Principal Adobe Architect

Summary

Join Bounteous as an Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) Architect to design, architect, and oversee enterprise-scale AEP implementations using Real-Time CDP (RTCDP). This role blends deep technical expertise with strategic consulting, collaborating with internal teams, clients, and Adobe partners. You will be a trusted advisor, ensuring AEP solutions align with client marketing objectives, scalability, and performance. Lead the design and delivery of scalable AEP solutions, define XDM schemas, migrate customer profiles, and optimize AEP implementations. Collaborate with clients, present solutions, conduct workshops, and serve as a subject matter expert. Support business development, contribute to packaged offerings, and stay current with AEP and industry trends. This position requires strong technical skills, client-facing abilities, and a deep understanding of marketing technology.

Requirements

• 10+ years in marketing technology solution architecture, with minimum 3 full end-to-end AEP implementations
• Adobe Experience Platform certifications at Professional, Expert, or Master level
• Completed Adobe Developer and Architect training (“badge”) for AEP
• Strong experience designing and implementing XDM schemas, migrating profiles, and setting up identity resolution in AEP
• Experience identifying functional and non-functional requirements, and translating them into scalable architectures
• Strong understanding of personalization strategies, marketing data models, and omnichannel orchestration
• Proficient in SQL for data analysis
• Exceptional client-facing, presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Marketing Analytics, or related field—or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and delivery of scalable AEP solutions, including data ingestion, identity resolution, segmentation, and omnichannel activation
• Define XDM Individual Profile and XDM Experience Event schemas in AEP; migrate customer profiles from legacy systems to AEP
• Optimize AEP implementations for performance, scalability, and governance while ensuring compliance with Adobe’s security model and client privacy requirements
• Develop integration strategies between AEP and other Adobe Experience Cloud solutions (Target, Campaign, AEM, Audience Manager, Analytics) and non-Adobe platforms (Salesforce, Braze, Iterable)
• Collaborate with client business and technical teams to gather requirements, define use cases, and create end-to-end solution designs
• Present solutions, roadmaps, and technical recommendations to senior-level stakeholders
• Conduct workshops, demos, and training sessions for client and internal teams on AEP best practices
• Serve as a go-to subject matter expert for personalization strategies, customer data management, and marketing technology optimization
• Support business development by creating solution proposals, scoping estimates, and demonstrating AEP capabilities
• Contribute to packaged offerings, accelerators, and reusable assets that streamline delivery and maximize ROI
• Stay current with AEP product roadmap, industry trends, and emerging marketing technologies to inform solution strategies
• Promote and enforce awareness of key information security practices, including acceptable use of information assets, malware protection, and password security protocols
• Identify, assess, and report security risks, focusing on how these risks impact the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets
• Understand and evaluate how data is stored, processed, or transmitted, ensuring compliance with data privacy and protection standards (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
• Ensure data protection measures are integrated throughout the information lifecycle to safeguard sensitive information

Preferred Qualifications

Deep knowledge of AEP RTCDP - AJO and CJA are plusses - and how they integrate with Adobe Target, Campaign, Audience Manager, and AEM

Benefits

$160,000 - $200,000 a year