Remote Senior AEM Architect - Retail Digital Experience

EITACIES Inc.; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Senior AEM Technical Architect to lead the design and delivery of scalable digital experiences for retail/eCommerce. This 100% remote role focuses on AEM and DAM, integrating with commerce systems and marketing tools to create high-performance omnichannel experiences.

You will define end-to-end architecture, guide API-first integration, and mentor teams in AEM best practices, dispatcher tuning, and migration strategies for AEMaaCS, delivering robust solutions at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in Adobe AEM architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.x and/or AEM as a Cloud Service).
• Experience in retail or eCommerce platforms.
• Deep expertise in AEM Sites and AEM Assets (DAM).
• Understanding of content management, metadata, and asset lifecycle in DAM systems.
• Experience integrating AEM with enterprise systems (eCommerce, PIM, CRM, OMS).
• Strong Java/J2EE and REST API development background.
• Experience with microservices and API-first architecture.
• Understanding of AEM dispatcher, caching, and performance tuning.
• Experience with Maven and Agile delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture for AEM-based retail platforms (AEM Sites and AEM Assets/DAM).
• Design scalable, high-performance digital experiences for retail/eCommerce use cases (product discovery, promotions, personalization).
• Architect and optimize Digital Asset Management (DAM) for product content, campaign assets, and merchandising workflows.
• Lead integration architecture between AEM and enterprise systems such as eCommerce platforms (SAP Commerce / Salesforce Commerce / Adobe Commerce or similar), PIM, OMS, CRM systems
• Design API-first and microservices-based architecture for content and commerce integration
• Define AEM best practices (components, templates, workflows, OSGi services)
• Optimize performance (dispatcher configuration, CDN strategies, caching)
• Lead technical design discussions and architecture governance
• Work with Adobe Experience Cloud tools such as Analytics and Target for personalization and insights (as applicable)
• Support AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) adoption and migration strategies.

Skills

Adobe AEM

Java/J2EE

REST APIs

Microservices

API-first architecture

CI/CD pipelines

Agile delivery

AEMaaCS

Maven

Ecommerce integration

Tools

Maven

CI/CD

Job description

Adobe is seeking a Senior AEM Technical Architect to lead the design and delivery of scalable digital experiences for retail/eCommerce. This 100% remote role focuses on AEM and DAM, integrating with commerce systems and marketing tools to create high-performance omnichannel experiences.

You will define end-to-end architecture, guide API-first integration, and mentor teams in AEM best practices, dispatcher tuning, and migration strategies for AEMaaCS, delivering robust solutions at scale.