AEM EDS Lead/ Architect

CoreTek Labs; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CoreTek Labs in Stamford, CT is seeking an Adobe Edge Delivery Services Solution Architect to own enterprise EDS implementations, drive architecture decisions, and mentor teams across UX, DevOps and product stakeholders. You will lead discovery, define patterns for blocks and content-models, govern coding standards, and guide integrations with APIs and Adobe services.

This role emphasizes scalable front-end architecture, performance budgets, accessibility (WCAG) and Core Web Vitals, with

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise EDS implementations and Adobe AEM Edge Delivery Services.

Responsibilities

• Own the solution architecture and technical implementation approach for enterprise EDS projects.
• Lead technical discovery, solution design and EDS architecture decisions.
• Define reusable block, content-model and implementation patterns.
• Establish coding, review, testing, accessibility, performance and security standards.
• Determine authoring approach (Universal Editor and/or Document-Based).
• Lead integration architecture for APIs, Adobe services and third-party systems.
• Guide developers through complex technical issues and conduct design and code reviews.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and mitigation strategies; support estimation and release planning.

Skills

AEM EDS

Enterprise implementations

Universal Editor

Document-Based Authoring

Git & CI/CD

REST/JSON integration

Security considerations

CWV & performance

SEO & WCAG accessibility

Front-end scalability

Tools

Git/GitHub

CI/CD

Adobe services integration

APIs integration

Job description

• We are seeking an Adobe Edge Delivery Services Solution Architect to provide technical and architectural ownership for enterprise digital implementations.
• The role combines solution architecture, EDS design, engineering standards, integrations, performance, accessibility, CI/CD, technical mentoring and delivery leadership.
• The Solution Architect partners with architects, product owners, UX, developers, QA, DevOps and business stakeholders to make practical, scalable technical decisions and ensure successful implementation of enterprise EDS solutions.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on AEM Edge Delivery Services (EDS) knowledge and enterprise implementation experience.
• Strong understanding of EDS blocks, block modeling, composition, authoring and content architecture.
• Strong understanding of Universal Editor and Document-Based Authoring.
• Experience with Git/GitHub, CI/CD and engineering governance.
• Strong understanding of REST/JSON integration architecture and security considerations.
• Strong understanding of performance/Core Web Vitals (CWV), SEO, accessibility/WCAG and scalable front-end architecture.

Core Responsibilities

• Own the solution architecture and technical implementation approach for enterprise EDS projects and workstreams.
• Lead technical discovery, solution design and EDS architecture decisions.
• Define reusable block, content-model and implementation patterns.
• Establish coding, review, testing, accessibility, performance and security standards.
• Determine the appropriate authoring approach, including Universal Editor and/or Document-Based Authoring.
• Lead integration architecture for APIs, Adobe services and third-party systems.
• Guide developers through complex technical issues and conduct design and code reviews.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies and mitigation strategies; support estimation and release planning.

Architecture & Technical Leadership

• Define EDS architecture, project structure, reusable block strategy and content-modeling principles.
• Translate business and experience requirements into scalable technical designs and non-functional requirements.
• Decide what belongs in authored content, block implementation, APIs, Adobe services or edge functionality.
• Establish integration, caching, performance, security and accessibility patterns.
• Prevent unnecessary block proliferation through reuse standards, governance and design-system alignment.
• Review architectural trade-offs and maintain technical decision records where appropriate.
• Define performance budgets and Core Web Vitals objectives and review implementation against them.
• Establish technical SEO and accessibility requirements as part of the Definition of Done.
• Establish Git/GitHub branching, pull-request and code-review standards.
• Ensure unit, integration, end-to-end, accessibility, performance and regression testing are appropriately applied.
• Lead complex production investigations and drive root-cause remediation.

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

• Lead architecture and technical discussions with architects, product owners, UX, business and engineering stakeholders.
• Mentor Senior Developers and establish consistent engineering practices across teams.
• Provide technical estimates, identify dependencies and communicate delivery risks.
• Explain technical trade-offs in business-friendly language and challenge unnecessary complexity.
• Evaluate relevant Adobe/EDS capabilities and recommend adoption where they provide measurable value.
• People management is not mandatory; the primary leadership responsibility is technical and architectural ownership.