Drupal Developer - Minneapolis, United States - August Ash

Description

Company Overview

August Ash exists to help companies grow. We solve complex business problems by designing, developing, and supporting digital marketing strategies and websites. Our ability to drive digital transformation would not be possible without our core values: Care, Clarity, Grow, Grit, and Good-Natured. When working with August Ash, we guarantee honest answers to tough questions

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Drupal Web Developer to join our dynamic team. As a Drupal Web Developer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining Drupal-based websites, ensuring their functionality, performance, and security. Your expertise in PHP web development and deep understanding of Drupal's code structure will be crucial in delivering high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work within a project team to build website applications in an efficient manner
• Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP code
• Conduct analysis of website and application requirements and vulnerabilities
• Solve complex performance problems and architectural challenges
• Troubleshoot/debug application and code issues
• Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers
• Be an advocate for the users and your clients, anticipating what they need before they ask and presenting possible solutions or recommendations
• Be an ambassador for August Ash and your team

Basic Requirements:

• Minimum of 3–5 years PHP web development experience with Drupal development in the last 2 years
• Firm grasp of Git-based source control
• Competent with MySQL-based database concepts
• Familiarity with automated deployment strategies
• Solutions-oriented thinking; always looking for the smart solution to a problem rather than jumping at the first answer
• A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies
• You embrace simplicity and elegance over technical complexity when designing solutions

Proven Skills & Technical Requirements:

• Expert understanding of Drupal's code structure, module architecture, and theming components
• Expertise in authoring and extending Drupal modules
• Thorough experience in leveraging Drupal's hook & API systems, views, entities, taxonomies, and other site building blocks
• Thorough knowledge of Drupal's feature set and configuration
• Competent in authoring JavaScript
• Competent in web services integrations (REST/SOAP)
• A desire to be personally responsible for production-level code
• Ingenuity to leverage all available tools at your disposal
• Comfort working with Linux-based systems

Bonus Qualifications:

• Drush is a huge plus
• Experience in e-commerce integrations/implementations is a huge plus
• Experience with caching and scaling techniques
• Experience in multi-lingual implementations
• Experience with Pantheon platform
• Experience with CSS preprocessors like SASS
• Contributions to the open-source community

This position is a full-time position with benefits including health, dental, STD, LTD, Life, 401(k), and paid vacation. This is not a remote position.

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

August Ash