[Hiring] Drupal Technical Lead @Fearless

Role Description

We are seeking a Drupal Technical Lead as part of our Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services career path to lead the technical architecture and implementation of a large-scale government website modernization. This project will deliver a new Drupal 11 platform that transforms how a government agency serves constituents, manages content, and publishes information across a multilingual, accessible, mobile-responsive digital experience.

• Design reusable content models
• Integrate with AWS-hosted infrastructure
• Migrate legacy content and data
• Establish modern publishing workflows that support long-term maintainability and future capabilities

This role serves as the technical authority defining Drupal architecture, technical standards, and solution approaches that balance business requirements with sustainable engineering practices. This is a fully remote role.

At Fearless, this Senior Consultant collaborates with cross-functional teams to align the technical vision, implementation, and quality of software systems across development, reliability, testing, and operations.

This role will possess the skills to bridge business objectives with technical execution in software development, infrastructure, security, and testing at an advanced application level of proficiency.

• Ensure scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while mentoring engineers
• Foster collaboration and align stakeholders with product and project goals

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of total relevant professional experience
• At least 3 years of experience leading enterprise-wide website modernization or digital transformation initiatives, with that experience occurring within the past 5 years
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Experience supporting at least one government, higher education, or similarly regulated organization project
• Experience implementing at least one Drupal solution hosted on AWS
• Demonstrated experience leading the architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise Drupal solutions
• Hands-on experience with Drupal 11 architecture and configuration, including PHP development and PostgreSQL databases
• Proficiency in designing Drupal content models, taxonomy, metadata structures, roles and permissions, and publishing workflows for complex content environments
• Proven ability to translate business and technical requirements into solution architecture, technical designs, and implementation approaches
• Deep knowledge of REST APIs and third-party integrations within Drupal platforms
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines for enterprise Drupal or web applications
• Background in architecting and supporting containerized Drupal deployments within cloud environments
• Demonstrated ability to establish technical standards, architectural patterns, and development practices for engineering teams
• Proven track record evaluating Drupal configuration, contributed modules, integrations, and custom development needs to create maintainable, reusable solutions
• Experience providing technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams and collaborating across engineering, DevOps, migration, UX, accessibility, content, and QA disciplines
• Experience leading technical and architecture reviews with customers, enterprise IT teams, or other technical stakeholders
• Background developing technical architecture and operational documentation and supporting technical knowledge transfer

Requirements

• Familiarity with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools to provision and manage AWS infrastructure
• Background deploying containerized applications using AWS ECS/Fargate
• Knowledge of AWS EFS and Aurora PostgreSQL within enterprise application environments
• Familiarity with Apache and Nginx within Drupal or comparable web application environments
• Knowledge of Drush and GitHub within enterprise Drupal development and deployment workflows
• Background designing search and SEO architecture for large-scale public-facing websites
• Experience designing structured content and API-first architectures that support content reuse and future integrations
• Familiarity with content and platform architectures that support semantic search, AI readiness, or other emerging capabilities
• Acquia Drupal certification preferred
• AWS certification preferred

Benefits

• Flexible, life-friendly schedules
• 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions
• Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents
• Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage
• 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting
• Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA
• Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave
• Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave
• Education, wellness, and tech allowances
• Referral bonus: $6K–$12K for each successful referral
• Pet insurance & discount plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage
• Performance-Based Bonuses