Senior AEP & Real-Time CDP Architect

Bounteous; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bounteous, a global AI Services firm, helps enterprises design, build, and scale AI-driven products, platforms, and processes. We seek a senior architect to lead AEP/RT-CDP strategy, data integration, and governance across marketing tech stacks, translating business requirements into scalable solutions.

With 8-15+ years in IT and 3-5+ years in CDP architectures, you will mentor teams, define roadmaps, and drive secure, compliant implementations across CRM, CMS, and data platforms.

Qualifications

• 8-15+ years of IT experience, including 3-5+ years with AEP or enterprise CDPs in architecture or lead roles.
• Strong ability to design scalable CDP architectures and data models.
• Experience with data governance, GDPR/CCPA compliance, and security best practices.
• Proven mentoring of developers and guiding cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) and Real-Time CDP (RT-CDP) solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Define scalable architecture for customer data collection, storage, processing, and activation.
• Develop technical solution designs, architecture diagrams, and implementation roadmaps.
• Design and implement unified customer profiles using Real-Time CDP.
• Configure identity resolution, profile stitching, and audience segmentation.
• Ensure accurate customer data consolidation from multiple online and offline sources.
• Architect batch and streaming data ingestion into AEP.
• Design integrations with CRM, ERP, CMS, marketing automation platforms, data warehouses, and third-party applications.
• Develop and review API-based integrations and event-driven data pipelines.
• Design and maintain XDM (Experience Data Model) schemas.
• Establish data governance, data quality, metadata management, and consent management processes.
• Ensure compliance with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
• Integrate AEP with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO), and Adobe Campaign.
• Enable omnichannel customer experiences and personalized marketing campaigns.
• Lead architecture discussions and provide technical guidance to development teams.
• Review technical designs, code, and implementation approaches.
• Mentor developers and support best practices for Adobe implementations.
• Optimize platform performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Monitor data ingestion, profile processing, and audience activation.
• Troubleshoot architecture and integration issues.
• Implement secure data access, encryption, authentication, and authorization mechanisms.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise security standards and regulatory compliance.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, marketing teams, and technical teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Present architecture recommendations and implementation strategies to leadership.

Skills

AEP

AEM

Adobe Target

XDM Design

Identity Service

Audience Segmentation

REST APIs

SQL

Java or Python

Cloud Platforms

ETL

CI/CD

Job description

Bounteous, a global AI Services firm, helps enterprises design, build, and scale AI-driven products, platforms, and processes. We seek a senior architect to lead AEP/RT-CDP strategy, data integration, and governance across marketing tech stacks, translating business requirements into scalable solutions.

With 8-15+ years in IT and 3-5+ years in CDP architectures, you will mentor teams, define roadmaps, and drive secure, compliant implementations across CRM, CMS, and data platforms.