We are looking for a highly skilled Technical Architect Manager (specialized in Drupal) to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of backend architecture, extensive experience in PHP frameworks, and expertise in designing and developing REST APIs.

This role requires a leader who can coach developers, establish coding standards, and ensure best practices are followed. Proficiency in English communication, especially in reading and writing, is essential. Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and familiarity with technologies like Linux, Git, and containerization platforms is highly valued.

Your role & responsibilities

Design and implement APIs, ensuring optimal performance and responsiveness
Create comprehensive technical designs and ensure they are properly documented and communicated to the team
Develop and maintain backend architecture to support scalable, extendible and reliable applications
Accountable for working on code reviewing, bug fixing and assisting QA/QC Team
Actively participate in projects workshops and understanding requirements
Providing time estimates for new initiatives
Mentor and assist junior developers, sharing your expertise and promoting best development practices.
Establish coding standard and best practices to train developers produce clean, efficient code
Understanding of continuous integration / continuous delivery concepts and the ability to troubleshoot related issues

Your skills & qualifications

Must Have

8+ years of hands-on experience in PHP development, 5 years as technical leader, 2 years of Architect role
Good communication in English (focus more in Reading and Writing)
Proficiency in Drupal, WordPress, knows their pros/cons, good at PHP, Laravel/Lumen, MySQL,
Rich Experience designing and developing REST APIs
Experience with Linux and the associated services used for web applications (Nginx, Apache2)
Familiarity with version control systems (Git)
Familiarity with integrating third-party APIs and applications
Familiarity with DevOps practices and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Ability to work independently and in a team, managing multiple projects simultaneously
Willing to learn new technologies when required

Nice to Have

Experience building technical proposals for presale team
Experience with containerization platforms such as Docker, Docker compose, Kubernetes
Chinese speaking is a great plus
Any additional programming language is a plus
Experience in Magento development is a plus
Experience in Phalcon development is a plus
Involvement in the Drupal community is a big plus
Experience in working with WeChat Mini Program or APP is a plus