AEM Frontend Developer
Virtusa.com
Office
AP
Full Time
AEM Frontend Developer - (CREQ239604)
Description
- Key Responsibilities
- Develop responsive and accessible AEM components using HTL (Sightly), TypeScript, React, and client side technologies.
- Implement consistent and scalable UI styling and theme systems (e.g., CSS Modules, Tailwind, Styled Components, Emotion, Sass).
- Build React components using TypeScript, ensuring type safety and maintainability.
- Implement design system tokens and global theming (light/dark modes, brand styles, component level customizations).
- Integrate React applications within AEM (SPA Editor, AEM headless, Content Fragments).
- Manage AEM client libraries, Sling Models, editable templates, and component structures.
- Work with style guides, design systems, Figma/Adobe XD files, and translate them into clean, maintainable UI code.
- Optimize UI for performance, SEO, accessibility (WCAG), and cross browser/device compatibility.
- Integrate with REST/GraphQL APIs to populate UI with dynamic content.
- Collaborate in code reviews, architecture planning, and frontend standards definition.
- Required Skills & Experience
- 7 10 years of frontend development with strong skills in React TypeScript.
- Hands on development experience with AEM 6.x or AEM as a Cloud Service.
- Proficiency with HTML5, modern CSS, Sass, CSS in JS, and component based styling.
- Experience building scalable theming systems, including:
- Design tokens
- Global theme definitions
- Brand specific style overrides
- Dark/light mode strategies
- Experience working with Tailwind, Styled Components, Emotion, Sass, or equivalent styling frameworks.
- Expertise in building AEM components using HTL, Sling Models, and clientlib configurations.
- Experience with AEM SPA Editor or headless AEM.
- Strong understanding of responsive design, layout systems (Flexbox, Grid), and accessibility.
- Familiarity with Git, CI/CD workflows, and modern build tools (webpack, Vite, Babel).