Senior Backend AEM Developer (Freelance)

Instrument is a digital product and brand experience agency of more than 400 talented people on a dozen different teams, each focused on particular clients and dedicated to producing best-in-class work. Our shift to a remote-first model has only strengthened and diversified our company culture, and we’re committed to career advancement, personal support, and a healthy work/life balance for everyone we hire.
Instrument is excited to connect with Senior Backend AEM Developers who are open to contract engagements. We are looking for enthusiastic collaborators who are passionate about their craft and flexible in their work engagements. We’re hoping to find AEM Developers with experience in the technical design and implementation of large public-facing web sites and have the appropriate certifications. You like architecting solutions and implementing them while working collaboratively in large teams.
We have an immediate opening for a Senior Backend AEM Architect to partner with our team of developers and designers to make updates to an existing functionality of a long term client's platform and build a new experience with enhancements to customize specifically for campaigns and it's relevant content. 
Start Date: 12/18/2023Tentative End Date: 1/26/2024Dates/Hours: 12/18-1/13 40 hours/week1/15-1/26 20 hours/week

What You'll Do

• Build and release updates and support existing software built by our products team
• Diagram and document systems and processes
• Clearly communicate with your product manager and team throughout projects
• Engage and consult with stakeholders
• Work collaboratively and proactively in a multidisciplinary team environment
• Do great work and be great to work with

What You'll Bring

• 2+ years experience in backend experience with AEM DevOps
• 2+ years experience with GraphQL 
• 2+ years experience with React or Angular
• Strongly prefer AEM Expert Developer (Sites) Certification; should be working toward or also have their Master Architect (Sites) cert.

Pay Range

• The expected pay range for this role is $65-84 per hour of US 3
• Our company has three regional pay bands that it adheres to depending on your location, we reference them as US 1, US 2, and US 3.
• US 3 is our base pay. Examples of cities in US 3 are Portland, Houston and Miami.
• US 2 pay is 7.5% higher than US 3 to meet the market rates. Examples of cities in US 2 are Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle.
• US 1 pay is 15% higher than US 3 to meet market rates. Examples of cities in US 1 are Brooklyn and San Francisco.
• If you are curious which region you are in, please apply and get connected with our recruiting team!