Contract Full Stack Drupal Developer

About Banyan Communications

Banyan is a woman-owned, mission-driven agency with 30 years of experience creating communications solutions for nonprofits, foundations, community organizations, and government agencies. Banyan’s work is driven by our belief that creative communication can illuminate thinking, inspire action, motivate positive behavior, and enable individuals and communities to create positive, lasting change in the world.

We areseekinga skilled1 yearContract with the opportunity to hire, FullStack DrupalDeveloperwho wants to usetheirskills to create positive change in the world.At Banyan,you'llcollaborate with subject matter experts, researchers, writers, project managers, and designers to serve clients in higher education, public health, and social impact — including nonprofits and government organizations at the state, local, and federal levels. Together,you'lldesign human-centered, accessible communications materials and experiences that make a real difference in people's lives.

Soundlike you? Read on…

As a ContractFull Stack DrupalDeveloperat Banyan, you will serve as a primary developer across a portfolio of impactful projects. You will work closely with Banyan's design, UX and content strategy teams, translating design solutions into polished Drupal implementations, managing security compliance workflows, and owning the full development lifecycle across multiple environments.

WhatYou’dDo Here (Responsibilities):

• Lead development across Drupal-basedwebprojectsforhigher education and federal government clients, including architecture, theming, and customcomponentbuilds.

• Partner directly with clients to understand needs, recommend solutions, and ensure outcomes align with scope, budget, and strategic goals.

• Architect and deliver solutions across the full development lifecycle — from concept and build through deployment, optimization, and ongoing maintenance.

• Stay curious and adaptable, learning new tools, frameworks, and emerging web technologies as needed.

• Implement Figma-to-Drupal design handoffs with high fidelity and minimal back-and-forth, working directly fromapproved design andUX deliverables.

• Architect reusable, component-based layout ecosystems using Drupal Canvas/Layout Builder, defining strict schemas (Props/Slots) to empower content managers while protecting template layout rules.

• Manage module updates, Drupal core upgrades, and composer-driven dependency pipelines across multi-environment deployments (dev, staging, production).

• Perform and document security remediation, including monthly vulnerability scans, CVE patching, POAM management, and ATO documentation for federal compliance (FISMA).

• Build andmaintaincustom content types, Views, Webforms,CKEditorconfigurations, and Drupal role/permission structures.

• Configureand troubleshoot integrations with Search API and ApacheSolr.

• Developer,maintain, and extendDrupalthemesand buildpipelines; manage shared theme migration into version-controlled codebases.

• Write andmodifycustom PHP scripts andDrushcommands to support content archiving, config management, and automation tasks.

• Maintain a well-organized sprint backlog across concurrent projects; communicate progress asynchronously and flag blockers proactively.

• Contribute to technical documentation as an ongoing workflow responsibility, not an afterthought.

• Collaborate withproject managers, ensuring all development work aligns with project scope, timelines, and budget parameters.

Qualifications:

• 5–7 years of professional Drupal development experience in a full-stack capacity.

• Successful NIH Badging isrequiredfor this role

• Deepexpertisein Drupal 10/11, PHP 8.3+, and Composer-driven module/core management.

• Hands-on experience with security and compliance workflows: CVE/vulnerability remediation, FISMA/ATO documentation, and POAM cycle management.

• Fluent with Drupal theming (Barrio or equivalent), Gulp/npmbuild pipelines, responsive CSS, and custom JavaScriptcomponentdevelopment.

• Extensive experience building single directory components (SDC) in Drupal

• Hands-on Search API and ApacheSolradministration experience.

• Experience implementing Figma design handoffs into Drupal — building components faithfully from UX wireframes with minimal design-to-dev back-and-forth.

• Section 508, WCAG 2.1 AA compliance experience

• Proficient with Git/GitLab, including CI/CD pipelines and multi-environment deployment practices.

• Experienced with Drupal config management, custom content types, Views, Webforms, andCKEditorconfiguration.

• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile/sprint-based development models.

• Excellent communicator, comfortable working async across distributed teams and managing your own sprint backlog across multiple projects.

• Committed to Banyan's mission of "creating change for good" andto bringingthat mission to life throughout a project's lifecycle.

AdditionalQualifications/skills/programs (notrequired, but would set you apart):

• Higher Education & Federal government CMS experience

• Acquia Triple Certified Drupal Expert — certification inAcquia CertifiedDeveloper,CertifiedFront-EndSpecialist, andCertified Back EndSpecialist

• Experience with implementation of Drupal canvas within Drupal CMS 2.0

• Configuration and implementation of Drupal in a headlessarchitecture using Next.js and/ or React

• AWS Fargate / container infrastructure knowledge.

• Experience withsimplesamlphp/ SAML2 / SSO implementations.

• PHPUnittesting or Drupal Commerce experience.

• Familiarity with Google Search Console and federal web analytics tooling.

Role Type: 1 year contractwithopportunityto convert tofull-time

This role begins as a W-2 or 1099 contract engagement with the clear intent to convert to a full-time salaried position based on project fit and performance. Theinitialcontract period of one year will allow both you and Banyan toestablisha working relationship,validatetechnical alignment on our client engagements, and build toward a long-term role on the team.

Conversion to full-time employment includes eligibility for Banyan's standard benefits package and continued growth opportunities across a growing portfolio of mission-driven clients.