AEM Architect
Posted Today by Anson McCade
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The AEM Architect role involves taking full ownership of the Adobe Experience Manager landscape within a complex digital environment. The position requires leading the architecture, governance, and delivery of AEM across multiple platforms while ensuring sustainability and cost efficiency. The architect will work closely with internal teams and delivery partners to modernize the platform and enhance engineering maturity. This is a senior role with a focus on technical leadership and coaching internal engineers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and evolve the end-to-end AEM architecture across multiple digital platforms
- Set architectural direction, engineering standards, and deployment best practices
- Own production change and provide technical sign-off for releases
- Design solutions for complex challenges such as authentication, multi-frontend setups, and multi-market models
- Drive consistency of user experience across a fragmented application landscape
- Work closely with third-party delivery partners and systems integrators
- Coach and upskill internal engineers and architects to leave a lasting platform uplift
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a senior or lead AEM Architect in large, enterprise environments
- Strong grasp of AEM architecture, governance, and delivery at scale
- Experience operating in multi-market or multi-brand digital estates
- Comfortable working hands-on and providing architectural leadership
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Maidenhead
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
AEM Architect Maidenhead Area | Outside IR35 | Hybrid 10-month contract (strong extension potential)
We’re looking for a senior AEM Architect to embed into a complex, multi-platform digital estate and take full ownership of the Adobe Experience Manager landscape. This role sits at the intersection of architecture, governance, and delivery, shaping how the platform scales across markets while improving long-term sustainability and cost efficiency. You’ll act as the technical authority for AEM, working closely with delivery partners and internal teams to modernise the platform, standardise ways of working, and raise overall engineering maturity.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and evolve the end-to-end AEM architecture across multiple digital platforms
- Set architectural direction, engineering standards, and deployment best practices
- Own production change and provide technical sign-off for releases
- Design solutions for complex challenges such as authentication, multi-frontend setups, and multi-market models
- Drive consistency of user experience across a fragmented application landscape
- Work closely with third-party delivery partners and systems integrators
- Coach and upskill internal engineers and architects to leave a lasting platform uplift
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience as a senior or lead AEM Architect in large, enterprise environments
- Strong grasp of AEM architecture, governance, and delivery at scale
- Experience operating in multi-market or multi-brand digital estates
- Comfortable working hands-on and providing architectural leadership
Contract Details
- Outside IR35 - Rate DOE
- 10 month initial contract
- Hybrid working
To hear more, get in touch with Connor Smyth at Anson McCade.