Technical Architect
$80k - $100k USD
What We Believe
Carmichael Lynch is an integrated creative agency built on the belief that the strongest brands are brave enough to define their true purpose. Since 1962, we’ve helped clients uncover their singular brand truth and turn it into work that can’t be ignored. It’s the hard work of simple—ideas strengthened through integration, where disciplines converge and diverge seamlessly around one compelling truth to cut through clutter and drive real business impact.
Our Hiring Philosophy
Carmichael Lynch is committed to creating a diverse, safe and welcoming workplace with opportunity for all. We strive for inclusion, equity and diversity in both our words and actions. BIPOC, women, marginalized communities, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. To learn more, please visit: https://www.carmichaellynch.com/about/
What’s In It for You*
- Professional Development (performance reviews 2x annually, training opportunities related to your field of development, one-on-ones with managers, etc.)
- We offer competitive, equitable salaries (reviewed annually to ensure equity and competitiveness)
- A strong, vibrant, continually-evolving Diversity, Equity and Inclusion belief (in thought and action), encompassing our agency and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Recognizing the voices that need to be heard.
- Competitive, company and employee sponsored benefits, including: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO (vacation/sick time) allowance, maternity leave, parental leave, paid company holidays, Family Building Benefit (adoption, surrogacy benefit), and much more.
*Please note that these benefits only apply to full time roles
Summary of the Job:
The Technical Architect is the agency’s go-to expert providing technical guidance, solution strategies and documentation on enterprise level Adobe Experience Manager Cloud projects. On the digital team, and they act as the bridge between high-level business strategy and technical execution guidance. This role will shape technical strategies, call out risks, and guide producers, UX and creative designers on technical feasibility and best practice. While this role is focused on AEM experience, additional CMS platforms, server management and AI technologies are valuable.
Responsibilities:
- Translate business requirements and goals into innovative AEM-based solutions as well as other systems for other clients.
- Responsible for technical requirements documentation and ensuring scalability, performance, and alignment with project objectives.
- Provide expert guidance to the team on assigned projects, steeped in best practices and driving technical excellence within AEM and backend integrations.
- Guide implementation of personalization and content delivery experiences.
- Ensures solutions meets privacy and consent, security and data handling, and legal and regulatory compliance.
- Acts as the technical bridge between client, marketing, account, UX, strategy, delivery teams, vendor partners.
- Supports project teams through discovery, solution design, estimates and planning, UAT and go-live readiness.
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering.
- 6+ years of experience in design and implementation of Adobe Experience Manager Cloud and Adobe CQ 5.5, CQ 5.6 and AEM 6.5
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field.
- Led technical discussions with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Omni-channel experience and personalization journeys.
- Proficiency with modern web technologies such Vue, Angular, React/Next.js, and cloud-based services.
- Developer skills in programming languages, such as JavaScript ES6, Node.js, Ruby, .Net, Python, and CI/CD pipelines, CDN, dispatcher, and caching strategies.
- Adobe Certified expert, AEM, AEM Cloud, Integrations of Adobe tools such as Adobe Analytics, Target, Campaign, Tag Management.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and client-facing skills.
- Deep understanding of digital marketing principles and best practices.
- Excellent documentation, and functional requirements documentation and workflows.
The salary range for this position is listed below. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to budget, relevant experience, qualifications, and tenure in similar roles. Consideration may also be given to internal salary data for current or former employees in the same or similar positions.
Salary Range: $80,000 - 100,000 annually