Senior AEM Developer / Technical Lead

Overview

We are looking for a Senior AEM Developer with proven leadership capabilities to design, develop, and lead implementation of enterprise-scale Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in AEM with the ability to guide a team, influence architecture decisions, and collaborate with business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Lead the design and architecture of AEM-based solutions
• Define technical standards, best practices, and development guidelines for AEM projects.
• Review and validate solution designs to ensure scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Make key technology choices and drive adoption of modern AEM features and frameworks.

Development & Delivery

• Implement complex AEM components, templates, workflows, OSGi services, and integrations with external systems.
• Oversee end-to-end development lifecycle: requirements analysis, estimation, development, code review, testing, deployment, and support.
• Ensure code quality through peer reviews, automated testing, and adherence to coding standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve performance, security, and integration issues in AEM environments.

Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Lead and mentor a team of AEM developers (onshore/offshore), providing technical direction and guidance.
• Coordinate tasks, manage workloads, and support professional growth of team members.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing, conduct technical workshops, and improve team capabilities around AEM and related technologies.
• Act as the escalation point for complex technical issues.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with product owners, business analysts, UX/UI designers, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and clearly communicate technical constraints and possibilities.
• Participate in roadmap planning, effort estimation, and release planning.
• Provide technical input during client and stakeholder meetings.

Process & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to and improve development processes (CI/CD, branching, code review, release management).
• Evaluate new AEM features, tools, and frameworks and recommend improvements to existing solutions.
• Promote best practices in application security, performance optimization, and cloud-native deployments (e.g., AEM as a Cloud Service, Adobe Managed Services).

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in AEM development (preferably AEM 6.5+ and/or AEM as a Cloud Service).
• Strong experience with:
• AEM Sites (components, templates, editable templates, content fragments, experience fragments)
• Sling, OSGi, JCR, Dispatcher, and AEM security concepts
• Java,
• HTL (Sightly), HTML
• It would be also beneficial to be familiar with:
• JavaScript/TypeScript, ,
• CSS, SCSS
• Webpack
• React
• AEM Core Component
• Cypress, Playwright
• Proven experience in technical leadership roles (team lead, tech lead, or similar).
• Solid understanding of software design patterns, modular architecture, and best practices.
• Experience with version control (Git), build tools (Maven/Gradle), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AEM as a Cloud Service, AWS/Azure/GCP) and containerization concepts is a plus.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Desired Soft Skills

• Leadership mindset, proactive ownership, and accountability.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work in an agile environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Coaching and mentoring attitude, collaborative working style.

What we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in a variety of projects.
• Multisport Plus card.
• Private medical care (LUX MED).
• Group insurance.
• Access to comprehensive psychological support, individual sessions with coaches and psychodietitians, as well as inspiring webinars.
• Remote work from any location, or a hybrid model using our offices located in Poznań.
• A home office package to increase remote work comfort (chair, additional monitor, ergonomic mouse, etc.).
• Modern offices equipped with amenities such as a pool table, foosball, darts, and relaxation zones.
• Opportunities to spend time together after work - combining our employees’ passions through ski trips, cycling tours, and sailing adventures.
• Regular company-wide and team-based integration events, as well as many other occasions to meet and exchange ideas with colleagues.
• Celebrations of important moments in the lives of our employees
• An open approach to new ideas and initiatives, including charity actions.