Lead Software Engineer

Virtusa; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa seeks an experienced AEM Edge Delivery Services Senior Developer to build high-performance digital experiences for enterprise clients. You will work with blocks, models, and modern front-end tech to deliver fast, accessible content.

Responsibilities include developing reusable EDS blocks, translating UX/UI to responsive interfaces, integrating REST/JSON APIs, and collaborating with teams through Agile ceremonies and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5–8 years overall; 2+ years of relevant AEM Edge Delivery Services / modern web development experience preferred.
• Strong hands-on AEM Edge Delivery Services experience, including blocks and content modeling.
• Advanced HTML5, CSS3 and modern JavaScript; strong browser/DOM debugging skills.
• Git/GitHub, pull-request workflows and CI/CD fundamentals.
• Responsive web development and progressive enhancement.
• REST APIs, JSON and secure client-side integration patterns.
• Web performance, Core Web Vitals, SEO and WCAG/accessibility fundamentals.
• Unit/integration testing and cross-browser/device validation.
• Ability to distinguish EDS development from traditional AEM Sites component development.

Responsibilities

• The role combines hands-on EDS block development with modern HTML, CSS and JavaScript engineering, API integration, authoring, accessibility, SEO, testing and Git-based delivery.
• Develop reusable AEM Edge Delivery Services blocks, block models, decoration and composition patterns.
• Translate UX/UI designs into responsive, semantic and accessible web experiences.
• Work with Universal Editor and/or Document-Based Authoring based on project requirements.
• Develop clean HTML5, CSS3 and modern JavaScript with maintainable DOM and component patterns.
• Integrate REST/JSON APIs, third-party services and relevant Adobe Experience Cloud capabilities.
• Troubleshoot authoring, preview, integration and production issues and provide root-cause fixes.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, estimation and Agile ceremonies.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, GitHub workflows and production releases.
• Create author-friendly block models and ensure authored content maps cleanly to front-end behavior.
• Build performant implementations by minimizing unnecessary JavaScript/CSS, optimizing media and avoiding inefficient DOM operations.
• Implement semantic markup, keyboard navigation, accessible interactions and appropriate ARIA only where required.

Skills

AEM Edge Delivery Services

HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript

Block development

Content modeling

REST APIs

Web performance Core Web Vitals

Git/GitHub PR workflows

CI/CD fundamentals

Accessibility

Responsive web development

Tools

AEM

GitHub

CI/CD tools

Universal Editor

Document-Based Authoring

Job description

Experience: 5–8 years overall; 2+ years of relevant AEM Edge Delivery Services / modern web development experience preferred.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on AEM Edge Delivery Services experience, including blocks and content modeling.
• Advanced HTML5, CSS3 and modern JavaScript; strong browser/DOM debugging skills.
• Git/GitHub, pull-request workflows and CI/CD fundamentals.
• Responsive web development and progressive enhancement.
• REST APIs, JSON and secure client-side integration patterns.
• Web performance, Core Web Vitals, SEO and WCAG/accessibility fundamentals.
• Unit/integration testing and cross-browser/device validation.
• Ability to distinguish EDS development from traditional AEM Sites component development.

We are seeking an experienced AEM Edge Delivery Services Senior Developer to build high-performance enterprise digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• The role combines hands-on EDS block development with modern HTML, CSS and JavaScript engineering, API integration, authoring, accessibility, SEO, testing and Git-based delivery.
• Develop reusable AEM Edge Delivery Services blocks, block models, decoration and composition patterns.
• Translate UX/UI designs into responsive, semantic and accessible web experiences.
• Work with Universal Editor and/or Document-Based Authoring based on project requirements.
• Develop clean HTML5, CSS3 and modern JavaScript with maintainable DOM and component patterns.
• Integrate REST/JSON APIs, third-party services and relevant Adobe Experience Cloud capabilities.
• Troubleshoot authoring, preview, integration and production issues and provide root-cause fixes.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, estimation and Agile ceremonies.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, GitHub workflows and production releases.
• Create author-friendly block models and ensure authored content maps cleanly to front-end behavior.
• Build performant implementations by minimizing unnecessary JavaScript/CSS, optimizing media and avoiding inefficient DOM operations.
• Implement semantic markup, keyboard navigation, accessible interactions and appropriate ARIA only where required.