Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fearless is a digital integration consultancy on a mission to build a better tomorrow. The Drupal Backend Engineer (Consultant) is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining Drupal 11 custom modules, APIs, and configurations to support secure, scalable web services for a federal healthcare platform.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Drupal 11 custom modules, APIs, and configurations that support high-quality, scalable web services
- Review and contribute to merge requests, ensuring code quality, security, and adherence to development standards
- Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities and performance issues within codebases
- Develop code collaboratively within Git repositories using forks, branching workflows, and conflict resolution best practices
- Manage and maintain DDEV Docker-based local development environments
- Write and execute Cypress and PHPUnit tests; document implementation and testing steps within tickets
- Apply efficient debugging practices using tools such as Xdebug to accelerate development and maintain code integrity
- Contribute to Drupal 11 frontend development tasks, including theming and Twig templating, as needed
- Communicate and demo Drupal concepts and technical solutions clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Participate fully in Agile ceremonies and support sprint delivery within a remote team environment
Skills
- 5+ years of Drupal development experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of Drupal 11 concepts, architectures, APIs, and commonly used contributed modules
- Experience developing Drupal 11 custom modules
- Demonstrated ability to recognize and resolve security and performance issues in code
- Demonstrated experience with Gitflow workflows, Git conflict resolution, creating merge requests, and reviewing merge requests
- Experience working in and managing DDEV Docker-based local development environments
- Proficiency with efficient debugging practices (e.g., Xdebug)
- Comfortable writing Cypress and PHPUnit tests
- Some familiarity with Drupal 11 frontend development (theming, Twig)
- Comfortable writing implementation and testing steps for tickets
- Strong communication skills; comfortable demoing Drupal concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences
- Proven experience working remotely in team environments, both collaboratively and independently
- Proficiency with VS Code or PHPStorm, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams
- Drupal.org username required
- Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance
- Experience with GitHub Copilot; efficient usage and ability to review AI-generated code
- "Contrib first" mindset; appreciation for open-source community engagement and generalizing custom code for contribution
- Examples of community-contributed (preferred) or custom Drupal 10/11 code
Benefits
- Flexible, life-friendly schedules
- 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions
- Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents
- Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage
- 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting
- Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA
- Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave
- Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave
- Education, wellness, and tech allowances
- Referral bonus: $6Kâ$12K for each successful referral
- Pet insurance & discount plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage
- Performance-Based Bonuses: We believe your impact should be recognized. Our bonus program rewards both shared company success and individual contributions.
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