Senior Technical Lead - Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) & Web

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, architecture and engineering leaders to define and evolve the strategy for AEM-based web platforms and digital experiences across public and secure websites.
• Translate business objectives and product roadmaps into scalable technical solutions and long-term engineering strategies.
• Lead the architectural direction and adoption of AEM Cloud Service, including modernization and migration initiatives.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), providing guidance across AEM Sites, AEM Forms, AEM Assets, and related technologies.
• Establish and govern reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards that drive scalability, consistency, and reuse across web applications.
• Architect CDN and edge capabilities, including caching strategies, edge configuration, and performance optimization for high-traffic websites.
• Provide technical leadership for modern frontend architectures using React, Web Components, TypeScript, and related technologies. Champion accessibility and responsive design.
• Architect integrations between web platforms, enterprise services, APIs, identity solutions, and Adobe ecosystem technologies.
• Experience working on secure applications, including authentication, session management, content security, and protection of sensitive data.
• Mentor engineers and other technical leads, foster engineering best practices, and maintain architectural standards and documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years of related work experience, with at least five years of software development experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Five plus years of deep hands-on expertise with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including headful (Sites/traditional), headless (Content Fragments, GraphQL, Edge Delivery), and AEM Forms spanning architecture, development, and operational concerns.
• Demonstrated experience with modern frontend technologies including React, Web Components, TypeScript, and JavaScript; scalable web patterns such as micro-frontends or module federation.
• Experience architecting and optimizing high-traffic, customer-facing websites utilizing Akamai CDN or comparable technologies, including caching strategies, edge configuration, and performance optimization.
• Experience with both secure (authenticated) and public website architectures, including integration with identity providers, session management, and content security.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and experience with AWS services, including compute, networking, storage, serverless, and IAM.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AEM Cloud Service and leading migration initiatives.
• Expertise with AEM Forms, including adaptive forms, form data models, document services, and forms-centric workflow automation.
• Experience with Adobe marketing stack integration, including Adobe Web SDK, Adobe Target, and Adobe Experience Platform (AEP).
• Familiarity with design system implementation and governance (e.g., Storybook, custom element registries, shared component libraries).
• Exposure to agentic AI or generative AI-enabled content authoring, experience assembly, or intelligent personalization.
• AEM certifications (Adobe Certified Expert - Sites Architect, Sites Developer, or Forms Developer).

Special Factors

Sponsorship

Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.