Senior Drupal Developer, (Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services)

Senior Drupal Developer (Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services)

We are seeking a Senior Drupal Developer as part of our Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services career path to lead the migration of a large-scale public-facing government website into a modern Drupal 11 platform. This role supports the modernization of how constituents access public services and information by designing and executing a comprehensive content and data migration that preserves URLs, relationships, and metadata while transforming legacy content into a structured, accessible, and maintainable digital experience. The migration encompasses webpages, documents, media, taxonomy, metadata, and integrations across thousands of pieces of content and supporting data. This is a fully remote role.

At Fearless, this Senior Consultant collaborates with cross functional teams to align the technical vision, implementation, and quality of software systems across development, reliability, testing, and operations. This role will possess the skills to be able to bridge business objectives with technical execution in software development, infrastructure, security, and testing at an advanced application level of proficiency. The Sr. Consultant role will work on projects that allow them to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while mentoring engineers, fostering collaboration, and aligning stakeholders with product and project goals.

Fearless Your Responsibilities in this Role: 

●​Develop and configure Drupal components, templates, modules, workflows, and integrations that support the modernized platform and migration requirements. 

●​Lead the technical planning and execution of content and data migration from the legacy website into the Drupal 11 environment. 

●​Analyze legacy content, data structures, files, URLs, redirects, integrations, and dependencies to prepare for migration. 

●​Build repeatable migration processes to extract, transform, load, and validate content and supporting data using Drupal migration tooling and automated pipelines. 

●​Migrate and validate webpages, documents, media, metadata, users, and related records while ensuring data quality and structural integrity. 

●​Preserve required URLs, redirects, relationships, and SEO information during migration to maintain search visibility and user access. 

●​Perform migration reconciliation, data-quality validation, and troubleshooting to resolve inconsistencies and ensure completeness. 

●​Support migration waves, production cutover, post-migration validation, and stabilization to ensure successful transition to the modernized platform. 

The Impact You Will Create in this Role: 

Fearless Impact:

• Fosters collaboration with cross functional teams by taking the initiative and driving conversations 
• Coach, mentor, and develop peers that elevate team capability and technical expertise using clear and persuasive communication of engineering solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world class services.
• Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are not only met on time but aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards of excellence. Anticipate risks and implement proactive solutions to keep initiatives on track.
• Take ownership of risk management by monitoring deliverables across the team, identifying issues early, and coaching teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed.
• Shape client engagement and intelligence-gathering efforts by actively cultivating relationships with stakeholders, synthesizing insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and providing Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations that inform strategy and strengthen delivery outcomes.

Fearless Customer Impact:

• Deliver expected outcomes relative to high quality code and maintainable systems
• Offer and implement innovative solutions that include engineering best practices through new tools, frameworks and methodologies
• Lead and align stakeholders with product and project goals that advance customer satisfaction as well as Fearless’ objectives, strategy, and mission
• Serve as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise

Project Skill and Experience Requirements

●​Minimum of 7 years of total relevant professional experience. 

●​Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience. 

●​At least 3 years of experience with enterprise-wide website modernization or digital transformation initiatives, with that experience occurring within the past 5 years. 

●​Experience supporting at least one government, higher education, or similarly regulated organization project. 

●​Experience implementing at least one Drupal solution hosted on AWS. 

●​Senior-level proficiency in Drupal architecture, configuration, module development, and content modeling. 

●​Deep experience planning and executing large-scale content and data migrations from legacy systems into modern platforms. 

●​Hands-on background analyzing legacy website content, data structures, files, URLs, redirects, integrations, and dependencies. 

●​Proficiency in data extraction, transformation, and structured content migration 

processes. 

●​Proven ability to migrate documents, media, taxonomy, metadata, and related supporting data while preserving relationships and structure. 

●​Strong background in URL and redirect migration, ensuring continuity of user access and search visibility. 

●​Demonstrated skill in migration validation, reconciliation, data-quality remediation, and troubleshooting. 

●​Track record supporting migration planning, wave execution, production cutover, and post-migration stabilization. 

Preferred Experience 

●​Familiarity with Drupal Migrate tooling, custom migration plugins, and configuration-driven migration processes. 

