Remote Principal Software Engineer: AEM Tech Lead

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Amsterdam

Remote

EUR 96,000 - 150,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k plan with matching

PTO

Parental Leave

Job summary

DEPT is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to serve as the AEM Tech Lead on website and platform projects. You will own the technical delivery, design critical components, mentor engineers, and collaborate with a CMS Architect and client teams to ensure scalable, high-quality outcomes.

You will work hands-on and with clients, leading workshops, reviewing code, and setting standards for HTML5, Java, JavaScript, and AEM across a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Hands-on experience delivering production websites or digital platforms (AEM).
Strong consulting, communication, and leadership capabilities.

Responsibilities

Anchor delivery from inception to launch with clear definitions of done.
Contribute production-quality website components and blocks using HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Java, and AEM.
Lead and mentor engineers, review PRs, and promote collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Partner with QA/DevOps on testing, security, performance, and deployment readiness.
Define API contracts and integration patterns across AEM and external systems.

Skills

Software engineering

AEM experience

Full-stack Java

GenAI tools

LLM concepts

Leadership

APIs & integration

CI/CD

Tools

AEM internals

Sling

OSGi

HTL

Clientlibs

Sling Models

Servlets

Workflows

Job description

You will work hands-on and with clients, leading workshops, reviewing code, and setting standards for HTML5, Java, JavaScript, and AEM across a multidisciplinary team.

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