Adobe Experience Platform Engineer

Verizon•Basking Ridge, NJ

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

When you join Verizon, you want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. What You’ll Be Doing As the Principal Engineer for Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) you are the technical architect, strategy and operational anchor of the Verizon Business Group’s Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) ecosystem. Your primary mission is to build and scale Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RTCDP) capabilities to power next-generation marketing strategies and customer experiences.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
Six or more years of relevant experience
Six or more years of relevant experience in MarTech engineering or platform operations
Six or more years of hands-on engineering experience with AEP/RTCDP with everyday work with XDM schemas, Identity Service, Profile Service, and Destination connectors.

Nice To Haves

Subject Matter Expertise in AEP/RTCDP: Deep, hands-on experience with XDM schemas, Identity Service, Profile Service, and Destination connectors.
A "Health-First" Mindset: Proven experience in maintaining the stability and performance of large-scale enterprise data platforms.
Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex, data-driven technology projects.
Adobe Certified Expert - Adobe Experience Platform Architect or RTCDP Business Practitioner.
Experience with Customer Journey Analytics (CJA) or Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO).
Experience in a CoE model where you set standards for others to follow.
Background in large-scale data migrations or platform transformations.

Responsibilities

RTCDP & CX Innovation Architect Real-Time Capabilities: Lead the technical design and enablement of RTM use cases, focusing heavily on RTCDP for profile orchestration, segment creation, and real-time activation.
Enable Behavioral Triggers: Work with cross-functional teams to ensure high-fidelity behavioral data is captured and mapped correctly into AEP to power immediate, personalized customer journeys.
Roadmap Leadership: Develop a future-proof technical roadmap for AEP that prioritizes scalability and the rapid deployment of new CX innovations.
Platform Integrity & Operational Health Technical Standards: Define the "gold standard" for AEP schemas (XDM), identity namespaces, and profile merge policies to ensure data remains clean and usable.
Operational Stability: Monitor dataflow health and ingestion patterns; proactively identify and resolve technical bottlenecks before they impact marketing performance.
Lifecycle Excellence: Manage the technical lifecycle of the platform, including feature adoption, sandbox management, and ensuring seamless upgrades with minimal disruption to the business.
Strategic Technical Liaison Vendor Influence: Act as the primary technical point of contact for Adobe, influencing their product roadmap and ensuring Verizon’s technical needs are prioritized.
Cross-Functional Translation: Partner with IT and Security to ensure the MarTech stack is architecturally sound, while acting as a subject matter expert for the dedicated Governance/Compliance team.
Performance Measurement: Develop technical KPIs to track platform uptime, data latency, and the efficiency of audience activation.