Front‑end Developer (AEM Edge Delivery) - Contract

DigiCert; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global security authority is looking for a skilled developer to build high-quality Edge Delivery blocks. This 6-month contract role involves designing interactive content, optimizing it for performance, and ensuring accessibility standards are met. Ideal candidates should have expertise in HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript, along with knowledge of AEM CLI tools.

Qualifications

• Proficient in building high-quality, accessible content.
• Experience with optimizing for Core Web Vitals.
• Knowledge of animation and interaction patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and build interactive Edge Delivery blocks.
• Set up local development environments using AEM CLI.
• Implement and test for accessibility and performance.

Skills

Expert HTML semantics

CSS architecture

Modern JS (modules, fetch, async)

GitHub workflows

Accessibility and web performance

Tools

AEM CLI

Playwright

Lighthouse CI

Job description

Who we are

We're a leading, global security authority that's disrupting our own category. Our encryption is trusted by the major ecommerce brands, the world's largest companies, the major cloud providers, entire country financial systems, entire internets of things and even down to the little things like surgically embedded pacemakers. We help companies put trust - an abstract idea - to work. That's digital trust for the real world.

Job summary

Build high‑quality, accessible Edge Delivery blocks for Universal Editor and document‑based authoring on AEM Sites or DA sites. Add production‑grade interactivity and motion. Create authoring templates that make block usage repeatable.

This is a 6 month contract

What you will do

• Design and build blocks (HTML, CSS, JS [ES modules]) with options and variants
• Set up local dev with AEM CLI; run preview and publish with Sidekick
• Optimize for Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse
• Create and maintain authoring templates (sections, block placeholders, Metadata tables) for Universal Editor and document authoring
• Wire templates to Sidekick create flows
• Add images and video using AEM Assets or Dynamic Media
• Implement interactivity and animations: micro‑interactions, scroll‑based reveals, carousels, tabs, accordions, modals
• Pair with QA to create Playwright tests and baseline accessibility checks

What you will have

• Expert HTML semantics, CSS architecture, modern JS (modules, fetch, async)
• Edge Delivery block anatomy, DOM targeting, inferred elements
• Universal Editor and document authoring basics; content modeling for blocks
• Animation and interaction patterns
• GitHub workflows and code review discipline
• Accessibility and web performance: rendering path, image optimization, lazy loading, CWV

Nice to have

• AEM Sites basics; HTL/Sling awareness for migration parity
• Playwright, Lighthouse CI, axe‑core
• Experience with forms

Benefits

DigiCert is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in its workforce. In compliance with applicable federal and state laws, DigiCert prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran’s status, status as a qualified person with a disability, or genetic information. Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified person with disabilities, and protected veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

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