Drupal Frontend Engineer

Role Description

At Fearless, the Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services collaborates with cross-functional Agile teams to architect, implement, and maintain modern, high-performing digital experiences for a federal health care platform serving approximately 11 million monthly users. Leveraging advanced Drupal frontend expertise—including component-based architecture and modular design system implementation—this role optimizes public access to critical health care services while bridging technical execution and user-centered delivery.

As a subject-matter expert, the successful candidate works independently to establish and uphold team standards for quality, performance, and WCAG accessibility. This position requires candidates to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust clearance and satisfy all CMS residency requirements.

This Consultant collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, secure, and maintainable systems across all stages of the software and data lifecycle. This role is instrumental in delivering secure, efficient, and scalable solutions that directly impact the success of projects, teams, and organizational goals.

This role will possess and/or develop the skills to be able to span the domains of software development, data engineering, infrastructure automation, information assurance, and AI/ML integration at a practical application level of proficiency. This Consultant role will work on projects that allow them to contribute across the entire technology stack—software, infrastructure, data, AI, and security—to ensure quality, speed, and innovation in delivery.

• While this role is primarily remote, candidates must meet CMS residency requirements.
• Mandatory technical assessment: As part of the recruitment workflow, engineering candidates are required to perform a CivicActions (Partner Lead) take-home exercise. This specialized evaluation supersedes Test Gorilla assessments.

Responsibilities

• Apply a modular, component-based approach to extend and implement design systems within Drupal themes using tools like Storybook and Single Directory Components (SDC).
• Architect and write secure, performant, well-documented JavaScript code that adheres to established coding standards.
• Implement and uphold Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) across all digital touchpoints.
• Develop and maintain PostCSS workflows and apply modern styling practices within Drupal theme architecture.
• Integrate Web Components into Drupal themes.
• Write integration and end-to-end tests (e.g., Cypress) to ensure code quality, reliability, and regression coverage.
• Use JavaScript and PHP debugging tools to accelerate development workflows and enhance code quality.
• Support backend development tasks such as basic module development and Drupal configuration management.
• Develop code collaboratively within Git repositories using forks, branching workflows, and conflict resolution best practices.
• Balance multiple projects and products that share codebases, and participate in Agile ceremonies.

Impact

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams.
• Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world-class services.
• Be reliable completing assigned objectives on time.
• Alert your teammates and supervisor immediately when you think a deliverable is at risk.
• Gather intelligence and listen to what your client, other people within the customer’s organization, and other contractors say about your project, and report back to your Fearless teammates and supervisor (whether it’s good, bad, or just informational).

Qualifications

• 5+ years of web development experience.
• Demonstrated experience with Drupal 10 and/or Drupal 11 frontend development.
• Strong familiarity with modern Drupal frontend architectures, including Single Directory Components (SDC) and Drupal's JavaScript frameworks.
• Comfortable integrating Web Components in Drupal themes.
• Strong proficiency in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
• Strong familiarity with PostCSS workflows and modern styling practices.
• Experience modifying React-based apps (or comparable JS frameworks) and integrating into Drupal.
• Comfortable supporting backend development tasks such as Drupal configuration management.
• Experience writing Cypress end-to-end tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
• Experience developing code collaboratively within Git repositories using forks, branching workflows, and conflict resolution.
• Experience with Agile workflows and ceremonies.
• Drupal.org username required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance.

Skills and Competencies

• Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships, and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
• Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
• Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands, and resilience to setbacks.
• Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.
• Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects, and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations.
• Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making.
• Environmental Awareness: Maintains awareness of external dynamics, power structures within client environments as well as regulatory trends and contract requirements that influence service delivery.

Preferred Experience

• Extensive React development experience and experience with progressively decoupled Drupal architectures.
• Examples of community-contributed (preferred) or custom Drupal 10/11 code.
• Experience leveraging AI-powered development tools to accelerate prototyping and improve code quality through structured, collaborative workflows with strong verification and security habits.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
• Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
• Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
• Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).

Benefits

• Flexible, life-friendly schedules.
• 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions.
• Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents.
• Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage.
• 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting.
• Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA.
• Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave.
• Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave.
• Education, wellness, and tech allowances.
• Referral bonus: $6K–$12K for each successful referral.
• Pet insurance & discount plans.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage.
• Performance-Based Bonuses: We believe your impact should be recognized. Our bonus program rewards both shared company success and individual contributions.