Drupal Developer

Job Title — Backend Drupal Developer

Experience - 5+ years

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.

Roles & 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 Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (Computer Science/IT preferred)

Job description:

• Develop and maintain a scalable and secure headless Drupal 9/10 backend, optimized for API consumption.
• 5+ years of backend development experience with modern frameworks.
• Design and expose content structures and entities via GraphQL, REST, or JSON:API to integrate with the frontend (Next.js).
• Strong expertise in Drupal headless/decoupled architectures.
• Experience in creating and managing content types, view modes, fields, paragraphs, and taxonomies.
• Create custom Drupal modules and plugins to extend core functionalities based on project requirements.
• Integrate and configure Elasticsearch for fast and scalable content search experiences.
• Work with frontend developers to ensure smooth data flow and support component-driven development.
• Implement and configure multilingual, SEO-friendly, and accessibility-compliant content structures.
• Apply caching, performance tuning, and security best practices on API endpoints and backend systems.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, demos, and retrospectives.
• Conduct peer code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards and documentation.