AEM Edge Delivery Services

Why Valtech? We're the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world's most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience.

The opportunity At Valtech, you'll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries.

We are proud of:

The work we do and the innovation we drive

Our values of share, care and dare

A workplace culture that fosters creativity, diversity and autonomy

Our borderless, global framework, which enables seamless collaboration

The role As a

Adobe Experience Platform BackEnd Engineer

you are passionate about experience innovation and eager to push the boundaries of what's possible. You bring

[8 YEARS]

of experience, a growth mindset and a drive to make a lasting impact.

We're seeking a seasoned

AEM Edge Delivery Services (EDS) Senior Backend Developer

to build, and optimize AEM-based content platforms with a focus on

AEM as a Cloud Service ,

Universal Editor ,

Content Fragment APIs/GraphQL ,

Sling/OSGi services , and integration with external systems. You will lead backend engineering across multi-region, scalable deployments, ensuring performance, security, resilience, and DevOps maturity in cloud-native AEM environments.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

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.

Development & Integration

Implement business logic in

Sling/OSGi , extend

Core Components , and build backend services integrating with CRM, PIM, DAM, marketing tech, or identity providers.

Develop

REST/GraphQL endpoints ; manage service accounts, scopes, and secure secrets.

Integrate

Adobe IMS ,

Adobe I/O Runtime , Adobe Target/Analytics, translation services, and personalization APIs.

Cloud, DevOps & Quality

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.

Security & Compliance

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.

Leadership & Collaboration

Mentor developers; own backlog refinement; collaborate with architects, product owners, QA, and frontend squads.

Contribute to solution roadmaps, estimation, and stakeholder communication.

Role responsibilities

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Must have qualifications To be considered for this role, you must meet the following essential qualifications:

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