Reusable components
Self contained building blocks for text, images, banners and page sections, built on the AEM Core Components where they fit, extended or replaced where they do not.
Adobe and Commerce
Hire an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai for Sites
A developer who builds the components, templates and page structure that let your editorial team author content in Adobe Experience Manager Sites without touching code.
- 4.7 Google rating
- 200+ clients
- In Dubai since 2018
45 minutesto a fixed written quote
A business considering whether to hire an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai is usually past the question of which content management platform to use. Adobe Experience Manager, or AEM, is already the standard, often chosen at group or regional level, and the task in front of them is making its Sites side actually work for the people who author pages every day: marketing teams, editors and regional content owners who should never need a developer to change a headline or swap an image.
Sites development in AEM is a specific discipline. It means building components that editors drag onto a page, editable templates that define what each page type allows, and dialogues that constrain what an author can and cannot change, so that pages stay on brand without a developer reviewing every edit. Getting this structure right at the start is what makes an AEM investment pay off; getting it wrong means every future page needs a developer’s time.
What Sites development delivers
What an Adobe AEM developer builds for Sites
Most businesses that hire an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai want these building blocks in place before an editorial team goes live.
Editable templates
Page level structure that defines what layout and components a page type allows, so a new landing page can be built by an author without a developer involved.
Authoring dialogues
The forms editors see in the side panel, with the right fields, validation and defaults so content stays consistent even when many people are authoring it.
Front end templates and styling
The HTL and client side code that renders each component correctly, matched to your existing design system rather than a generic starting point.
Experience Fragments
Reusable content blocks, such as a promotional banner or a footer, that can be authored once and reused across pages or, where needed, across regional sites.
Workflow and permission setup
Authoring permissions and, where needed, approval workflows that match who should be able to publish which kind of page.
Skills that matter
What to check before you hire an Adobe AEM developer
Skills specific to Sites authoring, not general web development.
| Skill or tool | What good looks like | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Core Components | Extends and configures the standard components before writing a new one from scratch | Rebuilding what Adobe already maintains adds cost and future upgrade risk |
| Editable template design | Designs templates around how editors actually build pages, not just what is technically possible | A template that is too rigid or too open causes support requests for years |
| HTL (HTML Template Language) | Writes clean, testable HTL rather than mixing logic and markup carelessly | Front end code that authors and other developers can both understand and maintain |
| Dialogue and content modelling | Plans the fields an author needs before building the dialogue, including validation and sensible defaults | A confusing dialogue causes editors to make mistakes or avoid the CMS altogether |
| Package and deployment discipline | Understands how content and code packages move between environments cleanly | A messy deployment process is where most AEM projects lose time after launch |
Adobe documents its Core Components and the component and template model in detail, and a developer who can point to specific parts of that documentation, rather than describing AEM from memory, is usually the stronger candidate when you hire an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai for a Sites project.
How this role is engaged
Ways to work with an Adobe AEM developer
Most AEM Sites work suits a dedicated developer who joins an existing implementation and continues building components and templates as your site grows, billed monthly and directed by your team. Project based work fits a scoped piece, such as a new component library or a redesign of your templates, delivered and handed over against a written scope. Consulting suits a review of an existing AEM implementation before a large content initiative begins, and recruitment support fits a business building its own permanent AEM team, since when you hire an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai to sit inside your organisation long term, sourcing and technical assessment is often the harder part.
Useful before we scope this
- Whether you run AEM as a Cloud Service or an on premise version
- Your existing design system, if one exists
- Who authors content and how often pages change
- Any Experience Fragments or reused content blocks already in place
Assessing a candidate
How to assess an Adobe AEM developer
Before you hire an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai, these checks are aimed at Sites authoring work specifically, not general web development.
Ask them to walk through a component they built
A real component, not a tutorial example. Ask what the authoring dialogue looked like and why they made the choices they did.
Review a template they designed
Ask what the template allowed and restricted, and why. A template that is either too rigid or completely open usually means the design step was skipped.
Ask about a deployment that went wrong
Package conflicts and content versus code separation are common failure points in AEM. A candidate with a real story, and what changed afterwards, is worth more than a clean answer with no detail.
Show them a design and ask how they would componentise it
A short mockup or existing page is enough. Their answer shows whether they think in reusable building blocks or one off page code.
Ask how they would explain the CMS to a new editor
Since editors, not developers, use the finished result every day, someone who can explain authoring simply is more likely to have built it with editors in mind.
Certifications
Certifications worth asking an Adobe AEM developer for
AEM has an active vendor certification programme, so this is a fair thing to ask before you hire an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai.
Adobe Experience Manager Sites Developer
A Professional or Expert level credential focused specifically on Sites development, the closest match to this page. Adobe’s certification catalogue lists the current levels and requirements, which change as Adobe updates the exam.
Verify it, do not just take the claim
Adobe issues a digital badge for a passed exam, which a candidate can share and which names the exact certification and level. We can include a named certification as a requirement when we shortlist candidates for you, and ask to see the badge before you take a claim at face value.
UAE considerations
Bilingual authoring for an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai
A common requirement once AEM serves an Arabic speaking audience alongside English.
Right to left templates
Components and templates built for an English site do not automatically render correctly in Arabic. A right to left layout needs to be planned into the component and template design, not bolted on afterwards.
Multi site management for regional content
Where a business needs the same components authored differently across UAE and other regional sites, AEM’s multi site handling should be part of the template design from the start, so editors are not duplicating work by hand.
When you hire an Adobe AEM developer in Dubai, this role sits inside our Adobe and Commerce category, part of hire developers in Dubai. For the wider Adobe Experience Manager platform, including migration to AEM as a Cloud Service, Assets and Forms, see our Adobe Experience Manager developer page. Where AEM connects to Analytics, Target or Campaign, our Adobe Experience Cloud developer page covers that integration work, and for the commerce side of Adobe’s platform, see our Adobe Commerce developer page. If the finished site needs broader front end work, our UI UX design team can support the visual design behind the templates.
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
What does an Adobe AEM developer actually build?
Components, editable templates, authoring dialogues and the client side and server side logic behind them, so that a marketing or content team can assemble pages in the AEM Sites editor without a developer touching every change.
Is this the same as hiring an Adobe Experience Manager developer?
It is the same underlying product, described by its short name. This page centres on Sites authoring work: components, templates and content structure. Our Adobe Experience Manager developer page covers the platform more broadly, including migration to AEM as a Cloud Service, Assets and Forms.
Do we need AEM as a Cloud Service or is the older 6.5 version fine?
That depends on your existing deployment and contract with Adobe. If you are choosing a starting point today, ask us to walk through the difference during the brief, since it affects how components are built and deployed.
Can an AEM developer also handle Assets or Forms?
Sites, Assets and Forms are separate parts of the AEM product, and a developer's depth in each varies. Tell us which parts your project touches and we match the brief to someone with the right experience, rather than assuming Sites skills cover all three.
How do we brief an AEM Sites project?
Describe the pages or page types your editors need to build, which fields should be editable and by whom, and any existing design system or component library. You receive a written fixed price proposal scoped to that brief.
Sources
- Adobe Experience League: Components Overview, Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service accessed 14 September 2026
- Adobe Experience League: Editable Templates, Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service accessed 14 September 2026
- Adobe Experience League: Adobe Experience Manager Certification Overview accessed 14 September 2026
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- English and Arabic work, with proper right to left layout
- One team for design, marketing, web, media and copy
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