Senior Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Developer

Vertage; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

Ford is seeking a Senior AEM Developer to build and maintain large-scale digital experiences using Adobe Experience Manager. This is a hands-on full-stack role covering components, templates, workflows, DAM, multisite content, Java services, frontend development, APIs, search, cloud deployment, and production support.

The position is hybrid in Dearborn, MI for a 12-month contract, requiring 5+ years of AEM development experience and strong Java/ frontend skills with Jira and Confluence for

Qualifications

• 5+ years of AEM development experience.
• Developing AEM components, templates, workflows, and content fragments.
• Java, Sling, and OSGi development within AEM.
• React or Angular experience.
• AEM Digital Asset Management.
• Integrating AEM with third-party systems through REST APIs.
• Troubleshooting production issues.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain large-scale digital experiences using Adobe Experience Manager.
• Hands-on full-stack AEM role covering components, templates, workflows, DAM, multisite content, Java services, frontend development, APIs, search, cloud deployment, and production support.

Skills

Adobe Experience Manager

Java

OSGi

React

Angular

HTML5

CSS3

REST APIs

Digital Asset Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Location: Wagner Place East, 21931 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI

Duration: 12-month

Employment Type: Contract

Schedule: Hybrid

Position Overview

Ford is seeking a Senior AEM Developer to build and maintain large-scale digital experiences using Adobe Experience Manager.

This is a hands-on full-stack AEM role covering components, templates, workflows, Digital Asset Management, multisite content, Java services, frontend development, APIs, search, cloud deployment, and production support.

Required Skills

• Adobe Experience Manager
• Java
• OSGi
• React or Angular
• HTML5 and CSS3
• REST APIs
• Digital Asset Management

Required Experience

• 5+ years of AEM development experience
• Developing AEM components, templates, workflows, and content fragments
• Java, Sling, and OSGi development within AEM
• React or Angular
• AEM Digital Asset Management
• Integrating AEM with third-party systems through REST APIs
• Troubleshooting production issues
• Jira and Confluence
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience

Preferred Experience

• AEM as a Cloud Service
• Author, Publish, and Dispatcher configuration
• Blueprints, Live Copies, and Rollout Configurations
• Elasticsearch
• Search indexing and search-relevance tuning
• Git, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
• Microservices or service-oriented architecture
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• GitHub Copilot or agentic AI development tools

Ideal Candidate

A hands-on AEM developer with strong Java and frontend-development skills who can work across the full platform, including components, workflows, DAM, integrations, search, cloud deployment, and production support.

The strongest candidates will have direct experience with AEM as a Cloud Service, Java, Sling, OSGi, React or Angular, DAM, and multisite management.