Senior Drupal Developer

• Position is available Nationally
• Australian Citizenship Required

DFP Recruitment is seeking a Senior Drupal Developer to develop and support accessible, secure and user-centred web applications. Working with UX, product and project teams and an external vendor, you'll scope technical requirements, develop, test and deploy Drupal solutions. Strong Drupal expertise and the ability to direct, validate and optimise AI-assisted development workflows are essential to delivering high-quality, maintainable solutions.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Develop, test and maintain modern web applications using Drupal and contemporary content management system practices.
• Collaborate with business analysts, designers, architects and backend development teams to deliver high-quality user experiences and integrated digital solutions.
• Contribute to the development of accessible, secure and maintainable applications that align with agency standards and user needs.
• Support the development and ongoing enhancement of reusable components, design systems and shared frontend capabilities.
• Work collaboratively across business and technology stakeholders to ensure projects run efficiently, and have effective communication skills, and be a team player.

Technical skills

• Be familiar with common Drupal modules such as Views, Search API, Display Suite, REST API, CSS, SCSS, PHP, Twig, and JavaScript
• Participate in code reviews, testing activities, CI/CD processes and continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality and delivery outcomes
• Utilise AI-assisted software development tools to accelerate implementation, testing, troubleshooting, documentation and delivery activities while maintaining accountability for code quality and technical outcomes.

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in Drupal website development, including experience in backend and front-end Drupal site development and configuration, themes, views, content type definition, search configuration, taxonomy development, and testing.
• Proficiency in HTML, UX, PHP, MySQL, Linux, NGINX, and knowledge of relevant standards including Digital Service Standard and WCAG 2.2 AA compliance.
• Proficiency with CSS and pre-processors such as Sass or LESS.
• Advanced knowledge of JavaScript and frameworks such as jQuery.
• Experience in developing and supporting Drupal in an AWS environment.

Desirable criteria

• Experience delivering applications using modern frontend ecosystems and tooling, API-driven architectures, component libraries and cloud-native platforms.
• Experience working with specification-driven or AI-augmented software development approaches, including the use of structured requirements and design artefacts to accelerate delivery.
• Experience using agentic development tools and modern AI-assisted development workflows to improve software delivery, quality and developer productivity.
• Experience working within government, regulated or highly governed delivery environments.

DFP welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. In addition, DFP will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, please advise and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.