WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Spearhead comprehensive architectural transformations from legacy environments to AEMaaCS and Edge Delivery Services. Perform rigorous ecosystem audits, establish strategic roadmaps, and navigate intricate integration complexities
- Architect elite, scalable digital platforms ensuring fluid interoperability between the Adobe suite and enterprise third-party systems, including CRM and advanced analytics
- Maintain a hands-on presence in delivering sophisticated codebases across Java and modern TypeScript/NextJS stacks. Drive uncompromising testing methodologies to guarantee stable, zero-regression deployments
- Champion the integration of agentic workflows and AI engineering platforms such as Claude or V0 to optimize software delivery cycles and automate technical documentation
- Lead technical solutioning for global pitches, providing expert resource modeling and scope definition. Act as the primary technical authority for executive-level stakeholder engagements
- Cultivate a high-performance engineering culture focused on AI-native practices and state-of-the-art architectural patterns within the Adobe Experience Cloud ecosystem
- 8 to 10 years of engineering experience
- Adobe AEM architect and other related certifications
- Extensive engineering background spanning over eight years, with a concentrated technical authority in Adobe Experience Manager (Sites/Assets) and Edge Delivery Services. We require a dedicated specialist, not a generalist, to lead these complex environments
- Demonstrated success in orchestrating complex migrations from legacy CMS infrastructures toward modern AEMaaCS and EDS frameworks
- Maintain a hands-on presence across the full technical stack, delivering elite code in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and NextJS. Capability to navigate from high-level architecture to resolving critical production bottlenecks is essential
- Champion the use of AI engineering platforms such as Claude, Cursor, or V0 within daily software delivery cycles. Proven ability to automate workflows and optimize delivery through agentic tools
- Expertly navigate architectural trade-offs, leading technical discourse on GraphQL mesh layers, cloud-native deployments, and the evolution of headless versus hybrid patterns
- Sophisticated commercial acumen with the ability to translate technical complexities into clear value propositions for executive-level stakeholders during pre-sales and discovery phases
- Proven experience fostering excellence across distributed global teams and managing senior engagements within enterprise environments
- Experience with solutioning & pre-sales engagements
- Experience with executive stakeholder management
- Strong commercial acumen and experience
- Experience working with global enterprise clients across US/EU/APAC
- Demonstrate comprehensive expertise in AI-assisted software development and its practical application
- Leverage AI engineering tools such as Claude or Cursor to accelerate software delivery, architectural design, debugging, code reviews, and testing
- Architect sophisticated agentic workflows, sub-agents, and automated orchestration layers to optimize technical operations
- Establish best practices for Agentic Engineering within daily development cycles, fostering a high-performance, AI-enhanced engineering culture
- Drive the evaluation and adoption of emerging AI technologies to maintain organizational leadership in innovative engineering practices
- Mentor engineering teams on AI-native development approaches, instilling a commitment to continuous learning and state-of-the-art automation
- Multiple Experience Cloud Architect or Business Practitioner Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) certifications
- Most of the Required Experience performed as a direct customer of Adobe or as a resource of a consulting firm deploying Adobe services.
- History of delivering digital results in both Technical and Sales/Marketing roles
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.
The base compensation range for this role is $150,000 – $225,000 and spans multiple levels. We're open to hiring at the level that best matches the right candidate's experience. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, budget, and location.
Skills Required
- 8 to 10 years of engineering experience
- Adobe Multi-Solution Architect and related certifications
- Deep technical and architectural experience with Adobe Experience Manager, Experience Platform, RTCDP, Edge Delivery Services, Workfront, Fusion, Analytics, Target, Campaign, Journey Optimizer
- 4+ years hands-on implementing or managing daily operations with three or more Adobe Experience Cloud solutions
- 4+ years architecting and implementing complex digital marketing solutions across web, SEM, media, mobile app, and email
- Enterprise architecture and digital transformation program experience
- Experience with content management systems, including headless CMS (Contentful, Sanity, ContentStack)
- Hands-on development experience in Typescript, NextJS, Python, Java
- Strong experience working with data management systems
- Experience producing project estimates, scope definition, resource allocation and timelines in pre-sales or migration contexts
- Hands-on delivery of customer-facing solutions using client-side technologies, server-side programming and server-to-server APIs
- Strong client-facing solutioning, pitching and problem-solving experience with clients in the US and EU (mandatory)
- Experience working with global teams across US, India, LATAM, EU and leading large global technology delivery programs
- Hands-on system design and architecture experience, leading technical discussions and trade-off evaluation
- Experience in modern engineering environments: iterative delivery, continuous experimentation and outcome-driven execution
- Experience with solutioning and pre-sales engagements
- Executive stakeholder management experience
- Strong commercial acumen
- Demonstrated expertise in AI-assisted software development (mandatory)
- Extensive hands-on experience using AI engineering tools such as Claude, Cursor, V0 or equivalent and Vercel
- Experience developing agents, sub-agents, workflow orchestration and automation with agents
- Proven ability to integrate Agentic Engineering into engineering workflows and establish best practices
- Ability to mentor engineers on AI-native development approaches and foster continuous learning
- History of delivering digital results in both technical and sales/marketing roles
- Multiple Experience Cloud Architect or Business Practitioner Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) certifications
- Most required experience performed as a direct Adobe customer or as a consultant deploying Adobe services
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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