AEM Tech Lead Engineer

At Tennis Australia, we’re creating a more playful world through tennis – for everyone.

From grassroots to Grand Slams, tennis brings people together, inspires communities, and builds champions on and off the court.

We’re a team of imaginative and passionate people who believe in the power of sport to make a difference. If you're ready to help us serve up real impact, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re committed to reflecting the communities we work and play in. We strongly encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disability, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

About The Role

We are seeking an AEM Tech Lead Engineer to join our Technology team on a permanent, full-time basis.

As the AEM Tech Lead Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for our AEM Platform Squad, driving the authoring experience and digital customer experiences across key Tennis Australia platforms, including tennis.com.au.

The squad is responsible for building and integrating dynamic digital experiences and services, including video and multimedia content, calendars and scheduling tools, forms, social media feeds, advertising placements, tournament schedules, results and draws, as well as global navigation components.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will combine deep technical expertise with people leadership, ensuring scalable, secure and high-performing solutions are delivered in line with stakeholder expectations and AEM best practices.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the technical direction and roadmap for Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS), ensuring alignment with business objectives and digital experience goals.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable AEM solutions, including components, templates, workflows, content fragments, experience fragments and integrations.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to developers, promoting engineering excellence, quality delivery and best practices.
• Lead full-stack solution delivery across AEM, React, Node.js, Java, REST and GraphQL APIs, and third-party platforms.
• Manage AEM Cloud environments, Cloud Manager pipelines, deployments, performance optimisation, security, monitoring and production support.
• Champion Agile delivery, automated testing, continuous improvement, innovation and effective technical documentation.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring a combination of strong AEM technical expertise, leadership capability and a passion for delivering exceptional digital experiences.

Must Have

• 4–5+ years of hands-on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) experience, supported by a strong software engineering background.
• Proven experience delivering AEM as a Cloud Service (AEMaaCS) solutions, including Cloud Manager, Dispatcher configuration, deployments and performance optimisation.
• Deep knowledge of AEM architecture, including Sling, OSGi, JCR, CRX, workflows, templates, content fragments and experience fragments.
• Strong full-stack development experience across Java, Node.js, TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS/SASS and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience designing, building and integrating RESTful and GraphQL APIs, along with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows and automated testing practices.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, mentoring developers and delivering enterprise-scale solutions in production environments.

Nice to Have

• Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) certification or other Adobe Experience Cloud certifications.
• Experience with Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Campaign or other Adobe Experience Cloud products.
• Exposure to Elasticsearch and enterprise search implementations.
• Experience with AWS, Azure or other cloud platforms and related certifications.
• Experience supporting high-traffic digital platforms, large-scale websites or live event environments.
• A passion for innovation, continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and building high-performing teams.

Additional Requirements

• Hold, or be willing to obtain, a current Police Check and Working with Children Check.
• Flexibility to support occasional out-of-hours activities associated with Tennis Australia events and operations.
• A collaborative, growth mindset aligned to Tennis Australia's values of Imagination, Collaboration, Humility and Excellence.

What’s to love?

• Career development with a range of formal education and on the job training opportunities
• Tickets to the Australian Open plus Superbox tickets to events at Rod Laver & John Cain Arena
• Monthly health & wellbeing activities with access to CorePlus Pilates
• Onsite gym, tennis facilities & free onsite car parking
• Salary packaging & a range of discounts from our sponsorship partners
• Attractive leave benefits - with up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave for all primary caregivers and Sorry Business and Ceremonial Leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees
• We are proud to be recognised as an employer of choice for women by WORK180

To Apply

If you think you’re up to the challenge, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your resume and cover letter via our online application system. Please note, only applications submitted through our system will be considered.

If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application process, please contact ***email_hidden***.

Applications close the 24th of July; however, we will be reviewing applications as they are received, therefore this role may close sooner if we find the right candidate.

Tennis Australia is committed to providing a safe environment for all tennis participants, including children and young people. It is essential everyone involved with delivering tennis in Australia understands their responsibility in relation to child-safety.

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