We are looking for a Drupal Backend Developer to join SQLI and work on a strategic digital platform for one of the top 3 ecommerce platforms worldwide, within a global, modern, and highly scalable environment.
The selected candidate will be part of the team responsible for our customer’s corporate headless CMS, delivering content to eCommerce platforms and mobile applications across multiple markets. This role combines backend Drupal development, enterprise-level system integrations, and a strong focus on quality, performance, and editorial experience. You will work very closely with the CMS Platform Lead at this well known brand, contributing end to end to the evolution of the platform.
What is this all about?
As a Backend Drupal Developer, you will be responsible for maintaining and evolving a business critical headless Drupal platform, ensuring stability, scalability, and an excellent experience for both editors and frontend teams.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Maintain and evolve a headless Drupal CMS (Drupal 10/11) that delivers content to Nespresso’s eCommerce website and mobile applications.
- Design, build, and maintain REST / JSON:API endpoints in Drupal to deliver structured content to frontend applications (React), ensuring alignment with defined JSON schemas.
- Develop and maintain integrations between Drupal and commercial solutions, such as translation services, Digital Asset Management (DAM) platforms, and other third‑party systems.
- Build and maintain reusable content structures (Paragraphs, entities, taxonomies) following Drupal best practices and supporting a multi‑market content model.
- Enhance the editorial experience by implementing intuitive user interfaces, efficient editing workflows, and page‑building tools tailored to non‑technical users.
- Manage and optimize Drupal hosting on Acquia Cloud, ensuring high standards of performance, security, and scalability.
- Design and optimize multi‑layer caching strategies (Drupal cache, Varnish, CDN), including proper cache invalidation for dynamic content.
- Ensure compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG) and SEO best practices, in close collaboration with UX/UI designers.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve issues related to APIs, integrations, and content delivery.
- Ensure high code quality through code reviews, unit testing, and integration testing.
- Participate in technical validation processes, including technical exercises and architecture reviews, within a collaborative and demanding engineering environment.