Drupal 11 Backend Engineer — Remote 1099 Contractor

Fearless Solutions; Baltimore (MD); Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Fearless Solutions is seeking a Drupal Backend Engineer (1099 Contractor) to join a federal health care platform serving ~11 million monthly users. The role emphasizes Drupal 11 backend development, secure coding, and scalable services.

You will work with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, maintain custom modules and APIs, and require Public Trust clearance. Remote nationwide with independent contractor engagement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Drupal development experience.
• Knowledge of Drupal 11 concepts, architectures, APIs, and contributed modules.
• Experience developing Drupal 11 custom modules.
• Experience with Gitflow workflows, merge requests, and reviews.
• Experience with DDEV Docker-based local development environments.
• Proficiency with debugging using Xdebug.
• Comfortable writing Cypress and PHPUnit tests.
• Familiarity with Drupal 11 frontend development (theming, Twig).
• Strong communication and ability to demo Drupal concepts to diverse audiences.
• Proven remote work experience in teams, both collaborative and independent.
• Proficient with VS Code or PHPStorm, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams.
• Drupal.org username required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Drupal 11 custom modules, APIs, and configurations for scalable web services.
• Review and contribute to merge requests ensuring code quality and security.
• Identify and remediate security and performance issues in codebases.
• Develop code within Git repositories using forks and branching workflows.
• Manage and maintain DDEV Docker-based local development environments.
• Write and execute Cypress and PHPUnit tests; document steps in tickets.
• Apply debugging practices using Xdebug to speed development.
• Contribute to Drupal 11 frontend tasks like theming and Twig when needed.
• Communicate Drupal concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and support sprint delivery in a remote team.

Skills

Drupal 11

Backend development

Git workflows

DDEV

Xdebug

Cypress

PHPUnit

REST APIs

Twig theming

Drupal.org username

Tools

Git

Gitflow

DDEV

VS Code

PHPStorm

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Fearless Solutions is seeking a Drupal Backend Engineer (1099 Contractor) to join a federal health care platform serving ~11 million monthly users. The role emphasizes Drupal 11 backend development, secure coding, and scalable services.

You will work with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, maintain custom modules and APIs, and require Public Trust clearance. Remote nationwide with independent contractor engagement.