AEM Architect

AEM Architect (L6)
📍 Location: Bangalore, India
🕒 Work Hours: 2:00 PM IST – 12:00 AM IST
💼 Experience: 10+ Years in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Delivery
🏢 Employment Type: Full-Time
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Lead AEM Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale Adobe Experience Manager solutions for complex digital transformation programmes. This role requires ownership of technical architecture, delivery leadership across multiple workstreams, and accountability for solution quality, scalability, integrations, and business outcomes.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in AEM as a Cloud Service, headless architecture, React-based front-end implementations, and enterprise integrations across multiple platforms and channels. You will act as a player-coach, providing architectural guidance while leading development teams and partnering with client stakeholders, solution architects, product owners, and delivery leadership.
This role is particularly suited for candidates who thrive in highly integrated ecosystems involving CMS, DAM, CRM, CDP, commerce, identity, analytics, and third-party platforms.
Must-Have Qualifications
10+ years of enterprise web platform development and architecture experience.
7+ years of hands-on Adobe Experience Manager experience.
5+ years of experience with AEM as a Cloud Service.
Proven experience leading large development teams (10+ engineers) across multiple workstreams.
Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise integrations.
Experience implementing headless and hybrid-headless AEM architectures.
Strong React.js and modern JavaScript ecosystem expertise.
Experience engaging directly with client stakeholders and leading technical discussions.
Ability to define architecture standards, engineering practices, and delivery governance.
Good to Have
Adobe Certified Professional or Expert certifications.
Experience with Edge Delivery Services (EDS).
Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) integration experience.
Adobe Commerce integration experience.
Adobe Workfront and Fusion exposure.
Experience with GraphQL and composable architecture patterns.
Knowledge of CI/CD, DevSecOps, and cloud-native delivery practices.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Technical Leadership
Own solution architecture and technical direction for large-scale AEM programmes.
Design scalable, secure, and maintainable AEM solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Define headless, hybrid-headless, and traditional delivery patterns based on business requirements.
Establish architecture guardrails, coding standards, and implementation best practices.
Evaluate technical trade-offs and guide teams through architecture decisions.
Create reusable integration patterns and reference architectures.
Enterprise Integrations
Lead architecture and implementation for integrations with:
Adobe Experience Platform
CRM platforms
Commerce systems
Identity providers
Marketing automation solutions
Analytics and personalisation platforms
Custom enterprise APIs
Design event-driven and API-first integration architectures.
Define API governance, security models, and performance strategies.
Headless & Front-End Delivery
Define and implement AEM Headless architectures using Content Fragments and GraphQL.
Lead React-based front-end applications consuming AEM content services.
Guide component architecture, state management, performance optimisation, and accessibility compliance.
Establish best practices for scalable front-end engineering.