Drupal Developer Job at Smith College

• Develop and maintain scalable applications using Drupal 10/11, PHP 8+, Symfony, Composer, and Drush.
• Build custom Drupal modules and themes using Drupal APIs, Twig, object-oriented PHP, and SOLID design principles.
• Develop solutions involving payments, ERPs, third-party services, and REST/JSON integrations.
• Plan and execute content and data migrations from Drupal and other platforms using Drupal’s migration framework.
• Optimize application performance, database queries, caching, and the handling of large data sets.
• Ensure code meets Drupal/PHP standards, accessibility, security, and project requirements.
• Support deployments and collaborate with Web Operations and DevOps across environments.
• Work with cloud and managed Drupal hosting platforms, including Acquia and similar providers.
• Collaborate directly with clients and project teams to translate requirements into solutions.
• Estimate development work, identify risks, and support solution planning.
• Mentor junior developers and promote consistent development practices.
• Use AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude responsibly.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of Drupal development experience, including Drupal 10/11.
• Advanced PHP 8+ and object-oriented programming, and Symfony experience.
• Strong experience developing custom Drupal modules and themes using Twig.
• Proficiency with Composer, Drush, Git, branching and code-reviews.
• Experience with Drupal configuration, Views, permissions, caching, and deployments.
• Experience with Layout Builder, Drupal Canvas, Paragraphs, and Layout Paragraphs.
• Knowledge of Drupal contributed modules/themes and Drupal.org.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and JSON integrations.
• Experience with Drupal migrations, including content, configuration, and complex data transformations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and Docker tools such as DDEV and Lando.
• Experience writing automated tests with tools such as PHPUnit, Behat, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Proficiency with debugging and performance-analysis tools, including Xdebug and APM platforms.
• Working knowledge of Linux, web-servers, databases, caching, and cloud environments.
• Knowledge of security, accessibility, performance optimization, and scalable application design.
• Experience using AI development tools responsibly and reviewing generated output.
• Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Acquia or other enterprise Drupal hosting platforms.
• Experience with high-traffic, content-rich, or transactional websites.
• Experience integrating Drupal with ERP, CRM, payment, search, identity-management, or other enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with Laravel or additional PHP frameworks.
• Contributions to Drupal.org projects or active participation in the Drupal community.