AEM Developer

Chicago, Illinois

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Job Description:

AEM Developer 6+MONTHS FORTUNE 500 CHICAGO, IL (HYBRID - ONSITE)
  1. Local to Chicago preferred
  2. $70-$75 per hour (W2)


PURPOSE:

The AEM Developer position is responsible for the design and development of architectural approaches and solutions on the enterprise AEM platform based on business needs/requirements and develop implementation plans, estimates, and budgets in conjunction and collaboration with the PM, BA and other team members.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure and drive the success of AEM enterprise-level integration and development efforts affecting upstream and downstream legacy systems.

• Work with functional groups (e.g., project management, network operations, etc.) in order to provide tightly integrated solutions between the web applications and the legacy backend systems.

• Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders and works with product owners to develop and maintain an enterprise-wide, prioritized AEM roadmap in conjunction with the legacy retirement roadmap.

• Ensure quality and on-time delivery on projects with associated documentation, user training, and operationalization; drive engineering best practices throughout the project lifecycle.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Deep knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager and AEM Core components (Example: Sling, OSGI, JCR, Dispatcher).

• Strong knowledge and experience in integration with components of Adobe Marketing Cloud (including Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics, and Campaign) and Adobe Social

• Be well-versed with AEM workflows setup and maintenance as well as User and Group Management

• Ability to fine-tune AEM application for optimal performance, including configuring Threads, Heap, GC Policy. FEO, JS and CSS minification and optimization.

• Familiar with application profilers

• Strong Java (OSGi, JSP, Servlets) and web development (HTML, JS, CSS, jQuery, Bootstrap, etc.) background with experience building cutting edge web & responsive mobile experiences. Hands-on experience with Sightly (AEM Templating language) and CoralUI/TouchUI frameworks

Date Posted: 28 April 2025
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