Lead Web Developer, Drupal Platform

Arizona State University • Scottsdale, AZ

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Web Developer, Drupal Platform provides technical and people leadership for ASU’s enterprise Drupal web platform, Webspark, and related web services. The role leads developers responsible for building, maintaining, releasing, and improving Drupal-based websites, themes, modules, integrations, accessibility practices, and managed hosting workflows across ASU’s web ecosystem. It combines hands-on development with technical direction, code review, release coordination, team mentorship, platform improvement, and support for site owners, editors, developers, and service partners.

The position helps sustain the reliability, security, accessibility, and scalability of ASU’s web ecosystem and supports modernization across TechEd services. It also guides the responsible use of AI-assisted development practices for documentation, routine-work automation, testing, code review, troubleshooting, and digital experiences. The role is expected to foster belonging and contribute to a relational, visionary, empowering, authentic, and compassionate team culture.

The work includes providing technical ownership and escalation support for Drupal, Webspark, Acquia or comparable managed hosting, integrations, performance, accessibility, code quality, and production support. The lead contributes to platform strategy and development practices, coordinates releases, mentors developers, supports enterprise web initiatives and the broader ASU web community, and collaborates across Enterprise Technology.

The position is based at ASU’s off-campus Scottsdale location. The working environment is an environmentally controlled office, with flexible work options that may include a hybrid schedule of three in-person days per week, subject to supervisor discussion. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. A cover letter and resume or CV are required with the application.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and seven years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or training that provides comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.
• A cover letter is required with the application; applicants are asked to describe experience with other CMSes and web application frameworks, full-stack experience, and cloud providers used.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading, mentoring, or supervising web developers, Drupal developers, or technical contributors.
• Strong experience developing, maintaining, and supporting Drupal-based websites or web platforms.
• Experience with Drupal 10 or newer, including custom module development, theme development, configuration management, content types, views, permissions, and deployment workflows.
• Experience with PHP, Twig, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern web development practices.
• Experience supporting enterprise content management systems, multisite environments, or large-scale web platforms.
• Experience with Acquia, Pantheon, WP Engine, or comparable managed hosting platforms.
• Experience coordinating releases, QA, stakeholder communication, documentation, and production support.
• Understanding of web accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.1 AA or higher, and experience applying accessibility practices in web development.
• Knowledge of Git, version control workflows, code review, automated testing, release management, and environment management.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD workflows, deployment pipelines, caching, CDN services, DNS, web performance, and web security concepts.
• Experience with Cloudflare or comparable CDN, caching, DNS, or web-platform security services.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, or similar tools for work tracking, documentation, sprint planning, and technical collaboration.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to developers, website owners, editors, service partners, and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and practices, including code generation, documentation support, test creation, workflow automation, and responsible AI use.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and determining how they can responsibly improve enterprise web services.
• Experience supporting higher education, TechEd, digital experience platforms, accessibility programs, or complex enterprise service environments.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for ASU’s Drupal-based web platform, including Webspark, custom modules, themes, configuration, integrations, and related platform components.
• Coordinate and perform regular releases for Drupal multisite codebases, ensuring releases are tested, documented, communicated, and coordinated with relevant stakeholders.
• Serve as technical owner and escalation point for complex Drupal, Webspark, managed hosting, integration, performance, accessibility, code quality, and production-support issues.
• Supervise, coach, and support web developers; establish development goals, assist onboarding, guide priorities, review technical work, and promote consistent development practices.
• Contribute to the Drupal and web-platform roadmap, identifying opportunities to improve architecture, reduce technical debt, modernize practices, strengthen accessibility, and support long-term sustainability.
• Write, review, test, and deploy custom Drupal modules, themes, scripts, integrations, and automation.
• Support large-scale web efforts, including site launches and decommissions, Drupal upgrades, WordPress-to-Drupal migrations, and platform standardization.
• Apply accessibility best practices in development, theming, component work, QA, documentation, and release processes, partnering with accessibility stakeholders to support WCAG alignment.
• Work with hosting, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and platform partners on managed hosting, environment management, caching, performance, deployments, and reliability.
• Improve Git workflows, QA, deployment pipelines, configuration management, automated testing, release and rollback planning, and operational documentation.
• Evaluate and apply AI tools appropriately for productivity, documentation, code generation and review, tests, troubleshooting, and repetitive-work automation while maintaining human oversight, security, quality, and accessibility.
• Create documentation, training materials, technical guidance, office hours, and support resources for Webspark and related web-service users.
• Collaborate with product teams, project managers, service owners, cybersecurity, accessibility, infrastructure, analytics, and other Enterprise Technology partners.
• Foster a collaborative, service-oriented team culture focused on quality, accountability, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and professional development.

Benefits

• ASU comprehensive benefits package (specific benefits are not detailed in the posting).
• Professional development opportunities, including encouragement to pursue additional certificates and degrees through ASU programs with major tuition breaks.
• Flexible work environment, with opportunities that may include hybrid work and flexibility beyond a traditional work schedule in consultation with a supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior