About the role
We are looking for a senior AEM Technical Architect / Lead Developer to drive the architecture and implementation of a new public-facing enterprise website under a Lilly subdomain. The role will be approximately 60% architecture/technical leadership and 40% hands-on design and implementation. The resource should have strong expertise across AEM, headless architecture, React/Next.js, integrations, content modelling, localisation, and enterprise web platforms.
The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:
AEM and Solution Architecture:
- Define the target AEM architecture, including AEM Sites, AEM as a Cloud Service, Headless AEM, AEM Assets/DAM, and Edge Delivery Services where applicable.
- Design integration patterns across AEM, React/Next.js, Node.js, and enterprise platforms.
- Evaluate AEM-hosted, Lilly-hosted, and hybrid architecture options.
- Define reusable AEM components, templates, content models, and authoring experiences.
- Establish content publishing, approval, versioning, and workflow strategies.
- Support Cloud Manager, CI/CD, environment setup, deployment, and troubleshooting.
Localisation and Global Content:
- Define architecture for multi-country and multilingual websites.
- Design AEM MSM/language-copy and translation-management strategies.
- Establish global-master and market-local content governance.
- Ensure scalability for future brand, indication, and geographic expansion.
Project Responsibilities:
The resource will initially lead:
- AEM architecture assessment and solution recommendation
- AEM platform, license, and environment-readiness assessment
- CMS, DAM, localisation, analytics, and marketing architecture
- React/Next.js, Node.js, and AEM integration architecture
- Scout and CRM integration design
- AEM component and content-model definition
- Environment, deployment, and hosting design
- Development estimation and dependency identification
- Technical leadership during implementation
- Go-live, performance, and production architecture review
Requirements:
- Strong hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and enterprise web implementations.
- Experience with AEM Sites, AEMaaCS, Headless AEM, AEM Assets/DAM, Content Fragments, and reusable components.
- Strong understanding of React/Next.js, Node.js, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
- Experience with AEM Cloud Manager, CI/CD, deployment, localisation, and multilingual implementations.
- Ability to provide technical direction while remaining hands-on during design and early implementation.