Job Description
About the Role
As a Senior CMS Engineer, you’ll work across both WordPress and Drupal projects, designing and delivering high-quality solutions for client work. You’ll be hands-on in code across WordPress and Drupal projects, contributing to implementation decisions and supporting shared development standards.
This role is best suited for someone who is strong in one CMS and confident working in the other.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain custom WordPress and Drupal sites, themes, modules, and plugins
- Contribute to implementation decisions and uphold modern PHP and JavaScript best practices
- Support shared development standards across CMS platforms
- Evaluate plugins, modules, and third-party integrations to support project needs
- Identify opportunities to improve workflows, tools, and development processes
- Collaborate with design, product, and project teams to deliver against client goals
- Stay current on platform updates, security releases, and emerging CMS trends
Qualifications
Required
- 5-8 years of professional web or software development experience, ideally in an agency environment
- Strong experience in either WordPress or Drupal, with demonstrated proficiency in the other
- Advanced PHP experience and solid understanding of modern JavaScript
- Experience building custom themes, plugins, or modules
- Understanding of CMS architecture, configuration management, and caching strategies
- Experience with REST APIs and third-party integrations
- Proficiency with Git and CI/CD workflows
- Experience with CMS-friendly hosting and cloud platforms (WP Engine, Pantheon, Acquia, AWS, etc.)
- Ability to work independently on complex builds
Preferred
- Experience with decoupled or headless CMS architectures
- Familiarity with React or modern front-end frameworks
- Experience with performance optimization and security best practices
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Familiarity with design tools like Figma and translating design systems into code
- Experience with additional CMS platforms (Contentful, Sanity, Webflow, etc.)
The target range of base compensation for this role is $110,000–$115,000 annually for full-time employment, $55–$60 per hour for the temporary period. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.
