Senior Drupal Developer (Healthcare) — Legacy Code

Format: Remote 
Type: Full-time or Contract
Location: EU/UK-friendly timezones preferred

About the project

We build and support healthcare web platforms (patient/provider portals, content hubs, internal tools). A big part of the work is maintaining and modernizing legacy Drupal codebases while ensuring security, compliance, performance, and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve legacy Drupal projects (custom code, contributed modules, complex integrations)
• Troubleshoot production issues (logs, DB, caching, permissions, edge cases)
• Plan and execute upgrades/migrations (e.g., Drupal 7/8 → 9/10/11)
• Refactor code toward modern Drupal standards (Symfony practices, Composer-first, config management)
• Integrate with external systems via APIs (REST/JSON:API, OAuth2, SSO; FHIR/HL7 is a plus)
• Ensure security best practices (patching, hardening, RBAC, secure configuration)
• Support accessibility efforts (WCAG AA) and performance optimization

Requirements

• Strong hands-on Drupal experience (ideally Drupal 9/10/11 + real legacy exposure)
• PHP 8+, Symfony fundamentals, Composer workflows
• Custom module development, theming (Twig), Drupal architecture understanding
• Experience with API integrations and authentication flows
• Confident with Git, CI/CD, Docker (or similar dev environments)
• Strong communication and ownership mindset

Nice to have

• Healthcare / regulated domain experience (privacy-first mindset)
• Automated testing, code quality practices
• Redis/Varnish, CDN, advanced caching and performance tuning
• Experience with multisite / multilingual setups

What we offer

• Long-term collaboration, stable workload
• Flexible contract/full-time options
• Competitive compensation based on experience