Software Engineer (AEM)

Sony Playstation; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading entertainment company is seeking a Software Engineer (AEM) based in Dublin, Ireland. The successful candidate will help build and scale SIE’s Martech Engineering team, focusing on AEM development and best practices. Responsibilities include developing, testing, and deploying AEM-based solutions while collaborating with Product Owners and providing mentorship to peers. Ideal candidates should have 6-8 years of AEM experience and strong knowledge in Java, HTML, CSS, and Agile practices. This position promotes an inclusive working environment.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of recent experience in AEM Content Management.
• Strong experience with AEM building blocks and Adobe Marketing Cloud tools.
• Familiarity with Java concepts and patterns.

Responsibilities

• Develop, design, test, and deploy AEM Assets and Sites.
• Provide expertise in AEM and collaborate with Product Owners.
• Troubleshoot issues, provide fixes, and maintain existing solutions.

Skills

AEM Content Management

Java

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

ReactJS

Agile development practices

Education

BS or MS degree in Computer Science/Information Technology

Tools

Jenkins

Maven

GitHub

Jira

Job description

Job Title – Software Engineer (AEM)

Location – Ireland, Dublin

This is a phenomenal opportunity for a Software Engineer (AEM) to help build, lead, and scale SIE’s Martech Engineering team, and be responsible for the development of PlayStation.com and delivery of internal and consumer‑facing web applications. Our ideal candidate will be a highly effective and motivated AEM developer who can participate and contribute to the entire software development lifecycle including analysis, technical design, implementation, testing and deployment of the applications. They will work closely with architects, developers, quality engineers, DevOps to support and enhance our digital platform. The role will deliver assigned tasks/solutions on time and include educating and leading others in the form of code reviews, workshops, and documentation.

What you’ll be doing:

• The 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 or innovative approaches to development execution that will have 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.
• Apply an AI‑first experimentation mentality to rapidly iterate on technical proof‑of‑concepts, assessing and validating business value outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure technical solutions align with business requirements and defined processes.

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.
• 6-8 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.
• Use AI‑powered technologies to optimize code quality and development lifecycles.
• Experience and in-depth knowledge of Experience fragments, Content fragments and SPA.
• Experience migrating AEM Sites and Assets to AEM as a Cloud Service AEMaaCS including planning and execution.
• Ability to refactor and make legacy AMS code cloud compatible addressing deprecated features and Cloud Manager quality gates.
• 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).
• Experience working with APIs, integrations, JSON structures, and system‑to‑system data flows.
• Proficient in front‑end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and ReactJS.
• 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.

Preferred Qualities

• Experience executing projects with Jira and/or Asana is a plus.
• AEM Cloud Migration expertise.
• Understanding of Algolia Search.
• Adobe Certified Expert as an AEM Developer or AEM Architect is preferred.
• Web application development experience, including React, NextJS, NodeJS.
• Passionate about gaming and video game culture.

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

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.

We strive to keep an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.