We are a multi-channel Shopify Plus agency, powering the next generation of global brands.
Senior Sanity Engineer (AEM Sanity Migration)
Location
United States
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Sanity Engineer to Lead the technical migration from AEM to Sanity CMS. This is a lift-and-shift rebuild of existing content architecture — not a redesign — requiring strong experience in schema modeling, content migration, and headless CMS integrations.
This role will own the technical implementation of Sanity Studio, content modeling strategy, migration scripting, and integration with a Shopify/Hydrogen frontend.
This is not a traditional AEM backend role. We are specifically looking for deep, hands-on Sanity expertise.
Project Scope Context
3 template types:
Marketing landing pages
Store pages
Pearl planner pages initiatives
25–30 reusable components
700+ store detail pages
100+ marketing content pages
Lift-and-shift rebuild
Scripted migration required
Job Requirements
- Required Experience
- 2+ years hands-on production experience with Sanity CMS
- Strong experience with:
- Schema design and structured content modeling
- GROQ queries
- Portable Text
- Structure Builder customization
- Dataset/environment management
- Experience executing large-scale CMS migrations (500+ pages)
- Experience writing content migration scripts (Node.js preferred)
- Strong React and/or Next.js experience
- Experience integrating headless CMS with Shopify or other commerce platforms
- Strong understanding of headless architecture patterns
- Preferred Experience
- Previous AEM → headless CMS migration experience
- Shopify Hydrogen experience
- Experience with high-volume, template-driven page generation
- Enterprise CMS governance and role-based workflows
- CI/CD deployment experience for headless builds
- This is not...
- Traditional AEM backend-only developers
- Java/Spring-only engineers
- Developers without real production Sanity experience
- Pure frontend developers without CMS architecture experience
Benefits
- Compensation & Timeline
- Hourly Rate: $40/hour
- Estimated Weekly Hours: Estimated 30–40 hours per week based on project needs.
- Project Start Date: Mid-March 2026
- Projected End Date: July 1, 2026
- Engagement Type: Contract
- This is a time-bound migration project with a defined delivery window. Candidates must be available to commit consistently within the 30–40 hour/week range for the duration of the engagement.
