Location: Jersey City , NJ
Salary/Pay Range: 75-80
Job Description
Our client in Northern NJ is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Sitecore XM Cloud Migration consultant. This position is hybrid onsite 2-3 days a week. Local candidates only/NO RELOCATION.
This role is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization (e.g., H-1B, OPT, CPT, etc.) or transfer. Candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization
Candidate must be our W-2 employee. No third parties please.
Senior Software Engineer – Sitecore XM Cloud Migration
You’ll lead a hands on modernization effort to move a heavily customized on prem Sitecore XM instance into XM Cloud. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys deep technical discovery, architectural problem solving, and building cloud native CMS solutions from the ground up.
You Will
Reverse engineer legacy XM pipelines, custom controllers, rendering variants, and integration endpoints
Map legacy features to XM Cloud equivalents (SXA, headless services, Edge, Webhooks, Rendering Host)
Build a full PoC using Next.js, TypeScript, and XM Cloud’s headless rendering model
Stand up cloud hosting (Vercel or Node.js) and validate performance, caching, and deployment workflows
Produce architecture diagrams, migration wave plans, and operational readiness documentation
You Bring
Real world experience migrating Sitecore XP/XM ? XM Cloud
Strong C#/.NET fundamentals for refactoring legacy logic
Deep familiarity with headless rendering, JSS, and modern front end frameworks
Comfort designing HA architectures and cloud deployment pipelines
