Valtech

Senior Backend Developer

Valtech

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $90,000 - $120,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Implement backend solutions for AEM (Cloud Service) and EDS including Sling Models, OSGi services, custom workflows, and content APIs.
  • Model content with Content Fragment Models; expose structured content via GraphQL; structure APIs for omnichannel consumption.
  • Define caching strategies using Dispatcher/CDN (Fastly/Akamai/CloudFront) for EDS and classic AEM delivery.
  • Establish non-functional requirements (NFRs): performance SLAs, uptime, DR, observability, and security baselines.
  • Own CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins) for AEM Cloud Service including code quality gates, static analysis, automated tests, and deployment promotion.
  • Implement automated unit/integration tests (JUnit, Mockito) and contract testing for APIs.
  • Set up observability (logs, metrics, tracing) via Cloud Manager/Kibana/New Relic/Datadog; define alerting and SLOs.
  • Apply OWASP best practices; secure endpoints, headers, session management; harden OSGi configs.
  • Handle PII compliance, data retention, and encryption; design role-based access and workflow governance.
  • Mentor developers; own backlog refinement; collaborate with architects, product owners, QA, and frontend squads.

Requirements

  • 8–12+ years of software engineering; 6+ years with AEM; 4+ years with AEM Cloud Service and Edge Delivery Services
  • Strong Java 11+/17, Sling, OSGi, JCR, Oak, AEM Core Components, Content Fragments, GraphQL
  • Experience with Universal Editor authoring models and EDS delivery workflows.
  • API design (REST/GraphQL), integration patterns, event-driven architectures, messaging (e.g., Kafka, Azure Service Bus)
  • DevOps: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform optional), cloud logging/monitoring; Dispatcher/CDN tuning.
  • Security: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, secure headers, secrets management (Vault/KMS), SSO/SAML/Adobe IMS.
  • Performance engineering: caching, indexing, query optimization, asset processing, and pagination strategies.
Benefits
  • Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent)
  • Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs
  • Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training and industry experts

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Java 11AEMSlingOSGiJCROakGraphQLAPI designCI/CDperformance engineering
Soft skills
mentoringcollaborationbacklog refinement