This is a remote position We are seeking an experienced Backend Drupal Developer to design build and maintain a scalable secure and headless Drupal backend The candidate will be responsible for exposing content via APIs for seamless integration with modern frontend frameworks and collaborating closely with frontend teams in an agile environment Duration 6 Months Location Remote Experience 5 years Mandatory Requirements 5 years of backend development experience with Drupal 10 11 Strong expertise in headless decoupled Drupal architectures Proficiency in creating and exposing APIs using GraphQL REST and JSON API Hands-on experience with content types view modes fields paragraphs and taxonomies Strong understanding of custom module development Drupal hooks and services Experience integrating and querying Elasticsearch Solr Search in Drupal applications Proficiency with Drush Composer Acquia Cloud Git Ddev and CI CD tools Solid knowledge of security best practices in Drupal and API development Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in a remote agile team Experience supporting component-driven development with frontend teams Familiarity with multilingual SEO-friendly and accessibility-compliant content structures Expertise in caching performance tuning and securing API endpoints Active participation in agile ceremonies sprint planning demos retrospectives Experience conducting peer code reviews and maintaining documentation standards Solid communication skills verbal and written Self-motivated organized and able to deliver with minimal supervision Optional Requirements Experience with API versioning rate-limiting and token-based authentication OAuth2 JWT Knowledge of performance optimization Varnish Redis CDN integration Experience with automated testing in Drupal PHPUnit Behat Prior experience collaborating with Next js frontend teams Exposure to Content Staging Multi-site architectures or content governance workflows Roles Responsibilities Develop and maintain headless Drupal 9 10 backends for frontend integration Expose content via GraphQL REST and JSON API for frontend consumption Design and manage content types fields paragraphs taxonomies and view modes Develop custom modules and extend Drupal core functionalities Configure and optimize Elasticsearch Solr search for scalable search solutions Collaborate with frontend developers to enable component-driven development Implement SEO-friendly accessible and multilingual configurations Apply performance tuning API caching and backend security best practices Actively participate in sprint planning demos and retrospectives Conduct peer code reviews and ensure adherence to documentation and coding standards Qualifications Experience 5 years in backend Drupal development Education Full-time Bachelor s or Master s degree Computer Science IT preferred Strong technical analytical and problem-solving skills