VML, part of WPP, is a leading creative company that combines brand experience, customer experience, and commerce, creating connected brands to drive growth. VML is celebrated for its innovative and human first, award-winning work for blue chip client partners including AstraZeneca, Colgate-Palmolive, Dell, Ford, Microsoft, Nestlé, The Coca-Cola Company, and Wendy's. The agency is recognized by the Forrester Wave™ Reports, as a Leader among Marketing Creative and Content Service Providers, Commerce Services, Global Digital Experience Services, Global Marketing Services and, most recently, Marketing Measurement & Optimization. In addition, VML’s specialist health network, VML Health, is one of the world’s largest and most awarded health agencies. VML’s global network is powered by 26,000 talented people across 55+ markets, with principal offices in Kansas City, New York, Detroit, London, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney.
About WPP
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We are VML Enterprise Solutions - a group of talented engineers, tech experts, and creators who combine our passions and contribute to the IT world. You may know us better as Wunderman Thompson Technology – in 2024 we changed our name, but at the same time, we remained a great team of people who deliver our best. We design, build, manage and run complex technology platforms and help our clients to benefit from our work and creativity.
The opportunity:We are looking for a highly skilled AEM Developer with 5+ years of strong hands-on experience in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM Cloud plus 6.x and above). The role is focused on coding, customizing, and extending AEM capabilities to build high-performance, scalable, and maintainable enterprise-level digital platforms.
What you’ll be doing:- Develop and implement AEM components, templates, dialogs, and workflows.
- Write efficient and reusable code using Java, Sling, OSGi, and JCR APIs.
- Build and extend Sling models, servlets, filters, and schedulers.
- Implement HTL (Sightly) for component development and front-end integration.
- Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript into AEM.
- Configure and optimize AEM Dispatcher caching for performance.
- Develop and consume RESTful/GraphQL APIs for integration with external systems.
- Work with Digital Asset Management (DAM) features like metadata schemas, renditions, and workflows.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize AEM code and performance issues.
- Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and CI/CD pipeline deployment.
- 5+ years of experience in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.x/Cloud Service).
- Strong programming skills in Java 8+, OSGi, Sling, JCR, HTL (Sightly).
- Hands-on experience with:
- AEM Sites (components, templates, content fragments, experience fragments).
- Dispatcher configuration, caching, and CDN integration.
- Custom workflows, event listeners, and schedulers.
- Strong understanding of Maven, Git, Jenkins/CI-CD pipelines.
- Good knowledge of JSON, REST, GraphQL APIs.
- Experience with unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito, AEM Mocks).
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology.
Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.
Our personality and behaviours: We believe that we are what we do, not just what we say. Our shared values and behaviours show how to bring the VML Enterprise Solution's culture to life through the actions we all take every day:
- Connect Meaningfully
- Inspire Creatively
- Include Purposefully
- Approach Positively
Our brilliant, talented people are what makes VML Enterprise Solutions what we are. That’s why we look for people who go beyond and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday.
AT VML Enterprise SolutionsOur Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.
We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.
As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.
WPP (VML Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.x / AEM Cloud Service)
- Strong programming skills in Java 8+
- Experience with OSGi, Sling, and JCR APIs
- Experience implementing HTL (Sightly) for component development
- Hands-on experience with AEM Sites: components, templates, content fragments, experience fragments
- Dispatcher configuration, caching, and CDN integration
- Developing custom workflows, event listeners, and schedulers
- Experience building/consuming RESTful and GraphQL APIs
- Familiarity with Digital Asset Management (DAM) features and workflows
- Knowledge of Maven, Git, and Jenkins / CI-CD pipelines
- Proficiency with JSON
- Unit testing experience (JUnit, Mockito, AEM Mocks)
- Familiarity with Agile / Scrum methodology
What We Do
VML Enterprise Solutions is VML's technology and transformation unit that unites the agency's technology and data groups to deliver consulting, engineering, data, automation and platform services. It supports global brands with AI-enabled solutions, commerce and customer experience transformation, and scalable platform delivery through integrated consulting and technology capabilities.
