AEM Software Developer - 12 Month Term

Why WestJet :

Every WestJet journey has the potential to enrich lives; a career with us is no exception.

WestJet arrived on the Canadian airline scene in 1996 and changed the industry for the better. We made air travel more affordable for Canadians and now we're going global.

Join us and love where you’re going.

Overview of the role :

We are seeking a AEM Software Developer to be an active member of our Digital product development team - which is responsible for building responsive, secure, and innovative solutions for WestJet.com

This role will provide technical expertise and lead the development team in creating high-quality software solutions by designing and developing high-quality components, templates, dialogues, widgets, and bundles within the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Platform.

Applies industry-standard processes, practices, and techniques. Leads the development and assists Product and business stakeholders to develop appropriate object-oriented software systems that meet WestJet's business, technical and quality requirements.

This position requires an energetic self-starter with a strong work ethic and willingness to learn, mentor, and contribute to a fast-paced environment.

Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with others are essential.

Key deliverables include :

• Work with business stakeholders to define and prepare functional and design specifications of new features / products on the CMS platform
• Provide accurate estimates for developmental effort, complexity, and risk for AEM development sustainment streams and capital projects
• Work closely with internal and external developers, as well as Product Owner and stakeholders
• Assist technical support staff, project managers, and users as needed to support business applications by diagnosing complex production issues requiring extensive analysis and troubleshooting
• Balance multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced Agile / Scrum environment
• Design and develop automated unit and integration tests for front and back end code that define and validate feature / product requirements
• Design and develop robust new AEM components or modify existing ones, including their configuration, Java code, client libraries, and templates that meet business, technical and quality requirements
• Work with technology, product, and business partners to design and develop reusable templates, components, and services
• Identify and document functional and technical requirements
• Provide technical expertise in how to manage code and resolve conflicts with other development initiatives
• Collaborate with tech leads, front end developers, backend developers, QA, business stakeholders, and Product owners to design and build a front-end experience in AEM
• Quickly understand and be responsible for a complex codebase and the relationship between AEM front end, AEM back end, middleware, and various API
• Work closely with Vendor partner to ensure sound practices regarding site architecture, performance and reliability, and content delivery are in place
• Participate in an On-Call support rotation ensuring the uptime of the web properties
• Review and approve / decline pull requests for merging code into the main branches of the WestJet git repository
• Ability to proactively identify and resolve issues that impact an overall implementation effort.

Experience and qualifications :

• 3+ years of development experience working in Adobe Experience Manager (Adobe AEM version 6.x+)
• Recognized Diploma at a College / Technical School or Bachelor's Degree (Technical / Business / Science)
• Significant experience in building sites, templates, components, or integrations with Adobe Experience Manager
• Experience with mentoring or training junior developers in AEM specific product knowledge integration and development AEM Specific Core Components
• Understanding the broader Adobe Marketing Cloud product stack, web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3, client-side scripting, and JavaScript frameworks
• Strong experience in using the following aspects of AEM : Sling, Dialog Configuration, authoring environment, CRX DE, Package Manager, User Administration Area, Assets Area, OSGi consoles
• Strong experience in Javascript, Servlet, and JSP environment
• Experience with DevOps, including Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI / CD) pipelines, agile development, and release / configuration management.

Preferably using, but not limited to, Azure Dev Ops or Adobe Cloud Manager

Strong experience with or similar to, the following technology related to the above : Java, HTML, Javascript, JQuery, Vue.

js, CSS, XML, JSON, HTL (sightly), OSGI, Java Content Repository (JCR), Apache Maven, Adobe Dynamic Media, Linux

• Experience analyzing business requirements, functional requirements, and system-wide technical specifications and interfaces
• Experience in creating OSGI bundles, AEM Templates / Components, Workflow
• 3+ years of experience in Java, J2EE, Spring, Ajax, OSGI, JCR, and SQL
• Nice to have Adobe Certified Expert as AEM developer or AEM architect or Comparable CMS certification
• Expertise in mobile web development and responsive web design
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Excellent planning and organizational skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Expertise in web usability (UI / UX design) and SEO

The benefits of being a WestJetter :

WestJet provides all WestJetters with a competitive total rewards package. On top of that, we offer :

• A fun and friendly culture with colleagues who work together to win
• Travel privileges for you and your family, effective from your start date
• Savings and Benefit programs that are flexible to meet your specific needs
30+ days ago