Content Management System Architect

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Hiring Principal Backend Engineer (Content Architecture) || 100% Remote

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Principal Backend Engineer (Content Architecture)

1 year contract-Only W2

100% Remote

Role Overview

We are looking for a Principal Backend Engineer to help guide the technical evolution of

our omnichannel digital commerce platforms, with a specific focus on our Content

Management System (CMS) strategy. In this role, you will bridge the gap between

transactional commerce services and rich, dynamic content delivery across web, mobile,

and in-store channels.

The ideal candidate is an expert in Sanity.io and Structured Content, capable of

designing cloud-native, scalable services that power millions of customer interactions.

This position requires a strategic architect who remains deeply technical—spending 75%

of their time in the codebase—to ensure our content architecture is as resilient and highperforming as our commerce engine.

Key Responsibilities

Architectural & Content Leadership

Headless CMS Authority: Act as the primary architect for our Sanity.io

implementation. Design schemas that balance editor flexibility with strict data

integrity.

Structured Content Design: Lead the transition from "page-based" content to a

structured content model, allowing for seamless content flow between backend

services and frontend consumers.

Solution Architecture: Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to ensure the CMS

ecosystem integrates perfectly with GCP-based microservices (Pub/Sub, Cloud

Functions

CMS Specialization (Sanity.io focus)

Schema & API Optimization: Architect complex Sanity schemas and leverage

GROQ for high-performance content fetching.

Custom Studio Development: Extend the Sanity Studio with custom input

components and plugins to optimize the developer and editor experience.

Content Pipelines: Build and maintain robust webhooks and event-driven triggers

to sync content changes with downstream commerce systems and caches.

Portable Text Mastery: Implement and guide the team on handling rich text as

structured data to ensure consistent rendering across diverse platforms.

Engineering Excellence & Shared Practices

CI/CD for Content: Champion automated testing for CMS schemas and CI/CD

pipelines (using Harness) for content migrations and Studio deployments.

Shared Resources: Create "starter kits" and design patterns for integrating CMS

data into backend services, ensuring consistency across domain teams.

Performance & Scaling: Own the caching strategy for content delivery to ensure

zero-latency impact on critical commerce paths

Mentorship & Cross-Functional Collaboration

Bridging the Gap: Partner closely with UI/UX and Product teams to translate

creative visions into scalable backend content models.

Technical Coaching: Mentor engineers on headless CMS best practices,

structured content modeling, and modern backend design patterns.

Technical Requirements

Core Expertise

CMS Expertise: Deep experience with Sanity.io (preferred), Contentful, or similar

headless platforms.

Content Querying: Expert-level knowledge of GROQ.

Cloud Platforms: Proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Languages: Strong proficiency in Java/Kotlin (Node.js/TypeScript is a major plus

given the CMS context).