Our engineering team ensures Code and Theory delivers innovative, immersive web experiences that delight our clients and their customers. We are always striving to balance the demanding nature of working on cutting-edge technologies with the real-world demands of high performance, high security, and accessibility. Working in collaboration with our multi-disciplinary engineering, design, and quality assurance teams, you will build software that solves real-world problems for incredible clients. This role sits within our Adobe practice, where we design and build enterprise content and experience platforms for global brands. Our AEM work increasingly spans modern frontend stacks including React and NextJS, and integrates with the wider Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem.
Our Engineering Managers partner with our cross-functional teams to identify and implement innovative technologies that enhance customer experiences and drive business growth.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Lead and grow a high-performing team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, continuous learning, and engineering excellence
- Drive the delivery of scalable, secure, and maintainable products while balancing technical quality, business impact, and speed of execution
- Actively participate in architecture, system design, code reviews, and critical technical decision-making, serving as a technical leader for the team
- Code as part of the client projects in multiple technologies
- Champion AI-enabled software development practices, leveraging tools such as Claude, Cursor, and Vercel/V0 to improve productivity, quality, and developer experience
- Continuously evaluate and introduce modern engineering practices, tools, automations, and workflows that enhance team effectiveness and accelerate delivery
- Mentor and coach engineers through hands-on guidance, technical leadership, and career development, helping them grow their technical and problem-solving capabilities
- Partner closely with Product, Design, Architecture, and other cross-functional stakeholders to align engineering efforts with strategic business outcomes
- Build and scale global engineering teams through hiring, performance management, and fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and high-accountability culture
- Establish and uphold engineering standards around architecture, testing, CI/CD, observability, security, and operational excellence
- Represent the engineering team with senior leadership, customers, and partners, effectively communicating technical strategy, progress, risks, and opportunities
- Lead engineering delivery across AEM implementations — Sites, Assets, Forms, and Headless — including AEM as a Cloud Service and Edge Delivery Services builds
- Own technical execution on complex CMS migrations, including legacy AEM to AEMaaCS/EDS and third-party CMS platforms into the Adobe ecosystem
- Partner with Solution Architects to translate solution blueprints into executable delivery plans, and hold the team accountable to the architectural intent
- Guide integration of AEM with the broader Adobe Experience Cloud stack and enterprise third-party systems (CRM, commerce, search, analytics, identity/SSO)
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Total 12–15 years of IT experience, including a minimum of 5+ years in an Engineering Management role, with a proven track record of success as a Lead/Senior Engineer prior to that
- 5+ years of hands-on Adobe Experience Manager engineering, including AEM Sites and Assets, with recent experience on AEM as a Cloud Service
- Strong hands-on Java and AEM core development: Apache Sling, Sling Models, OSGi bundles and services, HTL/Sightly, JCR, workflows, schedulers, and event handlers
- Experience with Edge Delivery Services, or demonstrable AEM depth plus a credible path to ramping quickly
- Proven experience leading at least one large-scale CMS migration or AEMaaCS modernization end to end
- Hands-on experience with Adobe Cloud Manager CI/CD pipelines, dispatcher configuration, caching strategy, and AEM performance tuning
- Experience delivering AEM in a client-services, agency, or consulting context — including scoping, estimation, and direct client communication
- Mandatory current experience in hands-on coding in the above technologies and beyond
- Strong experience working with headless content delivery patterns, including AEM Headless (Content Fragments, GraphQL APIs) and third-party headless CMS platforms such as Contentful, Sanity, or ContentStack
- Experience deploying and operating applications on platforms such as Vercel
- Hands-on experience in system design and architecture, including leading technical discussions, evaluating trade-offs, and making informed architectural decisions
- Experience working in modern product engineering environments, embracing iterative delivery, continuous experimentation, rapid feedback loops, and outcome-driven execution
- Demonstrated expertise in AI-assisted software development
- Extensive hands-on experience using AI engineering tools such as Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or equivalent platforms to accelerate software delivery, architecture design, debugging, code reviews, testing, documentation, and developer productivity
- Hands-on experience developing agents, sub-agents, workflow orchestration and automation with agents
- Proven ability to effectively integrate Agentic Engineering into day-to-day engineering workflows and establish best practices for AI-enhanced processes across teams
- Experience evaluating, adopting, and driving emerging AI technologies and engineering practices within an organization
- Ability to mentor engineers on AI-native development approaches and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation
- Demonstrated past experience in directly managing teams of engineers, and strong people management skills, including performance reviews, compensation management
- Strong communicator capable of representing engineering teams to internal and external stakeholders with varying levels of technical expertise
- Passion for challenging conventional approaches and driving adoption of new tools, workflows, and engineering practices that improve outcomes
- Ability to build high-performing teams by fostering innovation, experimentation, ownership, and accountability
- Experience leading engineering teams across concurrent client engagements, balancing competing priorities and client expectations without compromising engineering standards
- Experience with automated testing strategies, including unit, integration, functional, and end-to-end testing
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, performance optimization, and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated ability to continuously improve engineering quality, delivery velocity, developer experience, and operational efficiency
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
- Active involvement in system design, architecture reviews, coding, code reviews, release management, and operational excellence
- Experience establishing engineering standards, development workflows, and best practices that improve team effectiveness and software quality
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to thrive in rapidly evolving technology environments
- Experience with authentication and access patterns in enterprise CMS contexts — OAuth, SAML, SSO, LDAP
- Experience with automated testing in a CMS context, including component-level, integration, and end-to-end testing across authoring and publish environments
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native applications on platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Familiarity with modern engineering productivity, collaboration, and delivery platforms such as Jira, Linear, DevOps, or similar tools
- Experience leading distributed teams and collaborating effectively with stakeholders across global regions, particularly North America and LATAM
- Experience driving platform modernization, developer experience improvements, or large-scale digital transformation initiatives
- Familiarity with the wider Adobe Experience Cloud: Adobe Analytics, Target, Experience Platform (AEP), Real-Time CDP, Journey Optimizer, or Campaign
- Exposure to Adobe Workfront and Adobe Fusion for marketing workflow and automation
- Familiarity with Adobe GenStudio, Firefly Services, or AI-assisted content supply chain workflows
- Experience implementing personalization, experimentation, or audience segmentation on top of a content platform
- Adobe certifications — Adobe Certified Expert/Master (AEM Sites Architect), Adobe Certified Professional (AEM Sites or Assets Developer), or equivalent
- Experience integrating AEM with commerce platforms or enterprise search
ABOUT US
Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. We have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Create Group, Current, and TrueLogic.
Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.
The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.
Skills Required
- 12-15 years total IT experience with a minimum of 5+ years in an Engineering Management role
- 5+ years hands-on Adobe Experience Manager engineering including Sites and Assets and recent AEM as a Cloud Service experience
- Strong hands-on Java and AEM core development: Apache Sling, Sling Models, OSGi bundles/services, HTL/Sightly, JCR, workflows, schedulers, event handlers
- Experience with Edge Delivery Services or demonstrable AEM depth with quick ramp-up plan
- Proven experience leading at least one large-scale CMS migration or AEMaaCS modernization end-to-end
- Hands-on experience with Adobe Cloud Manager CI/CD pipelines, dispatcher configuration, caching strategy, and AEM performance tuning
- Experience delivering AEM in a client-services, agency, or consulting context including scoping, estimation, and client communication
- Mandatory ongoing hands-on coding in the listed technologies
- Experience with headless content delivery patterns including AEM Headless (Content Fragments, GraphQL) and third-party headless CMS (Contentful, Sanity, ContentStack)
- Experience deploying and operating applications on platforms such as Vercel
- Hands-on system design and architecture experience, leading technical discussions and trade-off evaluations
- Experience working in iterative product engineering environments with continuous experimentation and outcome-driven execution
- Demonstrated expertise in AI-assisted software development and hands-on use of AI engineering tools (Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT)
- Hands-on experience developing agents, sub-agents, workflow orchestration, and automation with agents
- Proven ability to integrate Agentic Engineering into engineering workflows and establish best practices
- Proven people management experience: managing engineering teams, performance reviews, and compensation management
- Experience with automated testing strategies including unit, integration, functional, and end-to-end testing in CMS contexts
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
- Experience with authentication and access patterns in enterprise CMS contexts (OAuth, SAML, SSO, LDAP)
- Experience with automated testing in CMS contexts across authoring and publish environments
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating cloud-native applications on AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Familiarity with engineering productivity and delivery platforms such as Jira, Linear, DevOps or similar tools
- Experience leading distributed teams and collaborating across global regions (particularly North America and LATAM)
- Familiarity with wider Adobe Experience Cloud components (Analytics, Target, AEP, RTCDP, Journey Optimizer, Campaign) and Adobe Workfront/Fusion
- Adobe certifications (Adobe Certified Expert/Master, Adobe Certified Professional)
- Experience integrating AEM with commerce platforms or enterprise search
Code and Theory Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Code and Theory and has not been reviewed or approved by Code and Theory.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policies include an “unlimited”/flexible PTO approach with paid holidays/sick time and seasonal early-close Fridays, offering notable flexibility. These options provide additional downtime beyond standard accrual models.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is part of the standard package, with employer-verified health plan information cited as current. Life and disability insurance further reinforce foundational coverage.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is included in the package, supporting long-term savings. Candidates are encouraged to confirm the match formula during the offer stage.
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What We Do
Code and Theory is a strategically driven, digital-first creative agency that lives at the intersection of creativity and technology. We solve consumer and business problems across the entire customer journey that flex to meet the ever-changing needs of consumer expectations. We put the user, their behaviors and needs, at the center of everything we do — from our proprietary research methodologies, to product development processes, to how we create brand, channel and messaging strategies. Our goal is simple: to solve our clients business problems. We bring big ideas to life by looking holistically at brand ecosystems where digital plays a prominent role in driving the consumer from first-touch through to conversion to relationship deepening over time. We identify gaps in the consumer journey and opportunities in culture that require products, services or communications to fill. We work across categories, ranging as far and wide as health care (Pfizer, Sanofi, Reach MD, Bioreference Laboratories) to financial services (JP Morgan Chase, Prudential, Morgan Stanley, First Data) to cpg (Mars, Unilever, Johnson & Johnson) to technology companies (Facebook, Xerox, Samsung, Comcast) to culture brands (adidas, H&M). And because our DNA is in publishing — we’ve embedded in over 135 newsrooms in the past decade — we bring unique expertise in understanding how content is created, distributed and optimized, including our work with CNN, NBC News, NBC Sports, and Bustle Digital Group. At Code and Theory, we strive to only be limited by our own ambition and creativity. We believe in pushing our creativity beyond the easy and obvious answers in order to deliver the solutions that are right for our clients, their businesses, and their consumers.
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