Senior PHP Engineer (Drupal)

About the role

We are seeking candidates for our client, which operates in Europe. As the senior PHP Drupal engineer in the high-impact production site driving critical SEO traffic, you will take full accountability for architecture, performance, security, and deployments. You will operate with high autonomy as part of the technical SEO team, bridging custom Drupal backend engineering.

Technologies we work with: Drupal 10, PHP 8.x, Symfony, Twig, TypeScript, JavaScript, Headless CMS, AWS, Docker, CircleCI, Datadog

Responsibilities:

• Developing custom Drupal 10 modules using PHP 8.x, Symfony components, and Twig templating

• Driving technical SEO implementation, including URL structure, redirects, Core Web Vitals/page speed optimization, and structured data

• Performing deployments of the applications

• Monitoring system health and site performance using Datadog, ensuring high availability and stability

• Executing regular security patches, Drupal updates, and core upgrades

• Supporting the editorial team with CMS workflows and contributing to headless CMS architecture

• Debugging issues

• Scoping and assessing the complexity of features

• Participation in on-call rotation

Required qualifications:

• 6+ years of production software development experience 

• Hands-on experience in Drupal 10 custom module development

• Strong mastery of PHP 8.x, Symfony framework, and Twig

• Solid understanding of technical SEO principles (URL structure, redirects, page speed performance, structured data)

• Autonomous, proactive mindset with high comfort navigating ambiguity and taking end-to-end ownership

• Foundational familiarity with TypeScript, JavaScript

• Computer Science degree

• Experience working with Agile methodologies such as SCRUM and/or Kanban

• Proficiency in English

Nice to have:

• Experience or interest in headless CMS architecture

• Familiarity with Platform.sh or advanced Drupal site theming

• Knowledge of cloud computing AWS / GCP / Azure 

• Exposure to one of the object-oriented and/or functional languages such as Java, Python, Elixir, C++, C#, Golang, Erlang, Kotlin