Senior Backend Engineer — Drupal (Hyderabad-based)

DataArt·India·Офис·2д. назад

About the Position

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Drupal experience to design, build, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize the backend services and application logic that power enterprise Drupal digital experiences. This role is backend-focused and requires deep hands-on Drupal engineering expertise, including custom module development, data modeling, business logic implementation, integrations, and platform-level troubleshooting. You will work closely with frontend engineers, architects, QA, DevOps, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. This position is intended for Hyderabad-based candidates who are available to work from the office.

About the Team

You will work with frontend engineers, architects, QA, DevOps, and product teams in a collaborative environment focused on delivery, technical discussions, and cross functional problem solving.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain Drupal backend functionality for enterprise digital applications
Build and support custom modules, services, plugins, hooks, events, and API integrations
Implement business logic, data structures, and content/workflow behavior in Drupal
Develop and maintain integrations with external systems and APIs
Troubleshoot backend, configuration, data, caching, and platform issues
Collaborate with frontend engineers to support rendering needs and resolve cross-stack issues
Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability
Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and production troubleshooting
Support configuration management, deployment readiness, and environment consistency
Contribute to backend engineering standards, reusable patterns, and technical documentation

Requirements

6+ years of professional software or web application development experience
3+ years of hands-on Drupal backend development experience
Strong knowledge of PHP and Drupal architecture
Experience building custom Drupal modules, services, plugins, hooks, and event-driven logic
Strong understanding of Drupal entities, fields, forms, routing, dependency injection, and configuration management
Experience working with Views, Blocks, custom content structures, and workflows
Working knowledge of Drupal caching, render cache, cache tags, cache contexts, and invalidation
Experience integrating Drupal with APIs, external services, and data sources
Ability to read and analyze frontend impact when needed, and collaborate effectively with frontend engineers
Strong Git workflow habits and familiarity with modern development tooling
Ability to troubleshoot complex application issues methodically and communicate clearly across teams