Principal Software Engineer, AEM Lead

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $108 - $170k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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DEPT®

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1001 - 5000 employees

📣 Marketing

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📱 Media

Marketing • Artificial Intelligence • Media

DEPT® is a global digital agency that blends marketing, creative services and technology to help major brands grow. It offers AI transformation, brand & media, commerce, customer experience, and tech & data services, and emphasizes data-driven approaches and AI-native capabilities. DEPT® works with enterprise clients across industries, runs Growth Invention sprints, and is B Corp certified and climate neutral.

📋 Description

• Serve as Adobe Experience Manager Tech Lead on website and platform projects • Own the technical workstream from inception through launch • Translate architecture and product goals into implementation plans, technical stories, sequencing, dependencies, estimates, risks, and definitions of done • Build production-quality website components, blocks, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Java, and AEM code • Establish coding standards and patterns for AEM and web development • Review pull requests, pair with engineers, mentor P2 engineers, and lead smaller delivery teams • Partner with QA and DevOps on testing, security, accessibility, performance, observability, and deployment readiness • Define API contracts, payloads, retries, timeouts, authentication, failure handling, and ownership across AEM and external systems • Investigate defects, environment issues, build failures, and performance problems • Partner with the CMS AEM Architect on architecture decisions and technical tradeoffs • Lead technical workshops, presentations, demos, and client communication • Support development, UAT, hardening, launch, and hypercare • Leverage GenAI tools, document reusable patterns, share lessons, and improve delivery processes

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with proven success leading technical delivery for engineering teams • Demonstrated experience delivering production websites or digital platforms, including hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting AEM-based solutions • Strong consulting, communication, and leadership capabilities • Practical Java experience with strong HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS fundamentals • Hands-on experience leveraging GenAI productivity tools such as Gemini CLI, Claude Code, or Codex • Practical understanding of core LLM concepts • Full-stack leadership experience across CMS website projects • Experience designing, integrating, and maintaining external APIs, microservices, data sources, and distributed systems • Strong commitment to testing, accessibility, security, performance, observability, and CI/CD pipelines • Understanding of responsive web design, mobile-first delivery, cross-browser compatibility, Core Web Vitals, accessibility standards, and SEO-aware frontend architecture • Ability to navigate unfamiliar codebases, diagnose root causes, and introduce targeted improvements • Clear communication, composure during incidents, and pragmatic technical judgment • E-Verify/Form I-9 work authorization verification for the U.S. • Helpful/nice to have: deep AEM internals and ecosystem experience; Adobe Skills for AEM and Dispatcher; Adobe Commerce, App Builder, API Mesh, Workfront, or Analytics integrations; mentoring or technical leadership across teams; Adobe certification or equivalent production experience

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage • 401k plan, plus matching • PTO • Paid Company Holidays • Parental Leave • Equal opportunity, inclusive, and barrier-free workplace • Recruitment and workplace accommodations • Purpose-driven, B Corp-certified company