Drupal 11 Backend Engineer - Remote Consultant

Fearless Solutions; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 96,132 - 132,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Medical plan coverage

401(k) with match

Parental leave

PTO and holidays

Referral bonus

Job summary

Fearless Solutions is seeking a Drupal Backend Engineer (Consultant) to design, build, and maintain Drupal 11 modules, APIs, and configurations for a federal health care platform. You will participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate across engineering disciplines to deliver secure, scalable services.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of Drupal experience, strong security awareness, and a proven track record with Git workflows, DDEV environments, and Cypress/PHPUnit testing in a remote team

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Drupal 11

Drupal development

Git workflows

DDEV Docker

Xdebug

Cypress testing

PHPUnit testing

Twig templating

VS Code / PHPStorm

Remote collaboration

Tools

Git

DDEV

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Fearless Solutions is seeking a Drupal Backend Engineer (Consultant) to design, build, and maintain Drupal 11 modules, APIs, and configurations for a federal health care platform. You will participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate across engineering disciplines to deliver secure, scalable services.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of Drupal experience, strong security awareness, and a proven track record with Git workflows, DDEV environments, and Cypress/PHPUnit testing in a remote team