Senior Sanity Engineer (AEM Sanity Migration Lead) at UN/COMMON

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

31 May, 26

Salary

40.0

Posted On

02 Mar, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Sanity CMS, AEM Migration, Schema Modeling, Content Migration, Headless CMS, Sanity Studio, Content Modeling, Migration Scripting, Shopify, Hydrogen, GROQ Queries, Portable Text Structure Builder, Dataset Management, Node.js, React, Next.js

Industry

Advertising Services

Description

We are seeking a Senior Sanity Engineer to lead an enterprise-level migration from Adobe Experience Manager (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 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 Compensation & Timeline Hourly Rate: $40/hour Estimated Weekly Hours: 30–40 hours per week 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.

Responsibilities

This role involves leading an enterprise-level migration from Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) to Sanity CMS, focusing on a lift-and-shift rebuild of existing content architecture. The engineer will own the technical implementation of Sanity Studio, content modeling strategy, migration scripting, and integration with a Shopify/Hydrogen frontend.