11/03/2026 updated
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AI & Adobe/AEM Architect | Cloud, Integration & Workflow Automation
Manly, Australia
Only remote
MSc Software Engineering, Tallinn Univ. of Technology (2010); BSc IT, Univ. of Tartu (2006)About me
Hands-on AI and Adobe/AEM architect combining cloud engineering, enterprise integration and delivery leadership. I help clients turn complex platform needs into practical, secure solutions, with clear roadmaps and collaborative delivery. Based in Sydney; focused on remote consulting and project work
GitHub CopilotAdobe AnalyticsContentfulJava (Programming Language)JavaScriptAdobe Creative CloudAdobe Experience ManagerAdobe Marketing CloudArtificial IntelligenceAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureContinuous IntegrationDevOpsLeadershipSpring Framework
I am a hands-on architect and engineering leader helping organisations modernise digital platforms, integrate enterprise systems and adopt practical AI-assisted engineering. My experience spans financial services, retail, telecommunications, media and consulting.
AI & AGENTIC ENGINEERING
MCP servers and client integration, structured tool contracts, tool calling, context engineering, coding agents, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT and Codex. Spec-driven development, AI-assisted testing and review, developer enablement and human-in-the-loop workflow automation. Independent R&D includes local-first knowledge architecture, retrieval, provenance and approval-controlled operations; separate from client delivery.
ADOBE, CONTENT & MARTECH
Adobe Experience Cloud, AEM/AEM as a Cloud Service, Edge Delivery Services, AEP, Target, Analytics, Customer Journey Analytics, Data Collection / Launch and Cloud Manager. AEM architecture and development with Java, OSGi, Sling and JCR; reusable components, multi-site platforms, headless and omnichannel content delivery, personalisation, customer-data integration, data-layer standards and tag governance. Workfront onboarding, provisioning, authentication and Adobe platform integration. Contentful, Magento/PIM-driven content integration, Tealium, Adobe Journey Optimizer and Amazon Pinpoint.
CLOUD & FULL-STACK INTEGRATION
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud; Cloud Run, Firestore, Pub/Sub, API management and microservices. Java, Spring, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, HTML and CSS; REST, SOAP and gRPC; OAuth / OpenID and enterprise identity integration. Oracle, MySQL and PostgreSQL. Docker, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible and Bash. CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo and Bitbucket Pipelines.
ARCHITECTURE & DELIVERY
Current-state / target-state design, solution options analysis, phased modernisation roadmaps, reference architectures, integration design, technical discovery, pre-sales and RFPs. Engineering standards, delivery governance, release operations, reliability, security and stakeholder engagement. Led multidisciplinary teams of up to 10 and delivery across enterprise client accounts.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
WooliesX: TypeScript/Node.js and gRPC services, Google Cloud and real-time personalised content. CFS: Adobe platform delivery, SailPoint provisioning / SSO and AI-assisted engineering enablement. Earlier: Sydney Airport platform resilience and modernisation planning, ICC T20 audience-platform recovery, and Adobe platforms for Telstra, CommSec and major retail / automotive clients.
COMPANY ENGAGEMENTS
Available for consulting and project engagements through CONSENS PTY LTD (Australia) or Consensus OÜ (Estonia), subject to the client's contracting requirements. CONSENS supplied services to Woolworths under a company contract. Based in Sydney, working with international clients. English (fluent), Russian (native), Estonian (good). Contact: kirill@consens.com.au.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2018
Languages
EnglishFluentRussianNative speaker
Project history
Delivery Lead for Colonial First States public digital platform, July 2024-October 2026. Led technical direction, platform roadmap, release operations, CI/CD, reliability and engineering standards across Adobe platforms and enterprise integrations. Coordinated approximately 10 cross-functional contributors and delivery partners. Designed and delivered SailPoint integration for provisioning, SSO and access recertification. Supported Adobe Workfront onboarding for business users, authentication and Adobe platform integration. Advanced customer-data, journey-analytics, data-layer and tag-governance capabilities; reviewed AEP and data-platform options with peer architects. Introduced MCP tool contracts, GitHub Copilot instructions and spec-driven engineering workflows to connect requirements, implementation and human review.
WooliesX / Woolworths Group, January 2024-June 2025. Contract contribution to the Next Horizon Personalisation programme within the Real Time Content squad. Developed TypeScript and Node.js APIs and gRPC services for personalised advertising, promotions and content delivery. Configured Adobe Target campaigns, offers and HTML/JSON templates. Integrated Google Cloud Run, Firestore and Pub/Sub with Terraform-managed configuration and shared web components. Worked with product/PIM-driven content and cross-functional teams. This was my individual professional experience; later services were supplied through CONSENS PTY LTD under a company contract.
Tech Director at CHEP Network, June 2021-December 2023. Led technical direction and cross-functional delivery across Sydney Airport, ICC T20, Telstra and Uniting, with multidisciplinary teams of up to 10 across AWS, Azure and Adobe. Owned Uniting support and enhancements on Azure, AEM and Target. Led DDoS response and AWS Shield, bot protection and rate-limiting improvements for Sydney Airport. Assessed Lambda and Kubernetes options and planned phased modernisation; implementation was only partially complete when I left. Recovered an inherited AWS/Amazon Pinpoint audience platform in under three months for the ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2022.