Lead AEM UI Developer- Developer III - Software Engineering
UST
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Job summary
UST in Maharashtra, India seeks an experienced Lead AEM UI Developer to design, develop, and optimize enterprise web applications built on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). The candidate will translate business and UX requirements into scalable, reusable UI solutions with strong hands‑on AEM, HTL, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and front-end tooling expertise, guiding developers and driving technical decisions.
The Lead will work with Product Owners, UX/UI Designers, Architects, QA, DevOps, and other
Qualifications
- Experience leading AEM UI development projects.
- Proven ability to design scalable, reusable UI components in AEM.
- Strong hands-on expertise in HTL/Sightly, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Experience with React integration and modern front-end tooling.
Responsibilities
- Lead AEM UI Development – Design and develop complex, scalable AEM components using HTL/Sightly, Editable Templates, Clientlibs, and modern front-end technologies.
- Define UI Architecture & Standards – Establish component architecture, reusable UI patterns, coding standards, and enterprise front-end best practices.
- Act as AEM UI SME – Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams across AEM applications and products.
- Modern Front-End & React Integration – Drive ReactJS integration with AEM, component-driven architecture, headless approaches, and migration from legacy jQuery/UI implementations.
- API & System Integration – Integrate UI solutions with REST and GraphQL APIs and collaborate with backend, AEM, and DevOps teams on cross-system solutions.
- Performance & Optimization – Own front-end performance, page-load optimization, responsive design, CDN, caching, and content delivery strategies.
- Code Quality & Technical Reviews – Conduct detailed code reviews and ensure solutions address security, accessibility, maintainability, browser compatibility, performance, and code duplication.
- Architecture & Technical Design – Analyze complex requirements, create technical designs, evaluate alternatives, identify dependencies and risks, and recommend scalable solutions.
- Production & Delivery Support – Support production incident resolution, RCA, technical troubleshooting, release planning, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Agile Planning & Technical Leadership – Break requirements into technical tasks, provide estimates, participate in sprint planning/backlog refinement, and contribute to project roadmaps and solution architecture.
Skills
Tools
Job description
- Lead AEM UI Development – Design and develop complex, scalable, reusable AEM components using HTL/Sightly, Editable Templates, Clientlibs, and modern front-end technologies.
- Define UI Architecture & Standards – Establish component architecture, reusable UI patterns, coding standards, and enterprise front-end best practices.
- Act as AEM UI SME – Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams across AEM applications and products.
- Modern Front-End & React Integration – Drive ReactJS integration with AEM, component-driven architecture, headless approaches, and migration from legacy jQuery/UI implementations.
- API & System Integration – Integrate UI solutions with REST and GraphQL APIs and collaborate with backend, AEM, and DevOps teams on cross-system solutions.
- Performance & Optimization – Own front-end performance, page-load optimization, responsive design, CDN, caching, and content delivery strategies.
- Architecture & Technical Design – Analyze complex requirements, create technical designs, evaluate alternatives, identify dependencies and risks, and recommend scalable solutions.
- Production & Delivery Support – Support production incident resolution, RCA, technical troubleshooting, release planning, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Agile Planning & Technical Leadership – Break requirements into technical tasks, provide estimates, participate in sprint planning/backlog refinement, and contribute to project roadmaps and solution architecture. Required Technical Skills AEM – Must Have
- Adobe Experience Manager 6.x
- AEM HTL/Sightly
- Editable Templates
- Content Fragments
- Experience Fragments
- Dispatcher fundamentals
- Author/Publish architecture
- AEM development lifecycle Front-End – Must Have
- HTML5
- CSS3
- ES6+
- jQuery
- LESS/SASS
- Responsive Web Design
- DOM
- AJAX
- JSON
- Lodash Build & Development Tools
- Node.js
- NPM
- Gulp
- Git
- Git branching strategies
- Front-end build automation
- CI/CD fundamentals API / Integration
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
- JSON
- ReactJS – preferred
- Angular/AngularJS – preferred
We are seeking an experienced Lead AEM UI Developer to provide technical leadership for the design, development, implementation, and optimization of enterprise web applications built on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). The candidate will be responsible for translating business and UX requirements into scalable, reusable, accessible, responsive, and high-performing UI solutions. The role requires strong hands‑on expertise in AEM, HTL, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Clientlibs, responsive design, and modern front-end development, along with the ability to guide developers and drive technical decisions. The Lead will work closely with Product Owners, UX/UI Designers, AEM Developers, Architects, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions throughout the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate should be comfortable balancing hands‑on development with technical leadership, performing design and code reviews, troubleshooting complex production issues, estimating work, mentoring developers, and continuously improving engineering practices.
- Lead AEM UI Development – Design and develop complex, scalable, reusable AEM components using HTL/Sightly, Editable Templates, Clientlibs, and modern front-end technologies.
- Define UI Architecture & Standards – Establish component architecture, reusable UI patterns, coding standards, and enterprise front-end best practices.
- Act as AEM UI SME – Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams across AEM applications and products.
- Modern Front-End & React Integration – Drive ReactJS integration with AEM, component-driven architecture, headless approaches, and migration from legacy jQuery/UI implementations.
- API & System Integration – Integrate UI solutions with REST and GraphQL APIs and collaborate with backend, AEM, and DevOps teams on cross-system solutions.
- Performance & Optimization – Own front-end performance, page-load optimization, responsive design, CDN, caching, and content delivery strategies.
- Code Quality & Technical Reviews – Conduct detailed code reviews and ensure solutions address security, accessibility, maintainability, browser compatibility, performance, and code duplication.
- Architecture & Technical Design – Analyze complex requirements, create technical designs, evaluate alternatives, identify dependencies and risks, and recommend scalable solutions.
- Production & Delivery Support – Support production incident resolution, RCA, technical troubleshooting, release planning, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Agile Planning & Technical Leadership – Break requirements into technical tasks, provide estimates, participate in sprint planning/backlog refinement, and contribute to project roadmaps and solution architecture.
- Required Technical Skills AEM – Must Have
- Adobe Experience Manager 6.x
- AEM HTL/Sightly
- AEM Components
- Editable Templates
- Component Dialogs
- Sling Models
- AEM Clientlibs
- Content Fragments
- Experience Fragments
- Dispatcher fundamentals
- Author/Publish architecture
- AEM development lifecycle Front-End – Must Have
- HTML5
- CSS3
- JavaScript
- ES6+
- jQuery
- LESS/SASS
- Bootstrap
- Responsive Web Design
- Cross-browser compatibility
- DOM
- AJAX
- JSON
- Lodash Build & Development Tools
- Node.js
- NPM
- Gulp
- Git
- Git branching strategies
- Front-end build automation
- CI/CD fundamentals API / Integration
- REST APIs
- GraphQL
- JSON
- Asynchronous JavaScript
- API error handling Modern UI
- ReactJS – preferred
- Angular/AngularJS – preferred
Adobe Experience Manager, Bootstrap, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, React, REST, jQuery, npm, JSON, CI/CD
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