Senior Backend Engineer — Drupal (Hyderabad-based)

Location: Bengaluru, India We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Drupal experience to design, build, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize the backend services and application logic that power enterprise Drupal digital experiences. This role is backend-focused and requires deep hands-on Drupal engineering expertise, including custom module development, data modeling, business logic implementation, integrations, and platform-level troubleshooting. You will work closely with frontend engineers, architects, QA, DevOps, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. This position is intended for Hyderabad-based candidates who are available to work from the office. Design, develop, and maintain Drupal backend functionality for enterprise digital applications Build and support custom modules, services, plugins, hooks, events, and API integrations Implement business logic, data structures, and content/workflow behavior in Drupal Develop and maintain integrations with external systems and APIs Troubleshoot backend, configuration, data, caching, and platform issues Collaborate with frontend engineers to support rendering needs and resolve cross-stack issues Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and production troubleshooting Support configuration management, deployment readiness, and environment consistency Contribute to backend engineering standards, reusable patterns, and technical documentation 6+ years of professional software or web application development experience 3+ years of hands-on Drupal backend development experience Strong knowledge of PHP and Drupal architecture Experience building custom Drupal modules, services, plugins, hooks, and event-driven logic Strong understanding of Drupal entities, fields, forms, routing, dependency injection, and configuration management Experience working with Views, Blocks, custom content structures, and workflows Working knowledge of Drupal caching, render cache, cache tags, cache contexts, and invalidation Experience integrating Drupal with APIs, external services, and data sources Ability to read and analyze frontend impact when needed, and collaborate effectively with frontend engineers Strong Git workflow habits and familiarity with modern development tooling Ability to troubleshoot complex application issues methodically and communicate clearly across teams Experience with Drupal 10/11 Experience with Acquia Cloud Platform Familiarity with Drush, Composer, Docker, or DDEV Experience with enterprise-scale or multi-site Drupal platforms Experience with performance tuning, security hardening, or DevOps collaboration Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines