Summary
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A purpose-driven digital agency is seeking a senior Drupal developer for hands-on backend development, integrations, and site building. The role involves creating and maintaining high-quality digital platforms, developing custom modules, testing solutions, documenting technical work, and balancing architecture with practical delivery requirements.
Highlights
Competitive salary of $125k–$140k plus superannuation. Work on high-quality Drupal sites and applications with meaningful public-sector and social-impact outcomes, while contributing to architecture, integrations, and technical delivery.
Description
Hyperkind is looking for a Senior Developer (Drupal) based in Melbourne, to deliver high-quality Drupal sites and applications.
This is a hands-on Drupal development role with a focus on backend development (PHP), integrations, and site-building.
Salary: $125-140k plus Super, depending on experience.
We are a purpose-led digital agency working with government and social impact organisations.
Over more than two decades, our work has grown to include whole-of-government platforms, high-traffic Drupal websites, and digital services people rely on well after launch.
We are deliberately small, supported by a trusted ecosystem of specialist partners, and ambitious in the scale and impact of the work we take on.
https://hyperkind.au/
Key responsibilities
Development of Drupal websites (PHP, custom modules, integrations, site-building), including testing, maintenance, and technical documentation.Define technical approaches that balance architecture, delivery constraints, and real-world project goals, while maintaining strong awareness of quality, risks, and dependencies.Collaborate with project managers, clients, and other developers to clarify requirements, estimate work, communicate technical decisions, and contribute to continuous improvement of delivery processes.
What we're looking for
Senior web developer with 4+ years experience (commercial) delivering websites and applications, including substantial Drupal development.Strong Drupal development experience including PHP, custom module development, Drupal APIs, integrations, and site-building.Clear written and verbal communication, comfortable discussing technical concepts with both developers and non-technical stakeholders.Guides and supports other developers, providing practical oversight and mentoring within project delivery.Takes ownership of delivering, managing time, priorities, and momentum across assigned projects with a pragmatic, solutions-focused approach.
Desirable (optional):
Experience in a digital agency or consultancy environment.Javascript/React experience is a bonus but not required.
What you'll get with us
Collaborative, experienced team working across a wide range of Drupal-focused projects, from large applications to smaller creative builds.Casual, flexible, mostly remote environment (1 day co-working), open decision-making, and a strong focus on learning, continuous improvement, and mastery of craft.Drupal 11, PHP 8, and Javascript/React stack, supported by cloud-hosted infrastructure, containerised workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and pragmatic adoption of modern tooling where it improves delivery.
