Open to Senior AEM Developer & Architect roles

Hi, I'm Phanindra Valavala, a Senior AEM Developer in New York.

I build enterprise web platforms on Adobe Experience Manager.

From architecture and custom components to production deployment on AEM as a Cloud Service and AEM 6.1 – 6.5, for organizations in financial services, education, and healthcare.

Get in touch → View experience4 roles · 2013 – now
10+ yearsAdobe Experience Manager
Adobe CertifiedAEM Sites Developer
AEM as a Cloud Serviceand AEM 6.1 – 6.5
core/models/Engineer.java Java 
@Model(adaptables = Resource.class)
public class Engineer {

  @ValueMapValue
  private String name = "Phanindra Valavala";
  private String role = "Senior AEM Developer";
  private String city = "New York, NY";
  private int years  = 10;

  private String[] stack = {
    "AEMaaCS", "AEM 6.x", "Sling",
    "OSGi", "HTL", "Java", "React"
  };

  public boolean isOpenToWork() {
    return true;
  }
}
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Experience with

About

Developer, architect, and mentor.

In one line

I take AEM implementations end to end: requirements, architecture, build, and production.

I build the components, templates, workflows and DAM structures that let content teams move fast. Underneath is the Java and Spring foundation I started my career with, so the backend stays clean and the upgrades stay cheap.

Financial servicesEducationHealthcarePharma
Now
Senior AEM Developer
at PNC, since December 2021
Certified
Adobe Certified Professional
AEM Sites Developer
Based in
New York, NY
Open to remote or on-site
Platforms
6.16.26.36.46.5Cloud Service
Developer

Components, Sling Models and OSGi services, built clean and unit tested.

Architect

DAM structures, templates and content models, designed with the people who use them.

Mentor

Trains incoming AEM developers and gets them project-ready, fast.

MS, Computer Science

Metropolitan College of New York
IT · Alderson Broaddus University

Experience

10+ years building on AEM.

Four organizations across four industries, drawn to scale since 2013. Pick a role to see the details.

MS in CS
Today
PNC

Senior AEM Developer

Current role
Dec 2021 – Present4 yrs 10 mosPittsburgh, PAFinancial services

Regulated content, strict corporate standards, and editorial teams who need the platform to just work.

Highlights

  • Build custom components and forms for PNC's internet and intranet sites
  • Migrated components to touch UI dialogs, with scripts that keep Classic UI backward compatible
  • Develop Sling servlets, OSGi services and enhancements for components and templates
  • Spring services and a Hibernate DAO layer for business data
  • Mockito unit tests, and automated Maven and Jenkins builds and deploys

Stack

AEMHTLSlingOSGiReactSASSSpringHibernateMockitoJenkins
Los Angeles County Office of Education

Senior AEM Developer

Oct 2018 – Dec 20213 yrs 3 mosDowney, CAEducation

Many departments, one platform. Getting the structure right meant listening before building.

Highlights

  • Owned complete AEM implementations, from requirements to production
  • Designed DAM folder hierarchies and metadata schemas for higher-education content
  • Worked with stakeholders across departments to align DAM capabilities with institutional goals
  • Author, Publish and Dispatcher administration, including Apache Dispatcher configuration
  • Templates, custom components, workflow models, blueprints and SPA work
  • Built capability around Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target and Adobe Campaign

Stack

AEM AssetsDispatcherOSGiFelixJCRSPAAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Target
BayCare Health System

AEM Developer

May 2017 – Sep 20181 yr 5 mosClearwater, FLHealthcare

Patient-facing content across many sites, where uptime and consistency matter.

Highlights

  • Created and maintained AEM 6.1 and 6.2 content management systems
  • Templates and components built with Sightly (HTL) and Sling Models
  • Designed cloud-based deployment models: private, community and public
  • Custom AEM workflows and OSGi services, and a Multi-Site Management strategy
  • Configured Author and Publish, replication agents and Dispatcher caching

Stack

AEM 6.1 / 6.2SightlySling ModelsMSMMongoDBJUnitJasmine
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

Java Developer

Mar 2013 – Jul 20152 yrs 5 mosMumbai, IndiaPharma

The backend foundation that still shapes every AEM service I write.

Highlights

  • Spring MVC controllers delegating requests to the backend tier
  • RESTful web services producing JSON responses
  • Hibernate ORM persistence and DAO layer on Oracle
  • SQL and PL/SQL stored procedures and functions
  • WebSphere configuration, and Linux deployments to test and production

Stack

JavaSpring MVCHibernateOraclePL/SQLRESTWebSphere

Expertise

The full AEM stack, front to back.

Component development

Custom components and editable templates on Core Components, Sling Models and HTL, with touch UI dialogs authors find easy.

Backend & integration

OSGi services, Sling servlets and bundles connecting AEM to Spring apps and web services, with Java, Hibernate and REST.

DAM & content architecture

Asset folder hierarchies, metadata schemas, workflow models and Multi-Site Management blueprints that stay findable for years.

Front end & SPA

Responsive, accessible interfaces in React, JavaScript, SASS and HTML5, including SPA Editor work.

Delivery & platform ops

AEM as a Cloud Service and AEM 6.x environments: Author, Publish and Dispatcher setup, replication and caching, with Maven, Git and Jenkins pipelines.

Adobe Experience Cloud

Working experience with Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target and Adobe Campaign, including campaign content and segmentation.

How I work

Model. Build. Ship.

STEP 01

Model

Sit with stakeholders and authors. Map the content, DAM structure, templates and integrations before any code gets written.

STEP 02

Build

Components, Sling Models, OSGi services and workflows, reviewed and unit tested. Reuse Core Components first, then extend.

STEP 03

Ship

Automated builds through Maven and Jenkins, tuned Dispatcher caching, and support for editorial teams after launch.

At a glance

A track record across the platform.

10+Years building on Adobe Experience Manager
4Industries: finance, education, healthcare and pharma
CloudAEM as a Cloud Service, plus AEM 6.1 through 6.5
E2EFull AEM implementations owned, from requirements to production

Contact

Let's build something that lasts.

I'm open to senior AEM development, AEM lead and architect roles, remote or on-site. I'm happy to talk about roles, projects or AEM platform challenges.

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