What is a Headless Drupal Developer?

A Headless Drupal Developer is a software professional who specializes in building web applications using Drupal as a backend content management system (CMS) without its default front-end presentation layer. Instead, they use Drupal to manage and provide content through APIs (often REST or GraphQL), while the website's front end is built using modern JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue, or Angular. This 'decoupled' approach allows for greater flexibility, better performance, and more dynamic user experiences. Headless Drupal Developers need skills in both Drupal backend development and front-end technologies to effectively bridge the two layers.