Freelance Drupal Developer (US/CA-only)

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We are seeking an experienced Freelance Drupal Developer to support client website development, maintenance, optimization, and modernization projects. This role is ideal for a senior developer with deep Drupal expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently within client-facing project environments. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of demonstrated professional/enterprise-level Drupal development experience and is comfortable supporting both new and existing Drupal builds, including custom functionality, theming, integrations, migrations, security updates, performance improvements, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities:

The role will support a range of project needs, including:

• Building, configuring, and maintaining Drupal websites and applications.
• Developing custom Drupal modules, themes, templates, content types, views, taxonomies, and workflows.
• Supporting Drupal upgrades, migrations, patching, and security updates.
• Using Composer, Drush, Git, and Drupal configuration management as part of modern development and deployment workflows.
• Integrating Drupal with third-party systems, APIs, CRMs, membership platforms, payment systems, analytics tools, and other external services.
• Troubleshooting issues related to configuration, contributed modules, custom code, caching, performance, permissions, and hosting environments.
• Implementing responsive, accessible, and standards-compliant front-end experiences using Twig, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
• Optimizing site performance, search, caching, media handling, and front-end delivery.
• Collaborating with project managers, designers, strategists, and other developers to translate requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Documenting key technical decisions, configurations, custom code, and deployment steps.

Required Experience:

Qualified candidates should have:

• 10+ years of professional Drupal development experience.
• Strong experience with Drupal 9, Drupal 10, and/or Drupal 11.
• Strong working knowledge of PHP, Twig, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, Composer, Drush, and Drupal configuration management.
• Experience developing and maintaining custom Drupal modules and themes.
• Familiarity with Drupal entities, fields, views, blocks, menus, users, roles, permissions, and content workflows.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across Drupal, hosting, caching, integrations, and front-end issues.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to estimate work, flag risks, and work independently in a freelance capacity.

Preferred Experience:

Experience in any of the following areas is a plus:

• Drupal migrations from legacy systems or older Drupal versions.
• Headless or decoupled Drupal architectures.
• Search tools such as Solr, Search API, or Elasticsearch.
• Hosting platforms such as Pantheon, Acquia, Platform.sh, AWS, CloudPanel, Plesk, or similar environments.
• Common Drupal modules such as Paragraphs, Layout Builder, Webform, Media Library, Views, Pathauto, Metatag, Redirect, and Search API.
• Integrations with association management systems, directories, CRMs, payment platforms, or membership systems.
• Work with nonprofit, association, higher education, government, or enterprise clients.

Engagement Details

This is a freelance/contract role. Work may be project-based or ongoing depending on client needs, availability, and fit. The role is remote, with occasional calls and regular project communication as needed.

*** PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT BASED IN THE USA/CANADA AND ARE NOT A US/CA CITIZEN! ***