Chief Engineer – Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) & Web
About The Position
This role is responsible for defining and evolving the strategy for AEM-based web platforms and digital experiences. The Chief Engineer will establish reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards to ensure scalability, consistency, and reuse across web applications. A key focus will be on leading the architectural direction and adoption of AEM Cloud Service, including modernization and migration initiatives. The position also involves architecting and governing CDN capabilities, driving modernization of web platforms, and providing technical leadership for frontend engineering using modern frameworks. The Chief Engineer will champion modern web engineering practices, serve as a subject matter expert for Adobe Experience Manager, and architect integrations between various systems. This role requires partnering with product, engineering, and architecture teams to influence technical decisions, translate business objectives into scalable solutions, and define secure website delivery patterns. Additionally, the role includes mentoring engineers and maintaining architectural standards.
Requirements
- Minimum of ten years related work experience, with at least five years of development experience.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
- Extensive experience leading enterprise web architecture and engineering initiatives, with a demonstrated ability to drive technical strategy across multiple teams and platforms.
- 5+ years of deep hands-on expertise with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including headful (Sites/traditional), headless (Content Fragments, GraphQL, Edge Delivery), and AEM Forms spanning architecture, development, and operational concerns.
- Strong command of modern frontend frameworks and technologies, including React, Web Components, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript. Experience with micro-frontend architectures, module federation, or similar patterns for large-scale secure web applications.
- Experience architecting and optimizing high-traffic, customer-facing websites utilizing Akamai CDN or comparable technologies, including caching strategies, edge configuration, WAF, and performance optimization.
- Experience with both secure (authenticated) and public website architectures, including integration with identity providers, session management, and content security.
- Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and experience with AWS services, including compute, networking, storage, serverless, and IAM.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AEM Cloud Service and leading migration initiatives.
- Expertise with AEM Forms, including adaptive forms, form data models, document services, and forms-centric workflow automation.
- Experience with Adobe marketing stack integration, including Adobe Launch (Tags), Adobe Web SDK, Adobe Target, and Adobe Experience Platform (AEP).
- Familiarity with design system implementation and governance (e.g., Storybook, custom element registries, shared component libraries).
- Exposure to Agentic AI or generative AI-enabled content authoring, experience assembly, or intelligent personalization.
- AEM certifications (Adobe Certified Expert – Sites Architect, Sites Developer, or Forms Developer).
Responsibilities
- Partner with architecture leaders to define and evolve the strategy for AEM-based web platforms and digital experiences across public and secure websites.
- Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards that drive scalability, consistency, and reuse across web applications.
- Lead the architectural direction and adoption of AEM Cloud Service, including modernization and migration initiatives.
- Architect and govern CDN capabilities, including caching strategies, edge configuration, web application firewall (WAF) policies, traffic management, and performance optimization.
- Drive modernization of web platforms and content management solutions to improve scalability, maintainability, and delivery efficiency.
- Provide technical leadership for frontend engineering using modern frameworks and architectures, including React and Web Components.
- Champion modern web engineering practices, including accessibility, responsive design, performance optimization, and secure coding standards.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), providing guidance across AEM Sites, AEM Forms, AEM Assets, and related technologies.
- Architect integrations between web platforms, enterprise services, APIs, identity solutions, and Adobe ecosystem technologies.
- Partner with product, engineering, and architecture teams to conduct design reviews, influence technical decisions, and resolve complex architectural challenges.
- Translate business objectives and product roadmaps into scalable technical solutions and long-term engineering strategies.
- Define and promote secure website delivery patterns, including authentication, content security, and protection of sensitive data.
- Mentor engineers and technical leaders, foster engineering best practices, and maintain architectural standards and documentation.
Benefits
- Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
