Application Architect ($143,500 - $172,200)

Irvine Company; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Health benefits

Job summary

Irvine Company is seeking an Application Architect to lead the implementation and support of the Adobe Experience Manager platform across divisions in Irvine. This role demands deep AEM expertise, strong user-focused design, and collaboration with engineers, product managers, and QA teams to deliver best-in-class solutions.

The candidate should have 8+ years IT experience with at least 4 years on AEM, and be capable of shaping roadmaps and guiding complex, multi-project efforts in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• BS degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years IT experience including at least 4 years on AEM.
• Expertise in DNS HTTP RESTful web services and network fundamentals.
• Strong web experience and design best practices.
• Strong application security and governance knowledge.
• Proven debugging and collaboration capabilities.
• Self-starter with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical leader and problem solver for digital applications.
• Provide guidance and act as trusted advisor for projects.
• Develop and oversee AEM templates, HTL/Sightly components, OSGi bundles, servlets, and DAM enhancements.
• Diagnose and solve CMS implementation issues.
• Conduct code reviews for quality and design patterns.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and ship features.
• Create and maintain documentation for applications and solutions.
• Provide estimates for enhancements and bug fixes.
• Evaluate new technologies to impact the company.
• Translate customer experiences into product requirements.
• Help create and maintain roadmaps.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

AEM

RESTful web services

HTL/Sightly

Java

Java EE

Git

Agile methodologies

Web security

Stakeholder communication

Vue

Education

BS degree or equivalent

Tools

Maven

Jira

Job description

Application Architect ($143,500 - $172,200)

The Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Technical Architect plays a critical role in leading the implementation and support of the Adobe Experience Manager platform for multiple divisions at Irvine Company. This position requires taking responsibility for robust customer-facing applications built over the years encompassing complex business requirements and technology constraints. The ideal candidate should be passionate about user experiences and have a deep technical expertise of various AEM components such as Sites and Digital Asset Management (DAM) to ensure the success of numerous projects.

As a leader in the space and AEM subject matter expert you will be collaborating with other architects software engineers product managers and QA teams to build bug-free best-in-class solutions to impact our business.

Job Duties

• Act as a point person technical leader and problem solver on various upcoming digital applications or those already in production.
• Provide guidance and operate as a trusted advisor for technical and design projects.
• Develop and oversee AEM templates HTL/Sightly components OSGI bundles custom servlets services and DAM enhancements as part of your day-to-day activities.
• Diagnose and solve technical problems related to content management implementation.
• Conduct code reviews for ongoing projects to ensure optimal code quality and appropriate design patterns are used.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design and ship features.
• Participate in creating clear and concise documentation for company applications and custom-built solutions.
• Give estimates for enhancements and bug fixes.
• Continuously evaluate and implement new technologies to impact the company.
• Translate customer experiences into clearly defined product requirements.
• Help create and maintain logically sequenced roadmaps.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications / Other Expectations

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or equivalent experience
• Must have over 8 years of IT experience including at least 4 years working on AEM.
• Expertise in core web technologies including DNS HTTP RESTful web services and network fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of web experience best practices and design.
• Strong understanding of application security and governance best practices.
• Strong debugging skills including collaboration with peers.
• Self-starter able to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Up to date on the latest web application best practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively document business processes and apply technology to optimize and automate processes.

Other Qualifications

Front-end

• Experience with front-end frameworks like Vue React or SPA implementations.
• Experience with CSS preprocessors LESS or SCSS.
• Experience with client- and server-side templating frameworks.
• Experience with front-end build systems like Webpack Gulp Grunt etc.

Back-end

• Deep understanding of Java Java EE Servlets.
• Expertise in Maven build system.
• Experience with automated unit and integration testing.
• Experience with integration middleware.

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

• Strong AEM hands-on experience including on-premise installations.
• Must have handled at least 2-3 large AEM implementations in AEM 6.x. in a technical architect and support role.
• Proficient in AEM foundational concepts frameworks and related building blocks.
• Proficient knowledge of the end-to-end content lifecycle web content management content publishing/deployment and delivery processes.
• Strong understanding of AEM security and permissions.
• Expertise in HTL template development.
• Expertise in Granite UI component development.
• Expertise in AEM Java APIs and annotations.
• Expertise in custom workflows.
• Expertise working with custom and OOB OSGI configurations.
• Expertise and strong knowledge about dispatcher configuration and best practices.

Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

• Proficient with Git source control.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Experience creating and contributing to product roadmaps.
• Experience analyzing and estimating software requirements.
• Familiarity with management tools like Jira etc.

Special Experience Desired

Front-end

• Familiarity with VueJS
• Familiarity with Gulp

Back-end

• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform Heroku or Cloudflare.
• Familiarity with Node.js

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

• Experience with AEM single sign-on integration.
• Experience with AEM as a Cloud Service.

Compensation

Base Pay Range: $143500.00 - $172200.00

Actual placement within this range may vary based upon but not limited to relevant experience time in role base salary of internal peers prior performance business sector and geographic location.

The Company also offers competitive benefits for full time employees including paid time off matching 401(k) and health benefits.

About Us

Irvine Company is a privately held real estate investment company and master-planner committed to creating and sustaining communities that thrive for generations.

Irvine Company is respected for its master planning and environmental stewardship of the Irvine Ranch in Orange County including diversified operations throughout coastal California. Irvine Company brings to life neighborhoods and sustainable communities with a full range of housing jobs retail centers schools parks and open space.

We take as much pride in our employee community as we do the communities we create. It’s an environment populated with talented and experienced people a collaborative spirit and abundant opportunities.

Irvine Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices including selection hiring promotion transfer compensation termination and training without regard to race religion color sex sexual orientation gender gender identity national origin ancestry citizenship status marital status pregnancy age medical condition genetic information military and veteran status disability or any other basis protected by federal state and local law. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.