Full Stack Engineer - Drupal, (Senior Consultant, Engineering & with Security Clearance
Fearless Albertville
Job Requirements Senior Fullstack Engineer
- Drupal (Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services) The Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services, serves as a technical leader within cross-functional Agile teams, driving the design, architecture, and maintenance of modern, high-impact digital experiences.
This individual manages backend systems and enterprise content management capabilities for a large-scale federal healthcare platform supporting over 11 million monthly users.
The role demands expert-level proficiency in Drupal 11, including custom module architecture, security hardening, and performance optimization to deliver resilient, scalable digital services.A successful candidate translates complex technical concepts for diverse stakeholders, actively contributes to open-source communities, and fosters engineering excellence across the organization.
This position requires candidates to obtain and maintain a federal public trust clearance and satisfy all CMS residency requirements.
We seek engineers who pair deep technical mastery with a thorough understanding of the mission context, allowing them to transform intricate requirements into high-quality solutions that advance workforce readiness, ensure regulatory compliance, and improve public health outcomes.
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 be able to bridge business objectives with technical execution in software development, infrastructure, security, and testing at an advanced application level of proficiency.
The Sr. Consultant role will work on projects that allow them to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while mentoring engineers, fostering collaboration, and aligning stakeholders with product and project goals.
Place of Performance & Travel Requirements While this role is primarily remote, candidates must meet CMS residency requirements.
Your Responsibilities in this Role:- Design, develop, and maintain Drupal 11 custom modules, APIs, and configurations to support high-quality, scalable web services
- Review and contribute to merge requests, ensuring code quality, security, and adherence to development standards
- Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities and performance issues within codebases
- Develop code collaboratively within Git repositories using forks, branching workflows, and conflict resolution best practices
- Manage and maintain DDEV Docker-based local development environments for the team
- Write and execute Cypress and PHPUnit tests; document implementation and testing steps within tickets to support team transparency and traceability
- Apply efficient debugging practices using tools such as Xdebug to accelerate development and maintain code integrity
- Contribute to Drupal 11 frontend development tasks, including theming and Twig templating as needed
- Apply federal accessibility standards (Section 508 / WCAG) awareness to backend configurations, content structures, and API outputs that affect frontend rendering
- Communicate and demo Drupal concepts and technical solutions clearly to both technical and nontechnical audiences
- Work collaboratively and independently within a remote agile team environment, participating in agile ceremonies and supporting sprint delivery
- Utilize standard project tools, including VS Code or PHPStorm, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams
- Coach and mentor peers on backend development best practices, security awareness, and Drupal architecture patterns
- Proactively identify delivery risks, escalate issues appropriately, and contribute to mitigation strategies that keep the team on track The Impact You Will Create in this Role: Fearless Impact:
- Fosters collaboration with cross functional teams by taking the initiative and driving conversations
- Coach, mentor, and develop peers that elevate team capability and technical expertise using clear and persuasive communication of engineering solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world class services.
- Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are not only met on time but aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards of excellence.
- Take ownership of risk management by monitoring deliverables across the team, identifying issues early, and coaching teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed.
- Shape client engagement and intelligence-gathering efforts by actively cultivating relationships with stakeholders, synthesizing insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and providing Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations that inform strategy and strengthen delivery outcomes.
- Deliver expected outcomes relative to high quality code and maintainable systems
- Offer and implement innovative solutions that include engineering best practices through new tools, frameworks and methodologies
- Lead and align stakeholders with product and project goals that advance customer satisfaction as well as Fearless' objectives, strategy, and mission
- Serve as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise Work Experience PROJECT SKILL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
- 6+ years of Drupal development experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of Drupal 11 concepts, architectures, APIs, and commonly used contributed modules
- Proven experience developing Drupal 11 custom modules
- Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve security and performance issues in code
- Demonstrated experience with Git collaborative workflows, including forks, branching, conflict resolution, and creating and reviewing merge requests
- Experience managing DDEV Docker-based local development environments
- Proficiency with debugging tools, including Xdebug
- Experience writing Cypress and PHPUnit tests
- Some familiarity with Drupal 11 frontend development, including theming and Twig
- Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to nontechnical audiences
- Proven experience working remotely in collaborative team environments, both independently and as part of a team
- Proficiency with VS Code or PHPStorm, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams
- Drupal.org username required
- Experience engaging with client stakeholders to present technical work, provide feedback on deliverables, and communicate progress and tradeoffs clearly
- Familiarity with integrating Web Components into Drupal themes
- Familiarity with React and progressively decoupled Drupal architectures, including integrating React applications within Drupal
- Familiarity with search solutions such as Apache Solr or Google Vertex AI Search
- Experience with GitHub Copilot or similar AI-powered development tools, with strong habits around code verification, security review, and critical evaluation of generated output
- Contribute first mindset with an appreciation for open-source community engagement and generalizing custom solutions for broader contribution
- Community-contributed or custom Drupal 10/11 code (Drupal.org contributions preferred)
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex issues across the stack.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including designers, analysts, and instructional developers.
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance.
- Must meet CMS residency requirements
- Completion of a backend take-home technical exercise is required as part of the hiring process Fearless Skills and Competencies
- Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
- Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
- Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
- Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.
- Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations.
- Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making.
- Managing Priorities & Client Alignment: Skillfully negotiates and manages conflicting priorities to strategically align decisions, enhancing service delivery and client satisfaction.
- Advanced Application: You can perform the actions associated with a skill without assistance.
You are recognized within your immediate organization as "a person to ask" when difficult questions regarding required skills arise.
Physical Requirements:- Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
- Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
- Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
- Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).
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