Drupal Developer

• Proven software development experience in PHP

• Understanding of open source projects like Laravel, Drupal, Mysqletc

• Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX etc

• Good knowledge of relational databases, version control tools and of developing web services

• Experience in common third-party APIs (Google, Facebook, Ebay etc)

Are you an experienced, ambitious Software Developer looking for a challenging role where you can learn and grow a lot more?

We are looking for motivated technical leads with skills in PHP-based frameworks to come to join our fast-paced, fun, and rewarding agile team of professionals.

If you are passionate about technology, constantly seeking to learn and improve your skillset, then you are the type of person we are looking for!

We are offering superb career growth opportunities, great compensation, and benefits.

Responsibilities: 

• Technical Leads to provide solutions to technical issues, and are responsible for meeting development schedules and ensuring the delivered solution meets the technical specifications and design requirements 
• Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team.
• Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals. 
• Liaising with team members, management, and clients to ensure projects are completed to standard.. 
• Analyzing existing operations and scheduling training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements. 
• Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and developments. 
• Updating work schedules and performing troubleshooting as required.
•  Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholders.
• Framework Conduct peer-reviews and lead reviews and provide feedback.
• Develop, maintain, troubleshoot, enhance and document
  
  

Requirements: 

 

• 6+ Years of IT industry experience 
• Sound knowledge of PHP Based frameworks (Word press, Laravel, Drupal, Codeigniter JavaScript, HTML, CSS 
• Ability to manage multiple projects and juggle priorities 
• Hands-on experience with SQL/MySQL schema design, SOLID principles, REST API design 
• Sound knowledge of estimation technique & design patterns 
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills 
• Excellent communication, motivational, and interpersonal skills
  
  Perks & Benefits:
  
  
• Work from home/hybrid
• 5 days working 
• Leave compensations 
• Flexible working hours 
• Exposure to the international market
• Medical Insurance

Experience: 4+ years
The key aspects of this role:
• Candidate with exceptional programming skills, problem-solving abilities and strong work
ethic.
• The candidate has to work on custom programming and web application development for
Drupal.
• Testing, maintenance and troubleshooting of existing company sites and resolving issues if
any.
• Contributing ideas and efforts towards internal projects and working as part of a team to
find solutions on various problems.
• Communicate technical ideas to business users and other teams (design, QA).
• Collaborate with team members and to work independently when needed.
• Eager to embrace current and emerging web technologies.
To be the right fit, you'll need:
• Experience of total 4+ years working on PHP and Drupal 7,8 Development (at least 2+ years
in Drupal 8)
• Strong knowledge of MySQL, jQuery, HTML5, CSS
• Experience with Drupal architecture, best practices and coding standards
• Knowledge on Views, Services etc.
• Experience in custom module and theme creation
• Familiar with sub version control systems such as Git or SVN
• Basic knowledge of environment setup for Linux distribution.

Job requires you to possess the following skills and experience:

• Proficient in Drupal 8 and 9, including custom module development, key contributed modules and core API

• Familiarity with Web Services, Headless CMS and Cloud services.

• Preference will be given to candidates who are Acquia certified.

• Having 8 – 10 years of Drupal hands-on development experience.

• Proficient in the maintenance and administration of Drupal modules and sites.

• Experience integrating open source and third-party applications into existing systems.

• Knowledge of PHP 5.x & 7.x, PHP files and theme functions, and knowledge of the Drupal theme layer

• Solid understanding of AJAX, HTML, JQuery, JavaScript, and CSS

• Familiarity with source control systems such as GIT, Subversion, etc.

Job Responsibilities:

• Results-oriented, reliable, able to work under pressure with multiple projects

• Hire, Train and Coach a team Drupal engineers

• Ability to both collaborate with team members and to work independently

• Eager to embrace current and emerging web technologies

Project Experience:

Please share links to your Github profile, LinkedIn profile and portfolio.

Required experience:

• Responsible for architecting, designing and implementing new features and functionality

• Establishing and guiding the websites architecture

• Ensuring high-performance and availability

• Proven experience as a Technical Architect Lead

• Hands-on experience with software development and system administration

• Understanding of strategic IT solutions

• Experience in project management and service-oriented architecture (SOA)

• Managing all technical aspects of the Drupal CMS

• Excellent communication skills

• Problem-solving aptitude

• Organizational and leadership skills

• BE/ BTech/ MCA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Experience working with third party integration, Content Management Systems (CMS), & Integrations including ability to structure the content architecture with ease of content entry in mind Perform accessibility remediation of web content. The position will involve coding, integrating the front-end elements, ensuring the implementation of requirements in strict timelines

