Senior Drupal Lead: Architecture & Mentoring

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Permanent opportunity

Leading technical role

Job summary

Axon Moore are assisting a London-based web development client to recruit a Drupal Technical Lead to drive architecture and development of Drupal platforms. The role is hybrid and permanent, with a focus on secure, scalable, high-performing digital solutions.

You will mentor developers, lead complex backend systems in PHP/Drupal 10+, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions. This is a leading technical role within an established team.

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 modern CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with DevOps practices and Agile methodologies.

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 understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Manage source control and deployment processes using Git, GitHub Actions and Jenkins.
• Utilise Composer, Drush and DDEV for dependency and development 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 development processes.

Skills

Drupal

Drupal 10+

PHP

Composer

Git & CI/CD

TypeScript

Twig

Tailwind CSS

Leadership

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

DDEV

Drush

Composer

Job description

Axon Moore are assisting a London-based web development client to recruit a Drupal Technical Lead to drive architecture and development of Drupal platforms. The role is hybrid and permanent, with a focus on secure, scalable, high-performing digital solutions.

You will mentor developers, lead complex backend systems in PHP/Drupal 10+, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions. This is a leading technical role within an established team.