Mohamed Chaabani · Software Architect · Tech Lead

18years
of Java/JEE software engineering
12years
of Adobe Experience Manager expertise
12people
managed across 3 teams
4countries
Tunisia · Canada · France · Switzerland

About

A Java developer by training, I made architecture my craft. Since starting out in Quebec in 2008, I have worked for software vendors, digital agencies and major companies such as Engie, Accor and Rolex, and one specialty took hold along the way: Adobe Experience Manager.

My role spans two fields. I design architectures and lead migrations all the way to production, and I manage the teams who deliver them, onshore and offshore. Between business and tech, I am the one who translates, decides and keeps things moving.

Today, I am bringing AI into the core of how we build software, from code generation to automated review.

Role: Software Architect · Tech Lead · Engineering Manager
Specialty: Adobe Experience Manager · Java/JEE · AI
Clients: Rolex · Accor · Engie · Chanel · Renault · Crédit Agricole
Certifications: Adobe Certified Master · AEM Sites Architect (2026) · AWS Solutions Architect – Associate (2023) · Adobe Certified Expert · AEM Sites Developer (2018) · MongoDB for Java Developers (2016)
Languages: French · Arabic · English (TOEIC 930/990)
Location: Île-de-France, France
Availability: Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, Architect

Selected work

RolexOngoingNov 2025 – present

Shaping the CMS future of a luxury brand

Challenge

Choose the CMS roadmap for Rolex's 4 AEM websites, balancing short-term stability with a long-term target.

What I did

Market-wide CMS comparison, PoCs on AEM as a Cloud Service and on Contentstack as a headless CMS, audit of the existing platform and target architecture, led a team of 5 alongside offshore teams.

Result

A two-step roadmap: migrating to AEM 6.5 LTS to secure the platform, then a progressive move to Contentstack in headless mode.

Stack

AEM 6.5 LTS
AEM as a Cloud Service (PoC)
Contentstack (PoC)
HTL
Java 11 / 21
Apache Sling
Dispatcher
GCP
GitLab CI/CD
Node.js
Groovy
Splunk
SonarQube

AccorSep 2023 – Oct 2025

A composable architecture for 10 hotel brands

Challenge

Move the websites of 10 hotel brands off heterogeneous legacy CMSs and onto AEM as a Cloud Service.

What I did

Set up CMS governance, designed a composable architecture with a Spring Boot middleware on AWS and a Redis cache, secured resources and access, provided DAM and Dynamic Media expertise.

Result

Unified governance across all 10 brands, faster websites, and a modern stack that developers are eager to work with.

Stack

AEM as a Cloud Service
HTL
Java 11 / 21
Apache Sling
Apigee
Spring Boot
MySQL
AWS
Redis
GitLab CI/CD
Node.js
Groovy
Splunk
SonarQube

EngieFeb 2017 – Aug 2023

From Lead Developer to Architect on a 2.2-million-customer website

Challenge

Modernize particuliers.engie.fr, Engie's consumer website, without disrupting service.

What I did

Migrated from CQ5.6 to AEM 6.2 then 6.4, redesigned every critical user journey with OKTA integration, moved from a monolith to Domain-Driven Design, managed 3 teams (12 people).

Result

Modern authentication across all critical journeys, and teams organized by business domain that are more autonomous, more efficient and free of duplicated code.

Stack

CQ5
AEM 6.2 / 6.4
HTL
Java 6 → 17
Apache Sling
Spring Boot
JAX-RS
Maven
AWS
CloudWatch
Redis
OKTA

Career

Nov 2025 – present
AEM Enterprise ArchitectRolex, Geneva
CMS roadmap and AEM migration for Rolex's 4 websites, managing a team of 5.
- AEM 6.5 LTS
- AEM as a Cloud Service (PoC)
- Contentstack (PoC)
- HTL
- Java 11 / 21
- Apache Sling
- Dispatcher
- GCP
- GitLab CI/CD
- Node.js
- Groovy
- Splunk
- SonarQube
View the case study
Sep 2023 – Oct 2025
CMS AEM ArchitectAccor
Migration of 10 hotel brands' websites to AEM as a Cloud Service.
- AEM as a Cloud Service
- HTL
- Java 11 / 21
- Apache Sling
- Apigee
- Spring Boot
- MySQL
- AWS
- Redis
- GitLab CI/CD
- Node.js
- Groovy
- Splunk
- SonarQube
View the case study
Feb 2017 – Aug 2023
Engie
Sep 2020 – Aug 2023
Software Architect
Domain-Driven Design architecture, OKTA migration, cross-team management of 3 teams.
- AEM 6.2 / 6.4
- HTL
- Java 8 / 11 / 17
- Apache Sling
- Spring Boot
- JAX-RS
- Maven
- AWS
- CloudWatch
- Redis
- OKTA
Feb 2017 – Aug 2020
Java JEE Lead Developer
CQ5.6 to AEM 6.2 migration, SOAP to REST, unit testing and BDD practices.
- Adobe CQ5
- AEM 6.2 / 6.4
- HTL
- Java 6
- Apache Sling
- Spring Boot
- JAX-RS
- Maven
View the case study
Oct 2015 – Jan 2017
Java JEE Lead DeveloperValtech
Fixed-price CQ5 projects for several clients, delivery automation.
- Adobe CQ5
- Java 6
- Apache Sling
- Groovy
- Shell
Jun 2014 – Sep 2015
Team LeadDigitasLBi
Helios platform for Renault, Nissan, Datsun and Infiniti, led an offshore team in Vietnam.
- Adobe CQ5
- Java
- Apache Sling
- MongoDB
- CXF
- JAX-RS
- Spring 4

