AEM Sr Backend Engineer (remote)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Blue Acorn iCi is a digital consultancy focused on delivering innovative solutions across customer experience, commerce, and data. Our team of over 400 experts enable clients to navigate large-scale, digital transformation programs. 

Whether it’s a digitally savvy consumer brand or a legacy manufacturer, Blue Acorn iCi empowers businesses with digital scalability to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer experience. With services that include strategy, analytics, design, and engineering, we elevate global brands across industries such as media, consumer goods & retail, financial services, manufacturing, technology and more.

Join our innovative and collaborative team as we deliver extraordinary digital experiences for some of the world’s largest brands! 

POSITION SUMMARY:

Blue Acorn iCi’s Digital Solutions team is currently looking to hire an AEM Senior Backend Engineer who will participate in the implementation of large enterprise initiatives. They will be responsible for design and development of web applications using the AEM platform and will be involved in designing and developing site structure, custom components, custom workflows, object model designs, implementation strategy, and unit testing.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, implement, and configure web content management solutions using AEM and technologies such as Java, HTML/DHTML, XML, JavaScript, and web services
• Assist clients in achieving strategic objectives through technology solution implementation
• Setup and configuration of AEM development environments
• Setup and configuration of AEM Author and Publish instances and ensuring all code works in both environments
• Setup and configuration of dispatcher or proxy to run in front of AEM
• Translating business requirements into technical details relevant to AEM
• Ensuring quality of code is high for themselves and other team members
• Designing reusable AEM components for authoring content
• Understand the client’s technical environment and how they use technology to provide the best, focused advice
• Provide input into estimating engagement activities and execute engagements following the Agile methodology including SCRUM

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science and/or equivalent experience in the development industry
• 5+ years of web content management system experience working with one or more CMS packages, including AEM version 6 or above
• Web portal back-end development experience
• Strong Java/J2EE/JSP experience – minimum of 5 years developing large system applications
• Working knowledge and understanding of the following: JCR, Apache Sling, Apache Felix, OSGi, REST, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, JSON, HTML, CSS

The US average base salary range for this full-time position is $90,000 - $125,000 + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, but they are subject to change based on the following factors: role, experience level, education/certification, job-related skills, and working location. Please note that some states within the US have pay/hiring laws that may affect the salary range listed above.