●​Background in automated migration pipelines and incremental or delta migration approaches. 

●​Knowledge of SEO migration considerations, including metadata preservation and search ranking continuity. 

●​Hands-on work with API and third-party integrations within Drupal environments. 

●​AWS migration services or infrastructure experience supporting large-scale content or data transitions. 

●​Background in complex data-quality remediation, including content cleanup, deduplication, and normalization. 

Fearless Skills and Competencies

• Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
• Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
• Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
• Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.
• Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations.
• Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making.
• Managing Priorities & Client Alignment: Skillfully negotiates and manages conflicting priorities to strategically align decisions, enhancing service delivery and client satisfaction.

Required Level of Proficiency:

• Advanced Application: You can perform the actions associated with a skill without assistance. You are recognized within your immediate organization as "a person to ask" when difficult questions regarding required skills arise.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
• Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
• Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
• Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).

Life at Fearless

We’re a digital integration consultancy on a mission to build a better tomorrow. At Fearless, we combine technology, people, and organizational development to solve meaningful problems. Through iterative development, we deliver smart, user-friendly solutions that make tech work better—for everyone.

But great tech is just part of the story. What really makes us Fearless is our Purple Culture.

What Makes Us Purple?

Being Purple means you:

• Are valued as a whole person—not just a job title
• Get matched with work that plays to your strengths and passions
• Are supported by coaches, not micromanagers
• Have the autonomy and clarity to make decisions and drive impact
• Join a community that celebrates equity, curiosity, and innovation
• Do work that matters—every day

We believe in flexibility, growth, and balance. Our benefits and culture are designed to support you in doing your best work—while making space for what matters to you outside of it.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Fearless, we’re building a workplace that welcomes and respects everyone—across race, gender, age, religion, identity, background, and ability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compensation at Fearless

Fearless is committed to providing a competitive compensation package that will meet your current and future needs. Our philosophy is aimed at rewarding team member contributions, supporting long-term financial growth and security, and overall well-being. 

We believe in paying people fairly, so we've established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or willingness/ability to negotiate — is consistently paid fairly based on alignment to the needs and requirements of the role. 

The salary range for this position is:

Minimum Salary: $120,588

Salary Midpoint: $156,764

Maximum Salary: $195,955

Hiring Range for Role: $120,588 - $140,000

*This position is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance criteria.

Benefits at Fearless

At Fearless, we take care of our team—because when you're supported, you can do your best work. We offer a flexible, family-friendly environment with benefits designed to support your health, growth, and life outside of work.

For Full-Time Team Members (Starting Day One):

• Flexible, life-friendly schedules
• 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions
• Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents
• Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage
• 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting
• Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA
• Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave
• Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave
• Education, wellness, and tech allowances
• Referral bonus: $6K–$12K for each successful referral
• Pet insurance & discount plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage
• Performance-Based Bonuses: We believe your impact should be recognized. Our bonus program rewards both shared company success and individual contributions. Learn more about our bonus incentives here.

Reasonable Accommodations

Fearless is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact the Human Resources Department at hr@fearless.tech.

So, What’s Next?

We’ve refined our hiring approach to make sure every team member is a great fit for Fearless—and that we’re a great fit for you, too. If there’s alignment, we’ll reach out to kick off the interview process. Depending on the role or project, your experience may vary slightly, but it typically includes:

1. Introductory Interview

You'll connect with a recruiter to:

• Build rapport and get to know each other
• Review your experience and skills
• Talk through salary expectations and role details
• Set expectations for the rest of the process

2. Technical Assessment

We'll invite you to complete a role-specific assessment to see your skills in action. This helps us keep our hiring process fair and consistent. You can learn more about what to expect here.

3. Skills + Business Fit Interview

This is where we dig deeper to:

• Review findings from any technical assessments
• Walk through situational and values-based questions
• Explore how your approach aligns with Fearless culture and project needs

Some roles may also include customer interviews based on specific project requirements in addition to background check and security clearance requirements.

Where You Can Build with Fearless

At Fearless, we strive to build a powerful and diverse team. We are currently licensed and set up to hire talented individuals residing in the following 15 states:

Alabama, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

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