Drupal Technical Lead — Hybrid, Enterprise Web Architect

Axon Moore; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £40,000 per annum

Hybrid working in Birmingham

Permanent opportunity

Lead technical role in established web

Mentor team members

Job summary

Axon Moore is recruiting a Drupal Technical Lead for a Birmingham-based hybrid role. You will own technical direction, architecture and development of enterprise Drupal apps, mentoring peers and guiding best practices.

You’ll work across backend PHP and frontend TypeScript/Twig, ensuring secure, scalable, accessible solutions while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-profile web projects.

Qualifications

• Strong professional experience in Drupal development.
• Strong knowledge of Drupal 10+.
• Excellent PHP development skills.
• Experience using Composer and modern development pipelines.
• Strong front-end development experience with Twig, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS.
• Experience leading technical projects and/or mentoring developers.
• Good understanding of web security best practices.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Experience with DevOps practices and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with cloud hosting platforms such as AWS or Azure would be advantageous.
• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and ongoing maintenance of enterprise-level Drupal applications.
• Design and develop complex backend systems using PHP and Drupal 10+.
• Develop modern front-end solutions using TypeScript, Twig and Tailwind CSS.
• Ensure applications are secure, scalable, accessible and optimised for performance.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and guidance to junior developers.
• Conduct code reviews and promote development best practices.
• Work with internal stakeholders to translate requirements into technical specs.
• Manage source control and deployment processes using Git, GitHub Actions and Jenkins.
• Utilise Composer, Drush and DDEV for dependency and environment management.
• Support SEO and web accessibility best practices.
• Produce clear and comprehensive technical documentation.
• Contribute to an Agile development environment and continuous improvement of processes.

Skills

Drupal development

Drupal 10+

PHP

Front-end development

Twig

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Mentoring

Code reviews

Agile methodologies

Security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Composer

Drush

DDEV

Git

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Twig

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

AWS

Azure

Job description

Axon Moore is recruiting a Drupal Technical Lead for a Birmingham-based hybrid role. You will own technical direction, architecture and development of enterprise Drupal apps, mentoring peers and guiding best practices.

You’ll work across backend PHP and frontend TypeScript/Twig, ensuring secure, scalable, accessible solutions while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-profile web projects.