Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer (AEM)

Company Overview

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation and is a dynamic technology company that delivers cutting edge hardware, network services and entertainment products to more than 100million people worldwide.

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer - AEM (Ireland, Dublin)

Responsibilities

• The Senior AEM developer will play a vital role in the development, design, testing and deployment of AEM Assets and Sites, as well as Adobe Marketing Cloud tools.
• Share new concepts, strategies, and innovative approaches to development execution that will have a significant impact on the project.
• Provide deep knowledge expertise in AEM and working knowledge of Adobe Target and Analytics.
• Ensure development follows web best practices, including user experience, SEO, A/B testing, and performance optimisation.
• Employ strong coding standards for efficiency, readability and re use of code.
• Troubleshoot issues by reviewing or debugging code, provide fixes and workarounds, suggest changes for operability and maintain existing project solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to peers.
• Ensure software developed adheres to best practices and quality standards through code and design reviews.
• Influence development decisions based on current digital marketing trends on topics such as personalization, recommendations, mobile and digital product management.
• Apply an AI first experimentation mentality to rapidly iterate on technical proof of concepts, assessing and validating business value outcomes.

Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience with Software Engineering.
• 8-10years of recent and progressive experience in AEM Content Management and AEM developer tools.
• Strong experience with AEM building blocks including templates, components, dialogs, widgets, and bundles.
• Experience migrating AEM Sites and Assets to AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS), including planning and execution.
• Hands on knowledge of using the Content Transfer Tool (CTT) for content extraction, migration and validation.
• Ability to refactor and make legacy AMS code cloud compatible, addressing deprecated features and Cloud Manager quality gates.
• Strong understanding of AEMaaCS complexities, including dispatcher changes, workflow adjustments, asset reprocessing and environment constraints.
• Experience and in depth knowledge of Experience fragments, Content fragments and SPA.
• Familiarity with Java concepts and patterns, including Java/J2EE, JSP, Sling, web services, JUnit, MVC, Eclipse and Maven.
• Expertise with Adobe Experience Cloud implementations and enterprise customer use cases, with specific experience with AEM as a Cloud Service and Edge Delivery Services.
• Experience in JCR suite, Sling web framework and Apache Felix OSGi framework.
• Experience with project automation technologies such as Jenkins, automated unit testing, Maven, SonarQube, Jira and GitHub.
• Working knowledge of web technologies such as Tomcat, Apache HTTP, content delivery networks (CDN, Akamai).
• Deep familiarity with digital production marketing technology, processes and tools, with particular emphasis in web/mobile.
• Proficient in front end technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and ReactJS.
• Knowledge of search engines, CDN, middleware integrations and load balancers. Ability to identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.
• Experience working in Agile development practices and Scrum model.
• Strong knowledge of technical documentation processes and procedures.
• Flexibility to work with geographically diverse teams and familiarity with onsite/offshore working models.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to clearly and concisely communicate verbally and in writing with both technical team members and business process owners.

Preferred Qualities

• Experience executing projects with Jira and/or Asana.
• Understanding of Algolia Search.
• Adobe Certified Expert as an AEM Developer or AEM Architect.
• Web application development experience, including React, Next.js, Node.js.
• Demonstrable ability to prioritise work and manage multiple demands.
• Passionate about gaming and video game culture.

Compensation and Benefits

The estimated base pay range for this role is €87,800-€131,800 EUR. The role is eligible for bonus packages and SIE's top tier benefits package, which includes paid time off, a wellness program and employee discounts on Sony products.

Legal and Privacy Information

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