Architect, Software Engineer (Adobe - AJO, AEP, RTCDP)

DEPT®

18h•$138,000 - $183,000•Remote

About The Position

DEPT® is seeking a highly analytical and technical Architect Software Engineer (Adobe - AJO, AEP, RTCDP) to join our forward-deployed architecture squad in North America. Mapped back to our platform-agnostic Data and Martech Crafts, this role is a hands-on architect seat. You will specialize in real-time streaming pipeline tuning, profile stitching optimization, database-to-platform ingestion modeling, and automated lifecycle program orchestration. You will step directly into complex enterprise environments to audit and optimize identity configurations, resolve database identity collisions, and re-design streaming pipeline rules to ensure high-accuracy profile matching. You will build, test, and stabilize broken multi-channel automated campaigns failing due to complex logical splits or delivery loops, restoring data trust and campaign performance.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering or systems architecture experience focusing on data pipeline engineering, customer database modeling, or marketing automation.
Deep technical command of ETL pipelines, relational database schemas, real-time trigger mechanics, and destination connectors.
Expert, hands-on configuration authority across Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RT-CDP), and Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO).
Direct development experience utilizing AEP Federated Audience Composition (FAC) or zero-copy strategies with enterprise warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery).
Extensive experience configuring schemas, segmentations, and automated campaigns within Marketo Engage and Adobe Campaign (v7/v8).
Ability to collaborate closely with analytics engineers to validate campaign-link attribution and tracking.

Responsibilities

Optimize Profile & Identity Stitching: Audit and optimize identity namespace configurations, resolve database collisions, and re-design pipeline rules to ensure high-accuracy profile matching.
Rationalize Data Ingestion: Optimize multi-system data schemas, refine bulk file-ingestion flows, and construct data-minimization scripts to prevent over-ingestion and lower compute load.
Design Federated Queries: Architect zero-copy/federated query strategies that allow marketing activation engines to reference enterprise warehouses without unnecessary data replication.
Remediate Broken Journeys: Re-build, test, and stabilize broken multi-channel automated campaigns failing due to complex logical splits, delivery loops, or synchronization gaps.
Enforce Safety & Suppression Rules: Build robust audience suppression rules, frequency capping mechanisms, and real-time trigger boundaries to protect the customer experience.
Configure Activation Connectors: Build out destination syncs across ad-networks, SMS gateways, and push notification nodes to ensure low-latency delivery.