Drupal CMS Developer

Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Drupal CMS Developer who can combine hands-on component development with confident content authoring and day-to-day website management. The role will build reusable Drupal components, create and publish content, support business and marketing stakeholders, and maintain high-quality digital experiences across enterprise websites.

ROLE MIX

Approximately 60-70% component development and 30-40% content authoring / site management.

Key Responsibilities

Drupal Development & Component Build

• Develop, configure and maintain Drupal-based websites and portals.
• Build reusable, scalable website components, templates and content modules using Drupal best practices.
• Configure content types, fields, Paragraphs, Views, taxonomies, menus, media libraries, Webforms and Layout Builder.
• Create and customize Drupal themes and Twig templates to meet approved UX and visual-design requirements.
• Implement and maintain contributed and custom modules, including security updates, patches and dependency management.
• Support integrations with REST APIs and relevant third-party platforms.

Content Authoring & Website Management

• Create, update, review and publish webpages using approved components and page templates.
• Format and structure content for readability, accessibility, brand consistency and responsive display.
• Manage digital assets such as images, videos, documents, metadata and media-library entries.
• Execute content migrations and bulk updates while protecting content quality and link integrity.
• Apply content workflows, approvals, version control and publishing governance.
• Conduct pre- and post-publishing QA, including link, layout, spelling, asset and metadata checks.

Front-End Delivery & Quality

• Develop responsive interfaces using HTML5, CSS3 / SCSS and JavaScript.
• Ensure cross-browser and mobile compatibility and resolve presentation defects.
• Optimize page performance, component usability and content rendering.
• Implement technical and on-page SEO requirements, including semantic heading structure and metadata.
• Support WCAG-aligned accessibility through semantic markup, keyboard-friendly components and appropriate alternative text.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Collaborate with UX/UI designers, developers, QA teams, content authors, marketers and business stakeholders.
• Translate business and content requirements into practical Drupal solutions.
• Participate in sprint planning, estimation, daily stand-ups, demos and retrospectives.
• Document component usage, authoring guidance, technical decisions and release notes.
• Troubleshoot production issues and coordinate fixes through the agreed support process.

Required Skills & Experience

Dramatic expertise: 5-7 years of relevant experience, including strong hands-on work with Drupal 9 and/or Drupal 10.
Component development: Experience building reusable components using Paragraphs, Layout Builder, content types, Views and custom theming.
Theming & front end: Strong HTML5, CSS3 / SCSS, JavaScript and Twig template skills; solid grasp of responsive design.
Content authoring: Hands-on experience creating, formatting, publishing and maintaining structured website content in Drupal.
Engineering practices: Experience with Git, environments, deployment workflows, debugging and code review.
Quality & governance: Working knowledge of website QA, accessibility, SEO, performance and content approval workflows.
Ways of working: Strong communication, stakeholder collaboration, attention to detail and ability to work independently in Agile teams.

Preferred / Good To Have

• Experience with Acquia Cloud or a comparable Drupal hosting platform.
• Exposure to Drush, Composer and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with analytics and tag-management platforms such as Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager.
• Familiarity with multilingual or multi-site Drupal implementations.
• Exposure to other enterprise CMS platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager or WordPress.
• Experience working on regulated, healthcare or life-sciences websites is advantageous.