The Drupal Senior Engineer is in charge of our project build phase, executing on the technical vision laid out for the project, and is relied upon for many of the concrete technical aspects of projects. The Technical Architect will likely be focused on 1-2 projects at most, and coding between 20 - 50% of the time, depending on the size and skill level of the engineering team. Not only is the Drupal Sr Engineer a title for a person, but also a role on a project. Each project will only have one person 'playing' the technical architect role at a time, and if there are more than one person with the Technical Architect title on a project, which is entirely possible and sometimes common, the other Architects will be acting more as developers.
The overarching responsibilities of the Drupal Sr Engineer on a project is to collaborate with the Technical Director for his/her team and consult on the vision for a project, create concrete and actionable architecture, and lead a team to execute on it. Additionally, he/she should have experience implementing various integrations, estimating ballpark/high level requirements, understanding security and performance requirements, and juggling priorities. Acceptance that budget and timeline management is a shared responsibility with other project leaders is a must.
Responsibilities Primary
Content Architecture & other Technical Architecture Unblock Team Collaborate with Front-End, QA and other cross-functional team members Engineering Task Breakdown Estimation/Re-Estimation Review Specifications for Engineering Feasibility and Suggest Alternatives Review Designs for Engineering Feasibility and Suggest Alternatives Review Prototypes for Engineering Feasibility and Suggest Alternatives Engineering Oversight & Mentorship • Use forward-thinking DevOps technology and processes for deployments and automated testing Support the QA team to improve process and embrace automation to find & fix bugs during the entire product lifecycle. Run code reviews and continually improve the process and code quality Experience working with load balancing, and caching systems. Feature Development Proof of Concepts Technical Documentation Answer Engineering Questions from Team & Client Participate in Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Retrospectives Demo Completed Work to Client Understand Project Scope, Budget and Keep Team on Target Calculate Team Velocity Maintain Accountability and Ownership of Technical Decisions Cite Project Risks and Mitigation Plans Delegate Work to your Team in the Most Efficient and Effective way Possible Secondary
Maintain Visibility on Project Status Client Communication Maintain Understanding of Team Bandwidth Now and in the Future Maintain Understanding of, and Execute on Client and Business Priorities (from pre-sale through deployment) Stay on Top of the Latest Technologies in Eng Skill Sets Experience with Drupal content management system. CMS Platform certified is a plus Experience in long project engagements (6+ months) Experience with Drush Proficiency with versioning software like Git and understanding of DevOps process Knowledge of build scripting such as Webpack/Gulp/Grunt Experience with small and large teams Experience working with cross functional team PMs, BAs, QA, FE Experience with remote teams, and varying time zones is a plus Strategy/discovery experience Comfortable working directly with clients and providing demonstrations Estimation, both Ballpark and Task-level Scope management Documentation Mentorship Code reviews Integration work Understanding of SEO best practices within code Understanding of web application security best practices Understanding of search engine friendly markup Experience with key application development tools such as Automated Testing Platforms Code Generation Automated build, deployment and Continuous Integration such as Team City and Octopus Code Review Platforms Experience with Mobile specific sites and Mobile applications as well as standard web based implementations is a plus
