Senior AEM Developer - Adobe Forms

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

We're looking for an experienced Senior AEM Developer with deep expertise in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) and Adobe Forms Modernization to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will lead the development and delivery of high-impact, high-quality software solutions that leverage Adobe's enterprise platform capabilities.

As a Senior Developer specializing in Adobe Forms Modernization, you will:

• Lead end-to-end development of AEM applications, with a focus on adaptive and interactive forms modernization using Adobe Experience Manager.
• Design, develop, and implement scalable and maintainable solutions that align with client requirements and Adobe best practices.
• Collaborate closely with UX designers, business analysts, and backend developers to define, design, and deliver innovative digital experiences.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues, ensuring high performance, availability, and security.
• Maintain high standards of code quality through code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, system architecture, and user guides.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to knowledge sharing across the team.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog grooming.
• Stay updated with emerging trends in Adobe technologies and broader web development practices.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise web development, with at least 3 years focused on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM).
• Deep hands-on experience with AEM Forms, including adaptive forms, data integrations, workflows, and the Forms Modernization process.
• Strong proficiency in Java, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and OSGi component development.
• Experience integrating AEM with other Adobe solutions (e.g., Adobe Sign, Adobe Analytics) and third-party services via RESTful APIs.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Proficient with version control systems such as Git.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex issues in a distributed system.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in AEM Forms or AEM Sites.
• Familiarity with cloud-native Adobe Experience Platform as a Service (PaaS) environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and compliance (WCAG 2.1).
• Prior consulting experience or experience working directly with enterprise clients.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

Client-provided location(s): Buffalo, NY

Job ID: IBM-48285

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-07-23T11:46:07