Senior FullStack; Drupal​/Backend Focused - Digital Creative Agency

Position: Senior FullStack (Drupal/Next)(Backend Focused) - Digital Creative Agency
Location: New York

About Truelogic

At Truelogic we are a leading provider of nearshore staff augmentation services headquartered in New York. For over two decades, we’ve been delivering top-tier technology solutions to companies of all sizes, from innovative startups to industry leaders, helping them achieve their digital transformation goals.

Our team of 600+ highly skilled tech professionals, based in Latin America, drives digital disruption by partnering with U.S. companies on their most impactful projects. Whether collaborating with Fortune 500 giants or scaling startups, we deliver results that make a difference.

By applying for this position, you’re taking the first step in joining a dynamic team that values your expertise and aspirations. We aim to align your skills with opportunities that foster exceptional career growth and success while contributing to transformative projects that shape the future.

Our Client

Our client is a technology-first creative network that blends equal parts engineering expertise and creative vision to solve complex business challenges. With a global footprint and a portfolio of leading agencies under its umbrella, they partner with some of the world’s most recognized brands across industries to craft innovative, high-impact digital experiences. Their multidisciplinary teams leverage emerging technologies, AI, and deep market insights to deliver solutions that drive performance, engagement, and transformation.

Job Summary

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will help build the core systems of our CMS, integrations, caching, and complex server-side Next.js applications. You will extend and maintain our backend surface area, including API design, server-side data and caching, and integrations with internal and external services. Your work will involve designing and implementing server-side features, improving performance and reliability, and helping evolve our headless CMS front-end integration.

Responsibilities

• CMS and Headless Integration:
Contribute to the Drupal codebase (custom modules, Graph

QL schema extensions, revalidation/preview integrations).

• Work with the Technical Lead on the contract between Drupal and Next.js, including Graph

QL schemas, cache tags, revalidation hooks, and draft/preview flows.

• Develop custom services, batch jobs, and queue workers for scalability.

• Use DDEV locally and manage production on Acquia (including Site Factory).

• Next.js Server-Side and APIs:
Design and maintain data fetching from headless CMS (Drupal Graph

QL, persisted queries) and other backends.

• Use Next.js fetch cache, cache tags, and revalidation effectively.

• Implement and maintain integrations with external APIs and internal microservices.

• Improve server-side performance, caching strategies, and API/data-fetching resilience.

• Platform and Quality:
Add or improve logging, metrics, and debugging for server-side/integration code.

• Ensure API routes, secrets, and tokens follow security best practices.

• Work within existing CI/CD (Git Hub Actions, Azure Pipelines) to keep backend and CMS-related jobs reliable.

Qualifications and

Job Requirements

• 5+ years of backend or full-stack development with a strong focus on server-side and APIs.

• Next.js experience with App Router, Server Components, Route Handlers, and caching/revalidation.

• Experience with headless CMS platforms, especially Drupal and Drupal Graph

QL (e.g., ).

• Type Script expertise, including designing and maintaining types for APIs, Graph

QL, and server-side code.

• Experience with REST and Graph

QL; familiarity with persisted queries and cache tagging a plus.

• Experience integrating with third-party or internal services (OAuth2, webhooks, server-to-server).

• Proven ability to improve performance, reliability, and error handling in server-side systems.

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate closely with Technical Lead and front-end developers.

• Drupal/PHP experience (custom modules, hooks, configuration, Graph

QL schema extensions).

• Familiarity with Acquia and/or DDEV.

• Experience working in monorepos (Turborepo, Nx, or similar).

• Understanding of i18n, including multi-locale routing and server-side locale handling.

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