Contract Technical Architect (Onsite, Princeton, NJ, three days per week)
Qualified Digital • Princeton, NJ
About the Role Qualified Digital (QD) is seeking a visionary and hands-on Contract Technical Architect to spearhead the technical strategy, design, and evolution of our products. This role demands a rare blend of architectural vision and hands-on AEM expertise, ensuring every feature across the suite delivers scalability, security, compliance, and measurable business value. The selected consultant will be responsible for leading cloud migration efforts, architecting scalable AEMaaCS solutions, guiding engineering teams, collaborating with client stakeholders, and supporting the successful delivery of a large-scale enterprise implementation. **This role requires working onsite in Princeton, NJ, three days per week.** Contract Details - Position Type: Contract - Rate Range: $90 - $120 per hour (USD) - Expected Start Date: Immediately - Expected Duration: Indefinite - Expected Hours: 30-40 hours per week - Location: Onsite at client location in Princeton, NJ Responsibilities Product Design & Solution Architecture - Architect Product Features:Design and implement modular, scalable, and secure solutions — leveraging AEM, Core Java, Veeva Vault APIs, and BrowserStack. - Strong AEM Foundation:Possess deep, hands-on understanding of AEM Core Concepts, including Templates, Components, Dialogs, Clientlibs, Editable Templates, and Experience Fragments. - Assets & Metadata Architecture:Architect robust strategies for Assets metadata schemas, Tag Management, and Taxonomy governance, ensuring effective asset discoverability and alignment with modular content practices. - Solution Design:Translate product requirements into robust AEM-based and service-oriented architectures, defining patterns for backend OSGi services, frontend component structures, and analytics data flows. - Technology Evolution:Continuously align product architecture with updates from Adobe AEM Cloud, Adobe EDS, Java, Veeva Vault, and BrowserStack, modernizing integrations and platform capabilities. Engineering Leadership & Team Enablement - Technical Guidance:Lead and mentor multiple developer teams across backend (Java/OSGi), frontend (HTL/React/JS), and DevOps streams. - Code Quality Oversight:Conduct in-depth code reviews, enforce security and performance standards, and ensure every delivery aligns with architectural guidelines. - Core Knowledge Stewardship:Maintain and promote strong expertise in Core Java, AEM, Veeva, and BrowserStack principles; provide ongoing technical coaching to development teams. - High Quality Delivery:Ensure code quality, scalability, and maintainability across all layers through structured design reviews and automated testing pipelines. Release, Licensing & CI/CD Governance - Release Management:Plan and oversee the full product release lifecycle, ensuring smooth and predictable deployments across environments and teams. - Licensing Management:Maintain and manage product licensing and version tracking across environments. - CI/CD Ownership:Maintain and enhance end-to-end CI/CD pipelines(Jenkins, JFrog, Maven, Git), ensuring stable, automated builds, and controlled deployments. - Testing Automation:Integrate Selenium and BrowserStack as core components within the CI/CD flow for real-time rendering validation, visual regression testing, and multi-device compatibility checks. AEM Architecture, OSGi & Workflow Implementations - Design, implement, and govern AEM OSGi Services, Configurations, and Servlets, ensuring clean modularization and loose coupling. - Develop and maintain AEM Workflows for metadata validation, approval processes, publishing, and integration with external systems such as Veeva Vault. - Enforce best practices for Clientlibs organization, caching strategies, and performance optimization within AEM’s front-end architecture. - Maintain high reusability across AEM Components, ensuring all features are cloud-ready and adhere to Adobe’s evolving AEMaaCS standards. Data, Analytics & Governance - Data Layer Architecture:Architect and standardize a Data Layer framework to capture consistent analytics data across templates and components. - Analytics Integration:Enable data flow into Adobe Analytics, Customer Journey Analytics (CJA), and Google Analytics for performance and behavioral insights. - Metadata & Tag Governance:Define and enforce best practices for metadata schema design, tag management, and asset taxonomy across the entire product suite. - Compliance Alignment: Ensure architectural compliance with MLR (Medical, Legal, Regulatory) and Pharma Data Privacy requirements across products. Product Governance, Quality & Innovation - Code Governance:Maintain end-to-end control of Xp Product Suite repositories, ensuring clean codebase management and modular architecture. - Quality & Security:Define static analysis gates using SonarQube, enforce JUnit/Mockito unit testing coverage, and validate code security using industry best practices. - Innovation & Roadmap Evolution:Continuously brainstorm with...