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Evan
Borden

Manager of Engineering · Razorfish · Charlotte, NC

Engineering manager and Adobe architect — 18 years building software, 7 leading the engineers who build it. I ship, I mentor, and I keep the codebase calm and the client confident.

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18yrs

In software

7yrs

Leading teams

Flagship accts

Engineers led

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/ WordPress/ PHP 8/ AEMaaCS/ Adobe App Builder/ Adobe I/O Runtime/ Adobe Experience Platform/ Adobe Journey Optimizer/ React/ Vue/ Node/ JWT / JOSE/ Adobe CJA/ Adobe Target/ Azure DevOps/ GitLab CI/CD/ Docker/ Linux/ Unity · C#/ MCP/ Epic EHR/ Chase API

01 Profile

I make teams faster, codebases calmer, and clients confident.

I'm Evan Borden, an engineering manager and Adobe architect based in Charlotte, NC. Eighteen years building software, seven of them leading the engineers who build it. My background runs from enterprise WordPress and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) platforms to the wider Adobe cloud stack — App Builder, Experience Platform and Journey Optimizer — and modern CI/CD on GitLab and Azure DevOps, with ongoing hands-on work bringing AI tooling into real engineering workflows.

Day to day I lead as the technical lead across major client accounts: setting the engineering bar, placing the right people on the work, and getting their contributions seen. Based in Charlotte, NC, I partner with VP+ technical leaders and translate engineering reality into decisions the business can act on.

Current

Mgr, Engineering · Razorfish

Based in

Charlotte, NC

Focus

Web · CMS · Integrations

Hiring reach

US · India · Costa Rica

02 Experience

A career built shipping the hard parts.

Eighteen years across enterprise CMS platforms, Adobe Experience Cloud and cloud infrastructure — seven of them as an engineering manager and technical lead at Razorfish.

Nov 2018 – Present7+ yrs

Manager, Engineering

/ Razorfishcurrent

Adobe architect and technical director on Labcorp OnDemand (2026), owning a full Adobe stack architecture end to end: AEM as a Cloud Service, App Builder, Adobe Experience Platform and Adobe Journey Optimizer, built on Thrive Global content.
Led front- and back-end teams across multi-year client engagements, Disney Rewards, UC Health, Labcorp OnDemand, driving user engagement, revenue growth and YoY retention.
Stood up CI/CD on Azure DevOps and GitLab; cut deployment time by more than half.
Architected integrations with Chase Bank, Adobe CJA, Adobe Target and Shoppable on top of WordPress and AEM stacks.

Sep 2012 – Oct 20186 yrs

Senior Web Developer

/ Interactive Knowledge

Built media-rich interactive experiences for non-profits, museums and educational institutions.
Shipped responsive, mobile-first apps in React and Vue against custom REST and microservice backends.
Partnered with UX to translate design comps into accessible, performant interfaces.

20121 yr

Front-End Web Developer

/ Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Contributed to the e-commerce platform behind Lowes.com.
Built and maintained brand sites; ran audits and performance work that improved speed and SEO.

May 2008 – Jul 20102 yrs

Junior Web Developer

/ Cedar Management Groupfirst job

Custom WordPress themes and plugins tailored to client needs.
Integrated CMSes so non-technical clients could run their own content.

03 Leadership

More than a title. A technical lead.

Manager of Engineering is the title, day to day I work as technical lead and technical director across major client accounts: setting the engineering bar, placing the right people on the work, and getting their contributions seen.

Up to 10

Team size led

front- & back-end engineers

Three

Tech-lead accounts

Disney Rewards · UC Health · Labcorp OnDemand

Global

Hiring reach

US · India · Costa Rica

VP+ / CTO

Partners with

on a first-name basis

04 Capabilities

A full-stack toolkit, kept sharp.

43 skills across the stack — Adobe Experience Cloud, enterprise CMS, front and back end, cloud and CI/CD. Bars show depth, the year is when each was last used in earnest.

Architecture03

Technical Analysis & Documentation'26

Agile / SAFe'26

System Design'26

Frontend05

JavaScript'26

Sass / SCSS'26

React'26

Vue.js'23

Node.js'26

Backend05

PHP'26

Composer'26

Java'26

REST API Design'26

MySQL / SQL'26

CMS / DAM04

WordPress'26

ACF Pro'25

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)'26

Gutenberg / Block Editor'26

Cloud & Infrastructure06

Linux Server Administration'26

AWS'26

Azure'26

Adobe App Builder'26

Adobe I/O (Runtime, Events, CLI)'26

Docker'26

DevOps & Tooling04

Webpack'26

Git & Deployment Workflows'26

Postman'23

CI/CD Pipelines'26

Data & Analytics03

Adobe Analytics'26

XDM / Schema Modeling'26

Adobe Experience Platform Data Collection'26

CDP & Personalization04

Adobe Experience Platform (AEP)'26

Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO)'26

Decision Management (Offer Decisioning)'26

Adobe Target'26

Security & Compliance02

JWT / JOSE'26

OAuth / OIDC'26

AI & Machine Learning02

LLM Integration'26

Prompt Engineering'26

Testing & QA01

Accessibility Testing (WCAG)'26

Healthcare01

Epic EHR'23

Game Dev / Hobby03

C#'26

Unity 3D'26

Game Design'26

05 Selected work

Where the engineering shows up.

