Description
Job Summary
Provide a brief overview of the role including what success in the position looks like and
how it contributes to the Smith community. Promote the college’s mission and strategic goals by serving as the primary architect and backend
developer for a large-scale Drupal multisite ecosystem. This role bridges deep technical engineering with high-impact marketing strategy, ensuring a secure, performant, and accessible digital presence for all campus stakeholders. Success in this position looks like a stable, performant, “author-friendly” platform
that empowers the marketing team to drive recruitment and engagement while maintaining seamless
integrations with institutional systems like Salesforce, Slate, Courseleaf, and Workday.
Take appropriate actions to support a diverse workforce and participate in the College's efforts to create
a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming work environment.
Technical Engineering & Core Development (40%):
- Develop and maintain custom Drupal 10+ modules using modern APIs and best practices.
- Design and implement secure API integrations with enterprise platforms (Salesforce, Slate, Workday). Maintain and modernize
legacy PHP codebases to ensure long-term sustainability and compatibility with current
architecture.
Strategic Marketing Partnership (25%):
- Partner with the Marketing Director to leverage analytics Tracking, GA4 events, and server-side tagging.
- Architect author-friendly administrative interfaces (Paragraphs) to empower non-technical content managers.
- Monitor and optimize Core Web Vitals and site speed to support SEO and brand performance.
Systems Maintenance & DevOps (25%):
- Manage hosting environments (e.g., Pantheon), including deployment pipelines (CI/CD), configuration management, regression testing, security and
version updates. - Act as primary technical troubleshooter for high-traffic institutional events.
Documentation & Collaboration (10%):
- Document technical implementations and integration
patterns to ensure team redundancy. Consult with the Marketing Director and Web Lead
during planning phases to provide feasibility assessments for new digital initiatives. - Perform other duties as assigned by management.
Requirements
MINIMUM REQUIRED Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree, Field: Computer Science or Engineering
- 5 or more years experience, Area: Drupal backend and integrations development
- Knowledge of: Drupal 10+ architecture, REST APIs, JSON, OAuth, and authentication workflows.
- Skills Proficiency in Drupal, Javascript, PHP, Composer and Git; ability to translate complex technical requirements for marketing stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Graduate Degree, Field: Computer Science
- 8 or more years experience Area: Drupal, Wordpress and API development
- Knowledge of: Drupal 10+ architecture, REST APIs, JSON, OAuth, and authentication
workflows, WordPress, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Workday, Technolutions
Slate CRM - Skills Proficiency in Drupal and WordPress architecture JavaScript, React, PHP, Composer and Git; extensive experience with modern APIs and ETL processes
