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Job Description Job Title: Enterprise Composable Platforms - Drupal Architect We are looking for a Drupal Architect to join our team. This role calls for hands-on Drupal expertise, strong technical design skills, and knowledge of development best practices. You will also bring the leadership and communication skills to collaborate with technical and business colleagues, and to translate between technical teams and business stakeholders. Job Duties and Responsibilities • Own the technical architecture and roadmap for enterprise Drupal platforms, balancing consistency, scalability, and the needs of business stakeholders • Lead the design and implementation of new features, shared modules, and tooling, applying Drupal and development best practices • Plan and execute site builds, migrations, and integrations, including content, data, and third-party services • Ensure high performance, scalability, and availability, including caching strategy, safe rollout of changes, and incident response • Work with technical team members and vendors to manage hosting environments and infrastructure • Partner with business stakeholders and product and program managers to translate priorities into technical plans, estimates, and delivery schedules • Drive security and compliance practices across production and non-production environments • Oversee the software development lifecycle and release process, and mentor and guide developers on the team • Communicate status, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders Requirements and qualifications • At least seven years of professional experience with Drupal, including recent experience with Drupal 10 or later • Expert-level Drupal back-end skills: object-oriented PHP, Symfony components, Drupal APIs, custom modules, and Composer • Ability to architect enterprise Drupal solutions, including data, display, and information architecture • Strong understanding of relational databases such as MySQL, and of performance tuning and caching • Good understanding of Drupal theming, including Twig, theme hooks and suggestions, and preprocess functions • Solid grasp of Drupal site building and configuration management, and of web accessibility standards • Proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD and deployment workflows • Familiarity with integrating Drupal with third-party services and enterprise systems • Demonstrated technical leadership: setting direction, mentoring engineers, and making sound decisions under pressure • Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile workflows • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work with technical and non-technical team members and vendors Compensation and Benefits Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance. Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: Seattle: Principal: $174,000-$213,000 In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time. We will accept applicants until November 17th or until the position is filled. We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: [redacted].