Selected client and personal work — Adobe Experience Cloud architecture, enterprise WordPress platforms, and AI-augmented developer tooling.

Razorfish · 2026

Labcorp OnDemand

Adobe architect and technical director for a full Adobe stack build: AEM as a Cloud Service for authoring and delivery, App Builder for the custom integration and services layer, Adobe Experience Platform for the unified profile, and Adobe Journey Optimizer for lifecycle messaging and offer decisioning, all running on Thrive Global content. Owned the architecture end to end, from XDM schemas and Data Collection through to the decision rules, and led the team that shipped it on a compressed timeline.

AEMaaCSAdobe App BuilderAdobe Experience PlatformAdobe Journey OptimizerDecision ManagementXDM

Razorfish · 2019–present

Disney Rewards

Custom WordPress platform with bespoke Gutenberg blocks, ACF Pro field architecture, Chase Bank API integration via JWT/JOSE, Adobe Analytics + CJA tagging, and Adobe Target personalization. Shipped through GitLab CI/CD.

WordPressPHP 8GutenbergChase APIAdobe CJA

Razorfish · 2019–2023

UC Health

Multi-module Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) project on a Maven build, OSGi services, Sling models and servlets, HTL templating, JCR packaging. Vue 2 in AEM clientlibs. Epic EHR integration architecture for a large healthcare system.

AEMJavaSlingVue 2Maven

Personal · 2025–26

Claude × MCP × WordPress

A self-hosted Linux box running custom Nginx that wires GitHub webhooks and the Model Context Protocol up to Claude apps. The result: prompt-driven WordPress page creation, automated code management, and CMS publishing that I drive from chat.

LinuxNginxMCPWordPress RESTGitHub Webhooks

Personal · multi-year

Unity Game Engine Project

A long-running Unity FPS built for the love of the craft, hand-built C# scripts, scenes and prefabs, with an increasingly AI-augmented toolchain: Unity MCP and custom Claude connectors driving the editor, a Leonardo.ai pipeline for art and textures, and a bespoke map design and generation pipeline.

Unity 3DC#Unity MCPClaude connectorsLeonardo.aiMap gen pipeline

06 References

In their words.

“

I had the pleasure of working with Evan Borden on several cross-functional projects, and he consistently delivered high-quality work with precision and thoughtfulness. Evan brings a sharp technical mind to every challenge and always asks the right questions to drive clarity and alignment, something that made our collaboration both efficient and effective. He also has a great sense for balancing user experience with technical feasibility, which made him a key contributor to building thoughtful, scalable solutions. What stands out most is his strong work ethic and professionalism. He's the kind of engineering partner you want on every team: reliable, detail-oriented, and always pushing to build better products. Any team would be lucky to have him!

BGBianca GassawaySenior Technical Program ManagerWorked with Evan on the same team

“

Evan is one of those rare developers you find in the hacker role in blockbuster movies, the protagonists go to him at their greatest time of need and in a matter of movie minutes he's in the mainframe, hacking the planet and ensuring the good guys win. He also has a fantastic bedside manner with clients and often provides excellent insight and technical acumen to save the day. I don't worry about tickets or difficult bugs when I assign them to Evan, they'll get done on time, and better documented at the end to boot.

PKPhilip KostkaSenior Technical Project ManagerWas senior to Evan

07 Off the clock

Programming · after hoursGame Design · unity · c#Hiking · carolina trailsRunning · logging milesGaming · controller down-timeFather & Husband · the title that matters most

08 Contact

Let's build something serious.

Open to senior engineering leadership roles — Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering, Technical Director or Solutions Architect. Based in Charlotte, NC, partnering across US, India and Costa Rica time zones. Happy to talk through what you're building.

Start a conversation ↗

Emailevanpatrickborden@outlook.com↗Phone704.401.4864↗LinkedInin/evan-borden↗

Education

UNC Charlotte

B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering Concentration

2006 – 2008

Central Piedmont Community College

A.A.S. Advertising + Graphic Design

2004 – 2006