AEM Solution Engineer Lead

IS3 Solutions; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IS3 Solutions is seeking an Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Solutions Engineer Lead to head all AEM development activities and rollout across guided experiences. You will design and maintain AEM components, templates, workflows, and integrations while ensuring stable performance across environments.

Responsibilities include mentoring developers, conducting code reviews, and ensuring best practices, with a focus on security and scalable solutions, including AEM Cloud Service and on-prem

Qualifications

• 8+ years of AEM development with Sites, Assets, Sling Jobs and workflows.
• Adobe Experience Manager certifications (Sites Architect/Lead, DevOps, Sites Developer).
• Technical leadership: mentoring, code reviews, DevOps practices.
• Collaborate with business teams to define scalable, maintainable AEM solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead AEM development activities and rollout across guided experiences.
• Design, develop and maintain AEM components, templates, workflows, and integrations.
• Troubleshoot Dispatcher config, caching, and performance; support CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

AEM development

Technical leadership

CI/CD

Git/Maven/Jenkins

AEM Cloud Service

Dispatcher & performance

Tools

Git

Maven

Jenkins

Job description

We are looking for an Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Solutions Engineer Lead who will be responsible for leading all AEM development activities and their rollout across all guided experiences.

Design, develop, and maintain AEM components, templates, workflows, jobs, and integrations while ensuring stability and performance across environments. Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Dispatcher configuration, caching, and overall system performance, and support CI/CD pipelines including Cloud Manager operations, automated builds, deployments, and testing.

Work closely with Architects and Product Owners to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions, while adhering to coding standards, best practices, and security guidelines. Perform code reviews, mentor junior developers, and guide AEM development practices, while integrating AEM with third party systems such as CRM, DAM, analytics tools, and custom APIs.

Monitor application health and implement observability and diagnostics, while staying current with AEM features, cloud services, and Adobe Experience Cloud advancements.

MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years of experience in AEM development; strong hands-on experience with AEM Sites, Assets, Sling Jobs and workflows.
• Relevant AEM certifications such as Adobe Experience Manager Sites Architect, Adobe Experience Manager Sites Lead, Adobe Experience Manager DevOps, Adobe Experience Manager Sites Developer
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, including mentoring, conducting code reviews, and promoting industry best practices (DevOps, Cloud, Agile).
• Collaborate with business teams to define requirements, identify risks and define maintainable solutions within the AEM platform
• Design, develop and support AEM components, integrations, and applications for building websites
• Strong knowledge of Dispatcher configs, caching techniques, and performance tuning
• Experience deploying websites to AEM Cloud Service and on-premises installations.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Maven, Jenkins, or other DevOps tools
• Strong troubleshooting skills and experience resolving production issues in AEM environments.
• Familiarity with Agile development practices and team collaboration tools.

DESIRABLE SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• Experience with Adobe Target is not required but consider a plus
• Experience integrating Adobe Analytics with AEM is a+
• Experience with Akamai Content Delivery Network for websites
• Experience with language translation tools such as Smartling or Transperfect
• Experience with search engines such as Coveo or Solr