Senior Backend Drupal Engineer - Costa Rica

Four Kitchens is looking for a Backend Engineer with experience in PHP and Javascript who is proficient in or wants to learn Drupal development. Backend Drupal Engineers with Four Kitchens are growing their skills, and passionate about learning best practices. They work collaboratively within close-knit project teams to develop new custom and community modules, troubleshoot and maintain existing code, and to migrate content from legacy CMS systems.

As a Web Chef, you will first and foremost exemplify our Core Values. You will also exhibit a natural curiosity and a passion for making cool stuff for the web. We expect our whole team to self-lead and prioritize as distributed team members—your frequent communication and participation in company culture will be key indicators of your engagement at Four Kitchens. Being a constant self-educator is essential, so advanced degrees are not a requirement for this role as we believe experience and passion are more important.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace and building a diverse team. At our core, we believe deeply in diversity and inclusiveness as being critical parts of a healthy team. We aim to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work. If you look at our team page and don’t see yourself, don’t shy away. Come work with us!

As a Backend Drupal Engineer, you will...

• Write clean, scalable code that adheres to project requirements and client needs
• Develop for multiple devices and interactions
• Participate in peer code reviews
• Help architect Drupal solutions for our clients
• Write PHP and Javascript code to build custom modules and migrations
• Work closely with Clients on project engagements to deliver exceptional code, consulting and advice
• Proactively identify, own and solve hard technical challenges
• Passionately keep pace with rapid innovation in web technologies
• Engage with the open source community via code contributions, projects, presentations, blog posts, etc.

You’re our next Backend Drupal Engineer if...

• You have mid-level experience and a passion for developing with PHP and Javascript
• Exposure to the Drupal or a similar CMS like Wordpress. If you are passionate about web development and interested in learning the specifics of working with Drupal or Wordpress we will get you up to speed
• You have a foundation in computer science fundamentals, and an understanding of how web technologies work
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills for presentations, demos, client consultations and ongoing documentation
• You have industry experience in higher education, media or publishing
• You have worked with React or other modern Javascript frameworks
• You come from an agency environment or from a small to medium-size business

About Four Kitchens

Four Kitchens is a leading digital strategy firm with strong roots in the open-source and free-culture communities. We build websites and apps to engage audiences on virtually any device in our pursuit of setting knowledge free. We hire developers, designers, and strategists with strong consultative skills and a desire to make a difference, both to our clients and each other.

Our Values and Culture

Our Web Chefs bring more than their professional skills to the kitchen, and we encourage everyone to help guide our company’s direction. We all have a strong voice in what we do and how we do it. Collectively, our values—The Way Of the Web Chef—guide how we interact with each other, our colleagues, and our clients. Four Kitchens is not just a company—it's a closely-knit team. We believe in the power of individuals coming together to do something bigger than they could have done alone.

Distributed Work

We believe the right talent is where you find it, and, as a distributed team, we’re excited to be pioneers in what we believe is the future of work culture. Even though we have no physical office, we strive to remain a collaborative community using tools like Slack and Zoom. The Web Chefs span four time zones, yet our goal is for team members to feel like they are working together in the same room, even if they're thousands of miles apart.

Our Benefits

We care for our teammates as people, which is why we have a generous PTO policy, encourage time off, and have an excellent benefits package. Not only do we strive to maintain a healthy work-life balance, but we also participate in exciting and creative projects outside of client work to expand our abilities.

We hope you'll join us!

How to Apply

Include the following materials with your application:

• Cover letter.

• Tell us about which of our Core Values resonates with you the most and why!

• Resume/CV.

• Samples of your recent coding work. Public contributions on Github or Drupal.org are a bonus, but any recent work is helpful. We are looking for a code sample that will be a good starting point for a conversation about your experience and development philosophy. If the example you provide is part of a team effort, please describe your contribution. Feel free to redact or obfuscate any client-identifying info. If you cannot show us actual code, please be prepared to explain your coding philosophy and standards in detail.

Four Kitchens welcomes applications from all backgrounds, particularly from people of color; women; LGBTQ+ people; immigrants or refugees; differently-abled people; and people from low- or moderate-income backgrounds. Four Kitchens is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, disability status, veteran status, military obligations, marital status and policy party affiliation, or on any other basis that would violate any applicable federal, state or local law.