Drupal Backend Engineer, (Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services)

Fearless•Baltimore, MD

1d•$96,132 - $162,462•Remote

About The Position

At Fearless, the Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services collaborates with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver high-quality, secure, and maintainable systems for a federal health care platform serving approximately 11 million monthly users. Leveraging strong Drupal 11 backend expertise, this role builds and maintains custom modules, APIs, and configurations that power resilient, scalable digital services. The successful candidate pairs technical proficiency with a clear understanding of the mission context, translating requirements into secure, performant solutions while upholding engineering best practices. This Consultant collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, secure, and maintainable systems across all stages of the software and data lifecycle. This role is instrumental in delivering secure, efficient, and scalable solutions that directly impact the success of projects, teams, and organizational goals. This role will possess and/or develop the skills to be able to span the domains of software development, data engineering, infrastructure automation, information assurance, and AI/ML integration at a practical application level of proficiency . This Consultant role will work on projects that allow them to contribute across the entire technology stack—software, infrastructure, data, AI, and security—to ensure quality, speed, and innovation in delivery. This position requires candidates to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance and satisfy all CMS residency requirements.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Experience with GitHub Copilot; efficient usage and ability to review AI-generated code
"Contrib first" mindset; appreciation for open-source community engagement and generalizing custom code for contribution
Examples of community-contributed (preferred) or custom Drupal 10/11 code

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