Front-End Developer, Adobe Edge Delivery Services
Boombit
•Remote
About The Position
We are seeking a highly skilled and performance-driven Senior Front-End Developer specialized in Adobe Edge Delivery Services (EDS) to support the architecture, development, and optimization of next-generation digital experiences. This role is ideal for a developer with strong hands-on experience in Adobe EDS, formerly Project Franklin / Helix , who understands lightweight frontend architecture, edge-rendered websites, document-based authoring workflows, and high-performance delivery standards. The selected candidate will work on building ultra-fast, scalable, and reusable web components using vanilla JavaScript, HTML5, and modern CSS3 , with a strong focus on Core Web Vitals, Google PageSpeed performance, GitHub-based workflows, and Adobe ecosystem integrations .
Requirements
- 2+ years of hands-on experience building, testing, and launching websites using Adobe Edge Delivery Services, Project Franklin, or Helix .
- Strong experience with Adobe Experience Manager and enterprise web development environments.
- Expert-level knowledge of vanilla JavaScript ES6+, semantic HTML5, and modern CSS3 .
- Advanced understanding of CSS custom properties, responsive design, Grid, Flexbox, and accessibility standards.
- Experience building custom blocks, reusable sections, and lightweight components for high-performance websites.
- Strong understanding of why heavy frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue are typically decoupled from core EDS pages.
- Proven experience optimizing websites for Google Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights, and Core Web Vitals .
- Ability to troubleshoot and improve Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint, and Cumulative Layout Shift .
- Experience with Git, GitHub, pull requests, branch management, automated formatting, linting, and GitHub Actions .
- Familiarity with document-to-HTML transformation, Markdown parsing rules, metadata tables, and content authoring workflows.
- Experience working in agile environments with cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- English proficiency C1+ required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience migrating traditional AEM Sites implementations using HTL, Sightly, OSGi, Sling Models, or AEM components into Adobe EDS architecture.
- Experience with AEM as a Cloud Service, AEM Assets, Adobe App Builder, Adobe I/O Runtime APIs, or headless Adobe implementations .
- Knowledge of SEO best practices, Open Graph schema configuration, structured metadata, and edge-side analytics injection.
- Experience with CDN platforms such as Fastly, Cloudflare, Akamai, or similar technologies .
- Experience supporting global or enterprise-level websites.
- Adobe-certified credentials in AEM or Adobe Experience Platform ecosystems.
- Experience with performance budgets, frontend observability, and web analytics implementation.
- Familiarity with accessibility standards such as WCAG.
- Experience working with multilingual or multisite enterprise web platforms.
- Experience collaborating with distributed teams across LATAM, the United States, or global markets.
- Knowledge of Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics, or personalization workflows.
- Prior experience in agency, consulting, staff augmentation, or client-facing delivery environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop highly reusable, semantic, and high-performance custom blocks and sections using vanilla JavaScript, HTML5, and modern CSS3 .
- Set up, scaffold, and configure new Adobe Edge Delivery Services projects using the modern AEM boilerplate repository.
- Manage Adobe EDS project configurations, including .hlx, routing, rewrites, and config.yaml.
- Support document-based authoring workflows using Google Docs, Microsoft Word, or Adobe Document Authoring .
- Collaborate with content creators, business stakeholders, designers, QA teams, and engineering teams to ensure smooth content publishing and page behavior.
- Own frontend performance optimization with a strong focus on Core Web Vitals , including LCP, INP, and CLS.
- Optimize loading strategies using eager, lazy, and delayed loading phases such as loadEager, loadLazy, and loadDelayed.
- Implement programmatic auto-blocking and lightweight frontend interaction patterns.
- Work with edge delivery and CDN configurations, including Fastly, Cloudflare, Akamai, or similar CDN platforms .
- Manage caching strategies, TTL tuning, and edge-side includes for dynamic content components when required.
- Maintain a Git-first development workflow using GitHub integrations, pull requests, branch management, formatting, linting, and deployment workflows .
- Integrate Adobe EDS pages with broader Adobe environments, including AEM Assets, Adobe App Builder, Adobe I/O Runtime APIs, and headless CMS capabilities .
- Troubleshoot frontend, content, performance, and publishing issues across development, staging, and production environments.
- Contribute to technical documentation, reusable frontend standards, and best practices for scalable web delivery.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
