Senior Drupal Architect Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

DESCRIPTION

We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to build tools that
support Apple's people around the world. Using web and native technologies —
HTML5, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, Swift, Symfony, and Drupal — we create
applications that let Apple's employees focus on their roles and feel supported
in their daily work. This role is back-end weighted: you'll spend most of your
time designing and shipping secure, scalable Drupal and Symfony applications.
You'll also build the user-friendly, accessible front-end interfaces that put
those systems in people's hands. This is a senior lead role for someone who can
run projects autonomously — scoping work with business partners, managing
priorities and customer feedback, and driving delivery end to end — without
day-to-day direction. You'll bring strong problem-solving skills, clear
communication, and a collaborative mindset to a team that owns its work end to
end.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Deep, hands-on experience with Symfony and Drupal, including complex custom
module development, object-oriented PHP, design patterns, and dependency
management with Composer Proven ability to own production applications end to
end — from concept and architecture through deployment and day-to-day operations
— and to drive projects autonomously with business partners Experience applying
secure coding practices across the stack, including input validation and access
control Experience designing and consuming RESTful web services and APIs (e.g.,
JSON:API, REST) Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or
equivalent practical experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Developing custom Drush commands and background/queue processes, with a focus on
performance tuning Strong SQL skills, including optimizing and debugging queries
to improve performance Writing automated tests (e.g., PHPUnit, Kernel/functional
tests) Integrating applications and authentication using OAuth, SAML, and single
sign-on Integrating AI tools into the application development lifecycle Search
integration (e.g., Apache Solr, Elasticsearch) NoSQL data stores (e.g., Redis)
Building and maintaining Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes across a variety
of data sources Designing systems that scale across multiple locations and
languages and handle peak load for a global user base Load testing and advanced
troubleshooting of production applications CI/CD pipelines, container-based
systems for deployment and local development, and managing
configuration/deployments across multi-environment architectures Distributed
version control with Git Building user-friendly, accessible front-end interfaces
(Twig, JavaScript, CSS) that meet accessibility standards React or Swift
application development Leading engineering projects and driving delivery,
including Agile facilitation, code review, and mentoring peers