Drupal Technical Lead
Our Drupal Team are looking for a Technical Lead to join the team here at CTI Digital. Working with a team of 20+ Drupal Developers, you'll be playing a pivotal part in our clients life-cycle.
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We are looking for an experienced Drupal developer who enjoys shaping solutions to meet client requirements and working with a team of experienced Drupal developers to deliver their technical vision for the project.
Based in the heart of Manchester, CTI is now one of the largest digital transformation agencies outside of London with 220 Digital professionals working for us. Our journey is unique and we need dedicated and talented people to join us to help our continued growth and development. Not only will you have exposure to some exciting technologies but you’ll also get to know our various teams and departments.
Why our Drupal team?
We currently have a team of around 20 developers working across multiple projects in an agency-style resourcing model. As a tech lead, you would support line management and mentoring of senior and junior developers, front-end and back-end developers and be responsible for code reviewing the work of your peers through pull requests via Git branched-based development
What will my day look like?
As a Drupal Tech Lead at CTI, you will be responsible for leading the implementation of Drupal projects from conception through to production delivery. At CTI we use an atomic design approach. Our projects start with client-approved UX mock-ups in Figma, which includes a full component-based design system. This design system is then built in Storybook as a working prototype. Drupal is then used to power the CMS functionality and prepare the data for rendering through the integrated Storybook design system. We have some legacy and bespoke projects but often this is the approach.
Your role as Tech Lead would be to take a series of project requirements, UX & Strategy outcomes and a Figma design and then define the technical approach for the build in Drupal. Your technical approach will be captured in Jira & Confluence using user story mapping with the client requirement, a set of acceptance criteria and a functional specification. Once a project is technically planned the development is performed by a team of Drupal specialists under your guidance.
Technical planning of a Drupal-based CMS solution from a set of requirements
Delivery leadership of a cross-functional team of website builders
Working with account managers and project managers to deliver client requirements
Represent delivery progress and options on client calls
Estimate project resource requirements to support sales and continual improvement pieces of work
Mentor junior developers in selecting suitable tasks to support their development
Ensure solutions are fit for purpose and budget
Ensure technical quality and consistency of development you produce, in terms of the key areas: Security, Maintainability, and Performance
Produce client-facing documentation and training materials
Be constantly improving to keep pace with innovations and technologies
Review other developers' code providing constructive feedback and support
Please contribute to our processes and improvements.
Line management of senior Drupal developers
Key Skills & Qaulities
Experience of technically planning large Drupal projects
Familiar with principles of modern technical architecture and enterprise architecture.
Proven track record developing Drupal 7/8/9/10 websites to an exceptional standard.
Experience in code-driven development using Drupal configuration management.
Docker, Git, Drush, using REST APIs, meeting Drupal coding standards.
Knowledge of measures contributing to security including how Drupal's built-in features can help prevent malicious attacks.
Good understanding of Twig templates, HTML5, and CSS preprocessing.
Familiar with project management tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
Good communicator with an ability to articulate technical solutions to varied audiences.
Working within cross-functional teams (Design, User Experience, Development, Quality Assurance, Project Management)
Able to tech lead multiple large projects simultaneously with good time management
Experience in estimating the effort required to build a collection of features in Drupa
Nice to have
TailwindCSS, AlpineJS, StorybookJS, NodeJS, NPM, Atomic Design Systems
Experience of Drupal Commerce, Internationalisation and headless delivery
Large project life cycle including automated content migration and Drupal upgrades
Location: Our head office is in Manchester city centre (Ancoats) - we adopt a hybrid working model (2 days in the office per week)
Salary: Dependent on Experience
Why CTI Digital?
Having recently received a £25 million investment, CTI is now on an accelerated path with growth in several areas across the business and its other brands. We are committed to ensuring our employees have the best possible opportunities to learn and develop along the way, offering continued professional development days for all levels of the business with a dedicated budget. We pride ourselves on providing high-quality services to clients and recognise the hard work that our staff do that's why we also offer many other benefits including:
- 28 days annual leave, in addition to the bank holidays
- Six days per year for your continuing professional development (CPD)
- Personal training and development fund
- Workplace nursery scheme
- Health cash plan
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Flexible working hours
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Annual subscription to Leafyard, a mental wellbeing platform
- Pension 4% matched
- Free breakfast on a Monday (if in the office)
- Company socials
At CTI Digital, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equal and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds & communities to apply. If you are a skilled professional with a passion for digital transformation to help businesses succeed, we would love to hear from you. You can also find out more about our work with equality, diversity and inclusion here.
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Drupal Technical Lead
Our Drupal Team are looking for a Technical Lead to join the team here at CTI Digital. Working with a team of 20+ Drupal Developers, you'll be playing a pivotal part in our clients life-cycle.
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