Front End Developer AEM

Function

Our Company

We’re Hitachi Vantara, the data foundation trusted by the world’s innovators. Our resilient, high-performance data infrastructure means that customers – from banks to theme parks ­– can focus on achieving the incredible with data.

If you’ve seen the Las Vegas Sphere, you’ve seen just one example of how we empower businesses to automate, optimize, innovate – and wow their customers. Right now, we’re laying the foundation for our next wave of growth. We’re looking for people who love being part of a diverse, global team – and who get excited about making a real-world impact with data.

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Front-End Developer (AEM) to join our Corporate Marketing team and support development for HitachiVantara.com. In this role, you will lead front-end execution, manage the web development queue, and collaborate closely with our digital agency to ensure high-quality delivery of both front-end and AEM related development work.

The ideal candidate brings strong Adobe Experience Manager experience, deep modern front-end expertise, and the ability to drive efficient, high-quality execution across multiple stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, test, debug, and maintain front-end code for HitachiVantara.com, ensuring adherence to best practices and performance standards.
• Manage the web development queue, prioritizing and assigning tasks according to business needs and timelines.
• Partner with the Sr. Manager of Web Experience to execute the website roadmap, including new features and optimizations.
• Coordinate with our digital agency on AEM back-end development efforts, ensuring all work meets standards and delivery expectations.
• Manage and execute deployments through Adobe Cloud Manager, including pipeline configuration, branch management, and environment promotion across dev, staging, and production.
• Collaborate with design, content, analytics, and other cross-functional partners to deliver high-quality user experiences.
• Serve as the internal AEM front-end subject matter expert, providing technical guidance and support.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex front-end and AEM-related issues in partnership with back-end developers.
• Support third-party integrations including marketing automation platforms, analytics, and API-driven content sources.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Web Development, or related field—or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional front-end development experience; previous senior or lead responsibilities preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js).
• Strong hands-on experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including component development and the AEM authoring/publishing lifecycle.
• Experience with Adobe Cloud Manager for CI/CD pipeline management, environment configuration, and deployment workflows.
• Proficiency with Git, including managing multiple remotes, branch strategies, and resolving merge conflicts across internal and vendor repositories.
• Proficiency in responsive design, mobile-first UI, and modern CSS architecture (Flexbox, Grid, BEM, SASS/SCSS, or similar).
• Experience integrating and consuming RESTful APIs and working with asynchronous JavaScript patterns.
• Understanding of front-end performance optimization (code splitting, lazy loading, Lighthouse audits, web vitals).
• Familiarity with Webpack and related front-end build tooling.
• Experience collaborating with external agencies and internal cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Familiarity with web accessibility (WCAG) standards and SEO best practices.
• Awareness of AEM-specific technologies such as HTL/Sightly, Sling models, OSGi components, client libraries, and dispatcher caching.
• Basic understanding of Java/back-end AEM development for effective collaboration with back-end developers.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to support a global, industry-leading brand.
• Collaborative, fast-paced marketing and digital experience organization.

About us

We’re a global team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion for insight to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can a make positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can inspire the future, this is the place to fulfil your purpose and achieve your potential.

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.