Job Title: Senior Sanity Engineer (AEM Sanity Migration)

Company Name: UN/COMMON (uncommonagency.co)

Job Details: Hiring,Remotely,in,United,States,Remote,40-40,Hourly,Junior

Job Url: https://builtin.com/job/senior-sanity-engineer-aem-sanity-migration/8619952

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

RequirementsRequired Experience2+ 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

BenefitsCompensation & TimelineHourly 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.