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

About the role

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.

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

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.