Adobe Technical Lead

HarbourVest Partners•Boston, MA

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

HarbourVest is searching for an Adobe Technical Lead to join our team! This role is responsible for crafting, developing, and maintaining Adobe solutions to support modern, secure, and high-performing digital experiences. A successful applicant has strong Java development expertise and experience in Agile environments. They can lead technical initiatives, resolve sophisticated issues, and uphold architectural and regulatory standards. This individual will also offer strategic mentorship on website modernization efforts while collaborating across teams to drive scalable and reliable platform solutions.

Requirements

Strong Java development expertise
Experience in Agile environments
Ability to lead technical initiatives
Ability to resolve sophisticated issues
Ability to uphold architectural and regulatory standards
Strategic mentorship on website modernization efforts
Collaborate across teams to drive scalable and reliable platform solutions
Proven practical experience with Adobe Experience Manager or similar tools
Platform familiarity: Apache, application logs, web infrastructure
Experience leading engineering teams
Superb communication and executive presentation skills
Strong problem-solving abilities with the ability to influence, negotiate, and drive alignment across diverse teams
A proactive approach with strong ownership and accountability
Proficiency in: Back-end: Java / J2EE
Proficiency in: Front-end: JavaScript, CSS, jQuery
Proficiency in: Integration: RESTful web services
Proven track record using Jira or Azure DevOps
Hands on experience building AEM components and working with JCR, Figma, and AEM workflows
Experience with Java, JavaScript, J2EE, CSS and related technologies
Working knowledge and understanding of the following: Apache, App server logs, RESTful web services and jQuery
5+ years of website development experience as Front-end or Back-end developer

Nice To Haves

Front-end development coding experience using HTML, CSS or JS a plus
Experience with front end frameworks such as Angular, React, and Bootstrap
Experience in integration of AEM with other Adobe products such as Marketo, Target, AEP, CJA or RTCDP
Knowledge of the Adobe Edge Network and WebSDK tags a plus
Experience with cross-browser and cross-platform issues (IE, Firefox, Safari, etc.)

Responsibilities

Development of AEM components, templates, workflows, publishing, configurations & customizations
Ensure alignment with security, privacy, and governing regulations pertinent to financial services websites, including WCAG compliance for ADA
Regularly evaluate website health, including environment strategy, and platform security
Ensure technical issues are quickly resolved and implement strategies and solutions to help reduce the likelihood of reoccurrence
Proven track record of working in a fast-paced Agile Scrum Delivery Team environment
Conduct technical reviews, support release management, mentor team members, and ensure alignment to architectural guardrails
Produce high-quality documentation (architecture diagrams, ERDs, integration flows)
Provide thought leadership on website modernization initiatives and future-state capabilities
And other responsibilities as required