Senior Adobe Experience Manager, AEM Architect

MWResource, Inc.

Senior Adobe Experience Manager Architect required for enterprise-scale digital experience platform design and implementation. Seeking highly skilled individual for hybrid role based in Austin, TX.

Posted 6/8/2026contractAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $70 - $88 per hourWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AEMAngularCloudGraphQLMagentoReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the design, implementation, and governance of enterprise-scale digital experience platforms
Design end-to-end AEM architectures for multi-site, multi-tenant, and multi-lingual enterprise deployments
Define content architecture, JCR repository structure, taxonomy, tagging strategies, and metadata schemas
Architect reusable component libraries and page templates
Lead AEM Cloud Service migration strategy
Design integrations with Adobe Experience Cloud and third-party platforms
Own and govern the AEM codebase including OSGi bundles, Sling Models, and Servlets
Establish and enforce development standards
Design and implement AEM as a Cloud Service pipeline
Build and maintain Dispatcher configurations
Implement DAM workflows and asset rendition pipelines
Conduct performance profiling and optimize component rendering
Enforce security best practices including service user configuration
Define and manage replication topologies for global rollouts
Partner with Product Owners, UX designers, and business stakeholders
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to a team of AEM developers
Create and maintain architecture decision records and technical design documents
Evaluate and recommend third-party integrations and emerging Adobe technologies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software engineering experience with a minimum of 3 years focused on Adobe Experience Manager (formerly CQ5/CRX)
Proven track record of architecting and delivering at least 3 large-scale AEM implementations from discovery through production
Hands-on experience with AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) including Cloud Manager pipelines, environment management, and migration tooling.
Adobe Certified Expert – AEM Sites Developer or Architect certification preferred
Experience with headless AEM delivery using Content Fragments, Experience Fragments, GraphQL API, and SPA Editor (React / Angular) preferred
Familiarity with SAML 2.0 / OAuth 2.0 / OIDC for AEM identity federation and Adobe IMS integration preferred
Knowledge of content personalization strategies using Adobe Target and ContextHub / Client Context preferred
Exposure to Adobe Commerce (Magento) integration with AEM for commerce-driven experiences preferred
Experience with Fastly, Akamai, or CloudFront CDN configurations in conjunction with AEM Dispatcher preferred
Background in digital experience composability, MACH architecture, or headless/hybrid CMS patterns preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

MWResource offers medical, dental and vision coverage through Florida Blue
short- and long-term disability coverage
employer paid life insurance
participation in the MWResource 401K plan for US based consultants.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Adobe Experience ManagerAEM as a Cloud ServiceCloud ManagerGraphQL APIContent FragmentsExperience FragmentsSAML 2.0OAuth 2.0OIDCMACH architecture

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationgovernanceproblem-solvingperformance optimizationsecurity best practicesstakeholder engagementdocumentation

Certifications

Adobe Certified Expert – AEM Sites DeveloperAdobe Certified Expert – AEM Architect