Choice Hotels is looking for a Senior AEM Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and optimization of their Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) platform to drive innovation and performance across their digital ecosystem, ensuring seamless, scalable, and secure digital journeys for millions of travelers.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in AEM development and architecture.
- Deep expertise in AEM 6.x+, including Sling, OSGi, JCR, and HTL/Sightly.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and cloud-based deployments (e.g., Adobe Cloud Manager).
- Experience with dispatcher rules, CDN configurations, and performance optimization.
- Advanced proficiency in Java, including object-oriented design, multithreading, and integration with enterprise systems.
- Proficiency in Python, particularly for scripting automation tasks, data transformation pipelines, and integration testing.
- Familiarity with libraries such as requests, pandas, or pytest is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement scalable AEM solutions across author, publish, and dispatcher tiers.
- Design and document custom components, workflows, and integrations with third-party systems (e.g., CRM, analytics, DAM).
- Maintain dispatcher configurations, caching strategies, and performance tuning.
- Identify and resolve technical debt, ensuring long-term platform stability and maintainability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, UX, QA, and DevOps to deliver high-quality digital experiences.
- Provide mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers.
- Maintain up-to-date architectural diagrams, codebase documentation, and tribal knowledge repositories.
Other
- This role is not eligible for sponsorship
- Collaborative, detail-oriented engineer with a passion for scalable architecture and mentoring others.
- Technical Leadership
- Decision Quality
- Manages Complexity
