Drupal Developer

Job Description :

We are seeking an experienced Backend Drupal Developer to build and maintain a scalable and secure headless Drupal backend. The ideal candidate will be responsible for exposing content via APIs to integrate with a modern frontend framework and work collaboratively with the frontend team in an agile environment.

Mandatory Requirements :

- 5+ years of backend development experience with modern frameworks.

- Proven expertise in Drupal 9/10 with a focus on headless/decoupled architectures.

- Strong experience in exposing content via GraphQL, REST, or JSON :API.

- Ability to create and manage content types, view modes, fields, paragraphs, and taxonomies.

- Experience developing custom Drupal modules and plugins.

- Skilled in integrating and configuring Elasticsearch for content search.

- Experience supporting component-driven development with frontend teams.

- Familiarity with implementing multilingual, SEO-friendly, and accessibility-compliant content structures.

- Proficiency in applying caching, performance tuning, and security best practices on API endpoints and backend systems.

- Comfortable participating in agile ceremonies including sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.

- Experience conducting peer code reviews and adhering to coding/documentation standards.

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

- Self-starter with a high level of motivation and organization.

Optional Requirements :

- None specified.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

- Develop and maintain a headless Drupal 9/10 backend for frontend integration.

- Expose content structures via GraphQL, REST, or JSON :API for frontend consumption.

- Design and manage content types, fields, taxonomies, paragraphs, and view modes.

- Create custom modules and extend core Drupal functionalities as per project needs.

- Configure and optimize Elasticsearch for fast, scalable content search experiences.

- Collaborate with frontend developers to support seamless data flow and component-driven development.

- Implement SEO-friendly, accessible, and multilingual content configurations.

- Apply backend performance tuning, API caching, and security best practices.

- Participate in agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint deliverables.

- Perform peer code reviews and ensure high-quality documentation and code standards.

QUALIFICATIONS :

Experience level 5+ years

- Must possess strong technical background, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Education : Full-time Bachelors or Masters degree (Computer Science/IT preferred)