Senior Drupal Developer

The Senior Drupal Developer position is an opportunity for a seasoned engineer to join a growing agency and collaborate with designers and developers on website projects for a variety of clients including government, nonprofit and corporations. An individual in this role will split their time between tech lead activities, architecture, and hands-on development.

Responsibilities Include

• Work alongside a team of engineers to build and maintain Drupal websites, providing technology leadership, and owning projects from development to production
• Guide the team on multiple aspects of development, including Drupal, PHP, front-end, infrastructure, database systems, application security, performance, and accessibility
• Develop full-stack features
• Build reusable Drupal modules, templates, components, and code
• Commit code, perform code reviews, drive best practices, and manage releases
• Optimize applications for maximum performance and scalability
• Gather requirements through direct interaction with project stakeholders
• Produce system architecture artifacts and other engineering documentation
• Remove engineering roadblocks through teamwork and creative solutions

Qualifications

• Expert-level knowledge of Drupal including migrations from Drupal 7 to 9/10
• Expert-level PHP skills and understanding of OOP best practices
• Proven ability to evaluate and select optimal Drupal modules for given requirements
• Experience with Symfony, Composer, and Drush
• Experience with MySQL, Drupal DB API, and optimizing database queries
• Experience integrating third-party APIs
• Experience with version control in Git
• Strong grasp of fundamental web technologies including HTTP, REST, AJAX, and JSON
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and modern software engineering principles and practices
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container technologies (Docker)
• Detail oriented with a keen eye for design
• Strong appreciation for collaborative work with creative, design and UX teams
• Prior experience in a senior, lead, or mentor engineering role

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 8+ years experience in LAMP and CMS technologies
• 5+ years professional experience with Drupal
• 2+ years experience with Drupal 8/9/10

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Strong front-end coding skills (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery)
• Experience with DevOps including Docker and CI/CD
• Experience with React and Redux or similar front-end frameworks
• Experience with CDN and WAF technologies including Akamai and Cloudflare
• Experience applying web accessibility standards (WCAG, ADA, 508) and best practices
• Experience with advanced analytics implementations
• Experience with search (Solr, Elasticsearch)
• Experience with in-memory data stores (Redis, Memcached)