AEM Backend Developer - Java

Description looking for a highly skilled AEM Backend Developer with strong Java expertise to join our team for a key Apple project. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with AEM's backend stack, workflows, Sling models, and performance :

• Develop and maintain AEM components, templates, workflows, and servlets.
• Build and integrate RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Manage AEM configurations, including OSGi, Sling, and JCR.
• Implement AEM's security best practices, including ACLs and SSO.
• Work closely with QA, UX, and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality releases.
• Optimise performance and ensure seamless deployments via Jenkins / Maven CI / CD :
• Core AEM (6.4 or above) - extensive hands-on experience with Sling models, workflows, JSON, and Lucene indexing.
• Strong Java foundation - OOPs, collections, exception handling, multithreading, design patterns.
• Experience with Coral / Granite UI, Touch UI, Sightly / HTL.
• Expertise in AEM infrastructure setup - Dispatcher, Apache, Good understanding of DXP, security layers, and AEM upgrades.
• Exposure to CI / CD tools - Jenkins, Maven, Selenium.
• Excellent documentation and collaboration skills.
• Prior Apple project experience.
• Familiarity with Headless CMS or Non-CMS migration use cases.

(ref : hirist.tech)