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Audience Platform Architect

Adobe Journey OptimizerAdobe Experience PlatformAJOAEPReal-Time CDPKafkaREST APIJavaScriptHTMLCustomer JourneyCampaign OrchestrationEvent-driven ArchitectureData StreamingMarTechAPI IntegrationOffer DecisioningData GovernanceGDPRCCPA

Key details

Salary

Not specified

Employment type

Full-time

Seniority

Mid-level

Years experience

3-5

Location

Bengaluru, India

Full job description

Seeking an Associate Technical Architect with 4-7 years experience focused on Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO) and Adobe Experience Platform (AEP). Responsibilities include designing and implementing customer journey workflows, configuring AJO channels (Email, SMS, Push, In-App, Web), collaborating with architects and stakeholders, managing audience segments in AEP Real-Time CDP, defining XDM schemas and data flows, developing custom actions and API integrations, implementing offer decisioning and personalization, ensuring compliance with data governance and privacy regulations, supporting QA and go-live activities, documenting technical designs, monitoring journey performance, and contributing to knowledge sharing. Required skills: hands-on AJO experience, strong AEP knowledge, event-driven architecture, REST API integration, JavaScript/HTML, data ingestion pipelines. Education: Bachelor's in Engineering (CS/Data/IT) or equivalent with strong communication and analytical skills. Certification: AD0-E607 Adobe Journey Optimizer Business Practitioner Professional required.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement end-to-end customer journey workflows using Adobe Journey Optimizer, including event-triggered, scheduled, and audience-based journeys
  • Configure and maintain AJO channel surfaces (Email, SMS, Push, In-App, Web) and ensure proper integration with downstream systems
  • Collaborate with senior architects to translate business requirements into AJO-based technical solutions and journey logic
  • Build and manage audience segments in AEP Real-Time CDP to power AJO journey entries and campaign targeting
  • Define XDM schemas, datasets, and data flow configurations to support journey orchestration use cases
  • Develop and manage custom actions and API-based integrations within AJO for connecting external platforms
  • Implement offer decisioning and personalization logic using AJO Decision Management
  • Conduct technical reviews of journey configurations, ensuring compliance with data governance, privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA), and platform best practices
  • Support QA, UAT, and go-live activities for AJO-based campaign and journey deployments
  • Document technical designs, integration specifications, and operational runbooks for AJO implementations
  • Monitor journey performance, troubleshoot issues in data flows and channel deliverability, and optimize based on analytics
  • Contribute to knowledge sharing, internal enablement sessions, and best practice development for AJO

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with Adobe Journey Optimizer – journey design, campaign orchestration, and event-triggered workflows
  • Strong working knowledge of Adobe Experience Platform – Real-Time CDP, Identity Service, Experience Data Model, and Data Flows
  • Experience with AJO channel configurations: Email, SMS, Push Notifications, In-App, and Web
  • Proficiency in building audience segments, activation rules, and decisioning logic within AJO
  • Understanding of event-driven architecture and real-time data streaming (Kafka, Adobe Launch / Tags)
  • Experience with REST API integrations for AJO custom actions and external system connectivity
  • Working knowledge of JavaScript / HTML for content personalization and offer decisioning
  • Familiarity with data ingestion pipelines (batch and streaming) into AEP
  • Bachelor's in Engineering with specialization in Computer Science, Data, or IT or graduates from other fields with strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • AD0-E607 Adobe Journey Optimizer Business Practitioner Professional certification

Tech stack

Adobe Journey OptimizerAdobe Experience PlatformReal-Time CDPIdentity ServiceExperience Data ModelKafkaAdobe LaunchREST APIJavaScriptHTMLAdobe TargetAdobe AnalyticsAdobe CampaignSalesforce Marketing CloudBrazeMarketoPostmanAWSGCPAzure

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