.

What we’re looking for:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent experience with Software Engineering.
• You must show a combination of technical skills, leadership skills, and a strong product development background.
• 8-10 years of recent and progressive experience in AEM Content Management, AEM developer tools.
• Strong experience with AEM building blocks including templates, components, dialogs, widgets, and bundles.
• Experience migrating AEM Sites and Assets to AEM as a Cloud Service AEMaaCS including planning and execution.
• Hands-on knowledge of using the Content Transfer Tool CTT for content extraction migration and validation.
• Ability to refactor and make legacy AMS code cloud compatible addressing deprecated features and Cloud Manager quality gates.
• Strong understanding of AEMaaCS complexities including dispatcher changes, workflow adjustments, asset reprocessing and environment constraints.
• Experience and in-depth knowledge of Experience fragments, Content fragments and SPA.
• Familiarity with Java concepts and patterns, including Java/J2EE, JSP, Sling, web services, JUnit, MVC, Eclipse, and Maven.
• Expertise with Adobe Experience Cloud implementations and enterprise customer use cases, with specific experience with AEM as a Cloud Service, including Edge Delivery Services.
• Experience in JCR suite, Sling web framework and Apache Felix OSGI framework.
• Experience with project automation technologies like Jenkins, Automated unit testing, Maven, SonarQube, Jira and GitHub.
• Working knowledge of web technologies like Tomcat, Apache http, Content delivery networks (CDN, Akamai).
• Deep familiarity with digital production marketing technology, processes, and tools with particular emphasis in web/mobile.
• Knowledge of Search engines, CDN, middleware integrations, Load Balancers.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.
• Working in Agile development practices and scrum model.
• Strong knowledge of technical documentation processes/procedures.
• Flexibility to work with geographically diverse team and familiar with the onsite/offshore working models.
• Must possess excellent communication skills and be able to clearly and concisely communicate both verbally and in writing with both technical team members and business process owners.

Preferred Qualities

• Experience executing projects with Jira and/or Asana is a plus.
• Understanding of Algolia Search.
• Adobe Certified Expert as an AEM Developer or AEM Architect is preferred.
• Demonstrable ability to prioritize work and manage multiple demands.
• Passionate about gaming and video game culture.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

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