Job Description:
• Lead the technical migration from AEM to Sanity CMS.
• Own the technical implementation of Sanity Studio.
• Develop content modeling strategy and migration scripting.
• Integrate with a Shopify/Hydrogen frontend.
• Manage a lift-and-shift rebuild of existing content architecture.
Requirements:
• 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
• Previous AEM → headless CMS migration experience (Preferred)
• Shopify Hydrogen experience (Preferred)
• Experience with high-volume, template-driven page generation (Preferred)
• Enterprise CMS governance and role-based workflows (Preferred)
• CI/CD deployment experience for headless builds (Preferred)
• 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:
• 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.