Technical Lead (AEM)

Job Summary AEM/Java Technical Lead: Lead solution design and delivery for AEM-based projects. Bridge business and technical teams, define requirements/architecture, and guide a cross-site engineering team through implementation, integration, and rollout. Job Details - Analyse business and technical requirements; translate into Software Requirement Specifications, Product Backlogs, and Basic/Detailed Design documents. - Lead technical workshops to scope feature and system integrations, providing hands-on coding guidance where needed. - Provide hands-on AEM and Java development leadership, architecture decisions, code review, and debugging support for the team. - Coordinate between business stakeholders and technical team members, translating requirements both ways. - Work with client teams and offshore/onshore team members to deliver integrations and system enhancements. - Guide deployment, rollout, and post-go-live stabilization, including checklists and technical documentation handover. - Identify and escalate risks to schedule, cost, quality, or resourcing early, working with leadership to resolve them. Job Requirements 1. Technology, hands-on experience required: - AEM: hands-on experience with AEM 6.2, AEM 6.5, and familiarity with AEM Cloud (architecture differences, dispatcher/publisher config, content authoring, component/template development) - Java / Backend: Java, Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Spring Reactive; solid grounding in Object-Oriented design; experience with multithreaded/parallel processing applications - Frontend: JavaScript, HTML, CSS; working knowledge of Angular, ReactJS, or jQuery - Cloud: working familiarity with Azure Cloud Services (App Services, Storage, basic networking concepts) — deep infra/networking configuration is not required; conceptual understanding sufficient to coordinate with a dedicated cloud/infra team - Database: MS SQL - DevOps/Tooling: Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, Git, NewRelic - Servers: Tomcat, Apache/httpd, Linux fundamentals 2. Leadership & delivery experience: - At least 4 years leading a technical team, including coordination across multiple sites (onshore/offshore) - Experience conducting technical workshops for feature/module integration, from high-level design down to implementation guidance - Experience planning and overseeing feature deployments and monitoring post-release stability 3. Domain experience: - At least 4 years of Java Enterprise development - Prior experience with a CMS platform (AEM strongly preferred) - Experience proposing application architecture for team members to follow on complex integrations Originally posted on Himalayas