Drupal Engineer

Aboutthe role:

As a Web Back-End Engineer, I focus on crafting innovative solutions that leverage the power of Drupal by actively designing, developing, and maintaining custom Drupal modules to fulfill Takeda’s transformative web capabilities. Additionally, I provide support to externals developers, fostering a collaborative team environment. I participate in discussions and ceremonies to refine user stories for optimal implementation, ensuring that our web solutions meet the highest standards of quality and user experience.

How you will contribute:

• Develop modules using PHP/Drupal, ensuring they meet the quality standards specified in SLAs to support other teams effectively.

• Implement reusable libraries across applications to enhance efficiency and maintainability.

• Utilize an analytical approach and independent judgment to resolve complex technical challenges, delivering innovative solutions that consistently yield quality IT results.

• Serve as a technical specialist in collaboration with business, product development, external vendors, and infrastructure teams within a distributed Agile environment.

• Work closely with senior team members to incorporate feedback during pull request reviews.

• Collaborate with Agile team members to craft clear user stories and consistently deliver product increments.

• Estimate work based on user stories, functional requirements, or wireframes to facilitate planning.

Skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, systems analysis or a related study.

• 3+ years relevant web development experience.

• Experience as a PHP back-end developer; Drupal development experience or willingness to upskill is a plus.

• Skilled in building and maintaining Drupal applications and modules using Composer, Drush, Devel, and Docker for efficient local development and deployment workflows.

• Experienced in implementing object-oriented programming (OOP) principles in PHP and JavaScript to design robust domain models and enhance site functionality through dynamic, interactive features.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools such as Jira for project management and issue tracking.

• Familiarity with Git workflows, including Git Flow and Git Actions.

• Basic knowledge of Bash scripting and experience with Pantheon is desired.

• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively.

• Self-starter with a passion for ownership and delivering results.

• Commitment to continuously enhancing personal skills and knowledge.

• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

• Efficient in time management and capable of coordinating tasks in an international environment.

As a solid professional, you receive assignments with objectives and goals, providing guidance to employees based on established policies. Your work is reviewed by management to assess goal achievement and adherence to policies, with opportunities to recommend policy changes within your unit or sub-unit. You address moderate scope problems, applying judgment within defined procedures and policies, and act as an advisor when needed. Your role involves frequent use of industry practices and general knowledge, ensuring project completion on schedule, primarily liaising internally with subordinates and supervisors, with minimal external contacts and guidance.