Senior Associate

Join Amgen's Content Technology group, a dynamic team at the nexus of innovation and efficiency, focused on delivering a superior web experience. We are seeking a Senior Associate - AEM Backend Application Logic Engineer to contribute to a scalable, flexible, and high-performing web presence aligned with business objectives. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with passionate technologists and strategists, tackle complex problems, and drive significant impact within our cutting-edge environment.

What You Will Do

• Develop Adobe AEM Sites components, templates, dialogs, and workflows to support enhancements on the AEM as a Cloud Service platform.
• Integrate AEM capabilities with internal and external systems via REST APIs, service classes, and AEM extension points within a cloud architecture.
• Troubleshoot issues across the AEM stack, including author, publish, and dispatcher layers, in collaboration with senior engineers and platform teams.
• Design and implement backend features using AEM's OSGi framework, Sling models, servlets, services, and third-party APIs.
• Apply context-aware configurations to ensure code is scalable, maintainable, and efficient.
• Create and execute test cases using JUnit, Mockito, and AEM testing frameworks.
• Support website migrations from legacy platforms to AEM Cloud, ensuring a seamless transition and optimized performance.
• Implement caching strategies, dispatcher configurations, and domain mapping to maintain responsive and reliable AEM website performance.
• Adhere to established development and operational processes, while actively identifying opportunities for quality, efficiency, and consistency improvements in AEM delivery.

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree OR Bachelor's degree with 5-8 years of experience in AEM development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with AEM backend capabilities including OSGi, Sling models, servlets, services, and third-party API integrations.
• Strong understanding of context-aware configurations, client libraries, workflows, HTL, and debugging on AEM Cloud.
• Proven experience with website migration projects to AEM Cloud.
• Familiarity with caching mechanisms, dispatcher configurations, and domain mapping for high-performance AEM websites.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues across the AEM author, publish, and dispatcher layers.
• Solid grasp of REST API integration and cloud-based architecture patterns.
• Excellent collaboration skills for effective teamwork with senior engineers, platform teams, and stakeholders.
• Commitment to following and enhancing development and operational processes for consistent, high-quality delivery.

Good to Have

• Front-end development experience with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and frameworks like React or Angular.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployment strategies.
• Experience with Adobe Target, Adobe Analytics, or other Adobe Experience Cloud products.
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and web accessibility standards.
• Adobe AEM certifications are a plus.
• Strong documentation and communication skills for supporting technical and non-technical stakeholders.