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Job Description Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead, Web Development to provide hands-on technical leadership for our web platforms and guide a team delivering modern, accessible, high-performing digital experiences. This role blends technical strategy, architectural oversight, and team leadership. While Drupal is our primary CMS, the ideal candidate brings a broad understanding of modern web ecosystems, experimentation platforms, analytics, performance optimization, and AI-era discoverability (SEO + GEO).

This is a leadership role with strong technical depth, not a people-only management position. The ideal candidate is a collaborative, solution-oriented leader who can translate business goals into technical execution, champion modern development practices, and guide a team through complex, multi-team digital initiatives.

The Technical Challenge: You’ll lead the technical evolution of our core website Rocketsoftware.com so it drives measurable pipeline outcomes and shows up effectively across both traditional search and LLM-driven discovery.

Expected time split: ~40% hands-on technical work, ~60% leadership, review, and coordination.

Key Responsibilities

 

Technical Leadership & Architecture:

• Serve as the technical authority for Drupal-based websites and supporting web applications (Drupal 10+)

• Guide architectural decisions related to scalability, performance, security, and maintainability

• