As a Backend Developer, you will architect and develop responsive Drupal websites and applications, collaborating with a creative team and implementing innovative technologies.
Insomniac Design is a global digital agency headquartered in Washington D.C., with offices in London, Bucharest and Chisinau. We’re an agile, determined and innovative team organized by functional areas of expertise — Creative, Technology, Strategy, and Management. We specialize in human-centered design with deep focus on design thinking and digital transformation.
As a Backend Developer you will use your exceptional web development skills and experiences to architect and develop responsive Drupal websites and web applications. As a member of our world-class agency, you will work on innovative and inspired work across a variety of clients.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and build custom websites and applications.
- Has a high level of expertise with technologies including PHP and Drupal 9 and Drupal 10.
- Build and test custom Drupal modules and hooks based on functional requirements.
- Innovation in deliverables – show a strong desire and passion to implement new technologies to make the next project better than the last. We can always do better.
- Work directly with the creative director, designers, project managers, and user experience leads on assigned projects.
- Provide test scripts.
Skills & Experience:
- Applicants must have previous experience developing large complex Drupal 9 and 10 enterprise web applications that include custom views and modules.
- 4+ years of experience in Object Oriented Design & Development.
- 3+ years of experience developing custom Drupal modules.
- 2+ years of experience working with REST API integrations.
- Exceptional proficiency coding in PHP/HTML/CSS/JavaScript and consistently developing clean, semantic, valid markup.
- An expert in creating custom Drupal views and modules due to the nature of our projects – we are very creative.
- Understanding of Drupal configuration management, including Features, Config Split, and support for layout builder.
- Comfortable working in Git-based workflows, including branching strategies and pull requests.
- Experience contributing to CI/CD pipelines Ability to analyze requirements and follow detailed technical / functional specifications.
- Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks and hit deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
- Demonstrates good judgment, excellent planning, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to think strategically, act quickly, multi-task, and work collaboratively in an environment that values creativity.
Security & Clearance Requirements: This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. U.S. citizenship is required due to federal security screening guidelines.
Top Skills
CSS
Drupal 10
Drupal 9
Git
HTML
JavaScript
PHP
Rest Api
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