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Senior Backend Developer

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 5,001-10,000Since 1997H1B SponsorCompany Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

60 days ago

Salary

$90K - $120K / year

8 yrs expEnglishAEMAzureCloudGraph QLJavaJenkinsJunitKafkaMockitoTerraformVault

Job Description

• Implement backend solutions for AEM (Cloud Service) and EDS including Sling Models, OSGi services, custom workflows, and content APIs. • Model content with Content Fragment Models; expose structured content via GraphQL; structure APIs for omnichannel consumption. • Define caching strategies using Dispatcher/CDN (Fastly/Akamai/CloudFront) for EDS and classic AEM delivery. • Establish non-functional requirements (NFRs): performance SLAs, uptime, DR, observability, and security baselines. • Own CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins) for AEM Cloud Service including code quality gates, static analysis, automated tests, and deployment promotion. • Implement automated unit/integration tests (JUnit, Mockito) and contract testing for APIs. • Set up observability (logs, metrics, tracing) via Cloud Manager/Kibana/New Relic/Datadog; define alerting and SLOs. • Apply OWASP best practices; secure endpoints, headers, session management; harden OSGi configs. • Handle PII compliance, data retention, and encryption; design role-based access and workflow governance. • Mentor developers; own backlog refinement; collaborate with architects, product owners, QA, and frontend squads.

Job Requirements

8–12+ years of software engineering; 6+ years with AEM; 4+ years with AEM Cloud Service and Edge Delivery Services
Strong Java 11+/17, Sling, OSGi, JCR, Oak, AEM Core Components, Content Fragments, GraphQL
Experience with Universal Editor authoring models and EDS delivery workflows.
API design (REST/GraphQL), integration patterns, event-driven architectures, messaging (e.g., Kafka, Azure Service Bus)
DevOps: CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform optional), cloud logging/monitoring; Dispatcher/CDN tuning.
Security: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, secure headers, secrets management (Vault/KMS), SSO/SAML/Adobe IMS.
Performance engineering: caching, indexing, query optimization, asset processing, and pagination strategies.

Benefits

Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent)
Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs
Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training and industry experts