Responsibilities
He/She should be more pro-active on development with new flow design and security practices He/She will be developing new user-facing features Build reusable code and libraries for future use Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders Use coding to develop the aesthetics implemented within a website or modules, including UI Elements

Qualification and experience
IT Industry overall experience should be minimum 2 Years Relevant Experience minimum should be 1yr in Drupal - Drupal Custom Module / Themes development Or Symfony development. ACQUIA Certification (Not mandatory)

Key skills
Experience in Core PHP using MVC and MVVM Architecture. Knowledge of database operations with MySQL/MariaDB, Stored procedures. Strong Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery). Knowledge and experience of OOPS. Ability to write APIs including Restful APIs. Knowledge of continous intergation practices like CI-CD. Strong documentation, communication, and team collaboration skills. Experience in iterative development methodologies like Agile / Scrum He should understand the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs Working experience with React / Angular, will be value added to the position (Not mandatory)

About Us

 

Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) is a leading educational institution in India that provides comprehensive test preparatory services for students preparing for medical and engineering entrance examinations, school/board exams and competitive and scholarship exams such as NTSE, KVPY, and Olympiads.  The “Aakash” brand is associated with quality test preparation and a proven student selection track record in various medical and engineering entrance examinations

What Would You Be Doing

• Building and supporting backend and frontend development of websites and application projects
• Producing appropriate and effective technical solutions
• Working with a wider, distributed technology and project management teams to meet deadlines and maintain a high standard of code quality
• Understanding, defining, and communicating functional and non-functional requirements
• Working with our technical directors and project managers to define, scope, and estimate projects and features
• Working with QA teams to address bugs and ensure our work output is of the best quality

What We Are Looking At

• Excellent written and verbal English communication
• Full exposure to both backend and frontend development on Drupal platforms
• A strong and demonstrable background working with Drupal, especially 8/9
• Experience building custom integrations, services, and modules within Drupal as well as integrating with APIs
• Strong in Data Structure and Algorithm
• Experience with Drupal templating using HTML5, CSS (SCSS is a bonus), and JavaScript and also the Twig templating engine
• Competent with MySQL and optimising query and table performance within a Drupal platform
• Working with cloud platforms like AWS
• BE/B.Tech/MCA with 4+ years of experience in Drupal implementation
• Strong experience in CI/CD processes (Jenkins, pipelines etc.)
• Should have a good understanding of OOPs concept and Design Patterns like
• Good Understanding of workflows

The job requires the candidate to work on Wordpress multisite and PHP -

• Design and implement applications/sites in WordPress
• Lead and Mentor technical team for all maintenance and new site tasks
• To pro-actively address all technical issues and coordinate with India and UK teams
• Participate in agile development process to ensure project deliverables are met, on time and of high quality
• Managing and delivery of projects from conceptualization, visualization to technology mapping and final execution of projects
• Monitoring development activities and reporting project progress
• Understand specification document and perform coding as per the requirements and standards
• Good knowledge on SQL Queries. Should be able to create and execute moderate to complex queries.   

Skills:

• Expert in PHP, WordPress & other open source tools
• Strong knowledge in JavaScript, Ajax, jQuery, XML, XHTML, HTML5, CSS & knowledge of working with third party web services
• Knowledge on Ecommerce (Payment Gateways, Shopping Carts, SEO Friendliness Coding, etc.)
• SQL and MySQL
• Desired Candidate Profile:
• Master’s degree (B Tech)/MCA
• Min 9-11 years of experience in PHP
• Strong programming skills
• Good aptitude and problem-solving skills

Should Possess: 3 plus years of proven software development experience in PHP. Hands on experience of Core PHP 5+ Sound Knowledge of anyone framework/CMS (Wordpress, Codeigniter, CakePhp ,Drupal) Demonstrable knowledge of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery Expertise in developing web services (API). Experience in common third-party APIs& Web Services (REST/SOAP) Experience working in agile methodology Good to have: Knowledge of Hubspot Knowledge of Angular 2+. Experience in teams using CI / CD Pipeline - Git, Jenkins Immediate joiners are preffered

• web development experience with expertise in Magento (Plugin / Theme development / API) and in eCommerce domain • • Good in Magento plug-ins/extensions development • Exposure to Wordpress and Drupal is an added advantage • Basic understanding on HTML, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, and CSS skills • Good understanding or work experience in MySQL including the use of efficient SQL commands • Strong written and verbal communication in English • Should have exposure to address cross platform issues and responsiveness • Ability to understand client briefs and actively contribute to the brainstorming and ideation process • Strong organizational skills, structured thinking and development methodology