As a AEM Back End Developer is a specialist in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and Adobe Marketing Cloud products, responsible for developing components, services, and tools within the AEM development stack. As an expert in the AEM domain, collaborate with content, quality, and creative teams to deliver outstanding publish and authoring experiences. A Back End Developer embraces learning and adapting to new frameworks, ensuring that content authoring teams have systems that are user-friendly, maintainable, and scalable.

• Design efficient content models, security models, workflows, and templates.
• Develop AEM templates and components using the latest AEM software releases.
• Implement AEM sites with SPA editor capabilities and headless CMS features (Content Services, Experience Fragments, Content Fragments).
• Conduct code reviews, mentor teammates, and enforce coding guidelines and best practices.
• Debug and troubleshoot AEM-related products, including AEM, Dispatcher, and integrations.
• Apply strong coding standards for efficiency, readability, and reuse.
• Troubleshoot and debug ssues beyond non-AEM developers’ scope, providing root cause analysis.
• Gather user and business requirements, mapping them to appropriate technical solutions.
• Experience with technical writing and documentation.
• Proficient in Java 8/11+, Java Streams, Java Collections, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, NodeJS, Groovy, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with package managers (npm, Maven, pip); debugging; unit testing; and writing agile user stories.

• Desirable: BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline; or equivalent experience in software development in areas such as digital agency projects, web development projects, and SCRUM/Agile software projects.
• Intermediate English Proficiency (B2 reading, writing, and conversation).
• 2+ years of experience implementing Adobe AEM or similar web content management system (6.2 and later required; AEM 6.5 and AEM as a Cloud Service is a plus).
• Design, develop, and support AEM components, integrations, and applications.
• Minimum of 2 years of J2EE programming experience required.
• Experience with RESTful web services and HTTP protocol.
• Experience working with geographically separate project teams.
• Experience with unit testing and automated testing tools.
• Experience with secure coding practices.
• Experience implementing web content management systems in a large corporate environment.
• Experience with object-oriented design and design patterns.
• Experience building, deploying, and supporting Internet-facing applications.
• Experience with integrating AEM with Adobe Marketing Cloud and third-party services.
• Experience integrating AEM cloud solutions is a plus.
• Experience with Adobe Target is a plus

What We Offer 

• Global maternity and parental leave 
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, wellness days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Extensive winter holiday office closures
• Early Dismissal Friday’s (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts 

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success.  In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 4 days a week.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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