Senior Drupal Developer

Americaneagle.com is a family-owned web design, development, and digital marketing agency with a passionate belief in the power of technology to positively transform business practices. Our focus is on helping customers grow and achieve success in the digital space. We cover a variety of different industries, including eCommerce, associations & nonprofits, government, healthcare, sports & entertainment, transportation, and more. The company was named by Built in Chicago as one of the best places to work and to Inc.com's list of 5000 fastest-growing private companies multiple times!

Americaneagle.com is seeking an experienced Drupal Developer to build, enhance, and maintain scalable Drupal applications. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with Drupal 10/11, PHP, custom module and theme development, integrations, and modern development practices, with the ability to collaborate effectively with clients and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain scalable applications using Drupal 10/11, PHP 8+, Symfony, Composer, and Drush.
• Build custom Drupal modules and themes using Drupal APIs, Twig, object-oriented PHP, and SOLID design principles.
• Develop solutions involving payments, ERPs, third-party services, and REST/JSON integrations.
• Plan and execute content and data migrations from Drupal and other platforms using Drupal’s migration framework.
• Optimize application performance, database queries, caching, and the handling of large data sets.
• Ensure code meets Drupal/PHP standards, accessibility, security, and project requirements.
• Support deployments and collaborate with Web Operations and DevOps across environments.
• Work with cloud and managed Drupal hosting platforms, including Acquia and similar providers.
• Collaborate directly with clients and project teams to translate requirements into solutions. 
• Estimate development work, identify risks, and support solution planning. 
• Mentor junior developers and promote consistent development practices.
• Use AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude responsibly. 

Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of Drupal development experience, including Drupal 10/11.
• Advanced PHP 8+ and object-oriented programming, and Symfony experience.
• Strong experience developing custom Drupal modules and themes using Twig.
• Proficiency with Composer, Drush, Git, branching and code-reviews.
• Experience with Drupal configuration, Views, permissions, caching, and deployments.
• Experience with Layout Builder, Drupal Canvas, Paragraphs, and Layout Paragraphs.
• Knowledge of Drupal contributed modules/themes and Drupal.org.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and JSON integrations.
• Experience with Drupal migrations, including content, configuration, and complex data transformations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and Docker tools such as DDEV and Lando. 
• Experience writing automated tests with tools such as PHPUnit, Behat, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Proficiency with debugging and performance-analysis tools, including Xdebug and APM platforms.
• Working knowledge of Linux, web-servers, databases, caching, and cloud environments.
• Knowledge of security, accessibility, performance optimization, and scalable application design. 
• Experience using AI development tools responsibly and reviewing generated output. 
• Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and mentoring skills.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Acquia or other enterprise Drupal hosting platforms.
• Experience with high-traffic, content-rich, or transactional websites.
• Experience integrating Drupal with ERP, CRM, payment, search, identity-management, or other enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with Laravel or additional PHP frameworks.
• Contributions to Drupal.org projects or active participation in the Drupal community.

Americaneagle.com provides its employees with an energetic work environment and opportunities to further develop their skills. Our dedication to growing our development team is how we can produce excellent sites and applications for our clients. We do all of this while maintaining a family value focus and pushing for a good work-life balance. We offer a generous compensation and benefits package. The US-based salary range for this full-time position is $90,000-$110,000 per year. Within this range, individual pay is determined by job related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Americaneagle.com, we are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package, a positive work environment, company activities and more. To see our benefits and what we have been up to, click here!


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