Show early career (2008–2014)

2014
Java JEE Senior DeveloperCrédit Agricole CIB
Treasury operations tracking application.
- Java
- Maven
- JDBC
- Struts 1
- SQL
- Sybase
- Stored procedures
- JSP
2012 – 2014
Java JEE Senior DeveloperNCR
Publishing platform for ATM services.
- Java
- Maven
- Tomcat 7
- Jenkins
- GWT
- Smart GWT
- Spring Data JPA
- JUnit
- TestNG
- CSS
- PostgreSQL
2010 – 2012
Java JEE Software EngineerNAOSECURITY
Security software vendor, client/server encryption module.
- Java
- Maven
- Tomcat 6
- Jetty
- Debian 6
- Sonar
- JUnit
- TestNG
- jQuery
- MySQL
- Struts 2
2008 – 2010
Java JEE Software EngineerDevSys, Quebec
Insurance software, auto pricing engine integration.
- Java
- Struts 1
- MySQL
- Tomcat 5
- JUnit
- Hibernate
- JSP
- HTML
- JSTL
- CSS
- Ajax
- JavaScript

Education & certifications

Adobe

Adobe Certified Master · AEM Sites Architect

September 2026 · the highest level of Adobe's AEM certification

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2005Computer Science Diploma (DUT)INSAT, Tunisia
2008Certificate in Computer ScienceLaval University, Quebec
2016MongoDB for Java DevelopersMongoDB University
2018Adobe Certified Expert · AEM Sites DeveloperAdobe
2023AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAmazon Web Services
Apr 2026TOEIC 930/990Professional English
Sep 2026Adobe Certified Master · AEM Sites ArchitectAdobe

Initial educationContinuing education & certifications

Certifications

Adobe Certified Master · AEM Sites ArchitectAdobe
Sep 2026
TOEIC 930/990 (Listening 485, Reading 445)ETS
Apr 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAmazon Web Services
May 2023
Adobe Certified Expert · AEM Sites DeveloperAdobe
Jan 2018
MongoDB for Java DevelopersMongoDB University
2016

Degrees

Certificate in Computer ScienceLaval University, Quebec

2008

Computer Science Diploma (DUT)INSAT, Tunisia

2005

Skills

Architecture

Enterprise architecture
Domain-Driven Design
Composable architecture
Microservices
Architecture audit & target design
Security & authentication (OKTA)
APIs (REST, Apigee)
High availability

Adobe Experience Manager

AEM as a Cloud Service
AEM 6.5 LTS
CMS migration
Dispatcher
Sling
OSGi
JCR
HTL
DAM & Dynamic Media
CQ5
Headless CMS (Contentstack PoC)

Java & Backend

Java 8 → 21
Spring Boot
JAX-RS
Maven
Groovy
Node.js
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Redis
JPA / Hibernate

Cloud & DevOps

AWS
GCP
AEM Cloud Manager
GitLab CI/CD
Jenkins
Splunk
SonarQube

Leadership

Managing up to 12 people
Onshore & offshore teams
Mentoring
Performance reviews
Scrum
Kanban
Advising business & tech stakeholders

AI

Claude Code
GitHub Copilot
Code-review agents
Automated workflows

AI & Innovation

AI doesn't write my architecture, it speeds up its execution. I work with it like a supervised teammate: specifications before code, specialized agents for review, guardrails at every step.

Ticket
Specification
Plan
Implementation
Agent review
Human sign-off

Spec-driven development

Claude Code built into my daily workflow, using the spec-driven method (Spec Kit). I specify and plan first, then implement. I pick the model for each phase: a reasoning model to design, a fast model to build. CLAUDE.md files and AEM-specific skills keep the output on track.

Code-review agents

A specialized agent reviews code against Java and AEM Cloud best practices, detects bugs and duplication, and suggests fixes. It chains into a workflow that starts from the Jira ticket.

PoC: an MCP server for AEM

A custom MCP server connected to a local AEM instance, so that agents can query and analyze an AEM platform. First tool: detection of duplicate OSGi components (listeners, job consumers).

Work in progress

I started with GitHub Copilot day to day, then moved to Claude Code, which I run in IntelliJ's terminal. I am also leading a study on integrating it into the team's workflows.

Let's work together

An architecture project, a migration, a team to structure? Write to me, I reply quickly.

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Île-de-France, France · French, Arabic, English