Adobe DXP Architect

About the Role

Brainlake is seeking a highly technical Adobe DXP Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise digital experience platforms. This contract role, based in Riyadh, requires a professional with over 10 years of experience who is comfortable in both stakeholder workshops and technical design reviews. The architect will be responsible for understanding business operations, shaping target architectures across the Adobe Experience Cloud, and guiding delivery teams to produce scalable, production-ready platforms.

Role Context and Impact

This position involves working on enterprise-scale transformation programs with multiple workstreams and demanding stakeholders. The successful candidate will be accountable for outcomes, bringing a distinct point of view to shape solutions, defend architectural decisions, and ensure successful go-live implementations. The role requires a hands-on approach and direct client engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions with business and technology stakeholders to define objectives, current landscapes, and customer experience requirements.
• Define end-to-end target architectures across Adobe Experience Manager (Sites, Assets, Forms) and Adobe Experience Platform (RT-CDP, Journey Optimizer, Target, Analytics / CJA).
• Translate business and experience requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Document key architectural decisions, including AEM as a Cloud Service vs. on-premise/AMS, headless vs. hybrid delivery, and data/identity strategy.
• Design integrations between Adobe products and enterprise platforms (CRM, commerce, ERP, CDPs, identity providers, data warehouses) using APIs, event-driven patterns, and middleware.
• Define data models, XDM schemas, identity resolution, and audience segmentation approaches to support personalization and journey orchestration.
• Provide technical leadership to development teams, including code/design reviews, development standards, CI/CD via Cloud Manager, and environment strategy.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, security, accessibility, and data privacy requirements, including regional data residency.
• Contribute to solutioning, estimation, and scoping for new phases and change requests.
• Prototype and validate approaches to reduce delivery risk.
• Identify opportunities for AI capabilities across the Adobe stack (AI Assistant, generative content, predictive audiences) where business value is created.
• Advise clients on platform roadmap, licensing implications, and adoption best practices.
• Produce high-quality architecture artifacts, including solution designs, integration specifications, and decision records.
• Collaborate with UX, data, marketing, and delivery leads throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications and Experience

• 10+ years in digital or enterprise technology, with 6+ years architecting on the Adobe Experience Cloud.
• Proven track record of leading end-to-end Adobe implementations on large-scale, multi-workstream programs.
• Experience in a consulting or systems integration environment, delivering for enterprise clients within a structured, client-facing model.
• Deep hands-on AEM expertise, including Cloud Service, components and templates, Sling/OSGi, Dispatcher, content and DAM architecture, and headless delivery (GraphQL, Content Fragments).
• Strong working knowledge of AEP and its applications (RT-CDP, AJO, Target, Analytics / CJA), with practical experience in data ingestion, schemas, and identity.
• Solid integration and cloud architecture skills, including REST APIs, Adobe I/O / App Builder, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Ability to communicate architecture clearly to both senior business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Comfort working independently in a contract capacity and quickly integrating into established client teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Adobe certifications such as Adobe Certified Master or Expert (AEM Architect, AEP Architect).
• Experience in regulated or public-sector environments (*, financial services, government, telecoms).
• Experience with Adobe Commerce or Workfront.

Work Environment

This is a contract position based in Riyadh. The role requires an individual who can quickly become productive within client teams and manage responsibilities independently.