Standard headless setups often create fragmentation between Content and Commerce teams. I implement the 'AEM-as-Proxy' pattern (Hybrid Headless). In this architecture, AEM serves as the primary entry point (The Edge), handling routing, SEO, and static caching, while proxying transactional requests to Magento via GraphQL. This gives marketers full control via AEM's Touch UI without sacrificing Magento's robust checkout engine.
Integration Capabilities
AEM as Intelligent Proxy
Architecting AEM to sit in front of Magento. It handles all incoming traffic, serves cached Experience Fragments instantly, and proxies dynamic API calls (Cart, User, Stock) directly to the commerce backend.
Seamless CIF Integration
Implementing the Commerce Integration Framework (CIF) to inject real-time product data into AEM pages. I configure 'Commerce Teasers' that allow marketers to drag-and-drop products onto pages without developer help.
Edge Delivery & Caching
Configuring a unified Dispatcher and CDN strategy. Because AEM controls the HTML response, we can aggressively cache 90% of the page, ensuring sub-second Time-to-First-Byte (TTFB) globally.
Unified Configuration Strategy
Using AEM Context-Aware Configs to manage multi-region settings (Currency, Language, Store Views) from a single place, removing the need for complex Magento frontend deployments.
Integration Roadmap
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Discovery - Mapping data flows between Magento GraphQL and AEM components
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Architecture - Setting up the Proxy Layer, CORS rules, and Token exchange
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Development - Building Atomic Design components compatible with Adobe CIF
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Optimization - Tuning Varnish/Dispatcher rules for the 'Hole-Punching' caching strategy