**About Northern**
Headquartered in London, Ontario, Northern is an integrated digital solutions agency helping leading brands across North America navigate digital transformation.
Our solutions help brands grow by optimizing their digital customer journey.
We have strategically assembled a group of innovators, who have a passion for technology, design, and improving digital experiences.
**What We're Looking For**
We are looking for an **Intermediate Drupal Developer **to join our innovative development team to design and execute high quality web solutions.
Your role will require you to be an effective problem-solver and team player.
WARNING: You will talk and learn a lot about Drupal, to the point that you might start to dream about it at night!
- Full-time remote is available
**Duties & Responsibilities**
- Strong focus on backend development using Drupal.
- Take ownership of the code and advise on test coverage, security, performance, and architecture while using standards-compliant Web (HTML, Javascript, PHP, SQL and CSS).
- Provide time estimates for development work during project planning and scheduling stages.
- Create new custom modules when necessary to enhance Drupal features.
- Participate in client meetings to provide technical support, advice, and guidance.
- Provide mentoring/coaching to junior team members by reviewing code, designing documents, giving technical talks, teaching classes, or as a consultant on projects.
- Conduct research into current and emerging web technologies and issues in support of web development efforts.
**Knowledge, Education, & Experience Required**
- 2+ years of development experience with a focus on backend development.
- Minimum 2-3 year College Diploma or University Degree in Multimedia, Interactive Web Design, and Development, Media Theory and Production, Computer Science or Programmer/Analyst field(s).
- Advanced PHP and MySQL skills.
- Proficiency in HTML, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, JQuery, CSS, Git, Object-oriented programming, and MVC framework.
- Ability to customize Drupal Modules (with MySQL database integration).
- Knowledge of Symfony/Codeigniter/Laravel framework.
- Ability to rapidly identify and fix bugs.
**Nice to Have**
- Acquia Certifications are an asset.
- Ability to conduct automation testing.
- Demonstrated ability to make sites accessible (WCAG AA).
- Experience with Agile methodologies.
- Knowledge of Linux servers
- Knowledge of LDAP, SSO and Solr servers.
At Northern we recognize that experience comes in many different forms.
If your experience is similar to what we're looking for, please consider applying.
We know that the best problem-solving and creative thinkers are those with thought diversity; that's why we're dedicated to adding new perspectives to our team.
Since its founding in 2015, Northern has grown to nearly 200 employees, helping leading brands across North America navigate digital transformation.
Northern is positioned as a leader in the performance advertising industry as a Facebook Marketing Partner and Google Premier Partner —awarded to only 3% of agency partners in Canada.
Our campaigns with leading brands in North America have been recognized as best in class through the Google Premier Partner Awards, Search Engine Land Awards, and the Canadian Search Awards.
Northern's continued growth, strengthened by our strong company culture, has led to multiple recognitions by Great Place to Work® Canada including Best Workplaces in Canada, Ontario, for Women, for Hybrid Work, and more.
**Equity and Diversity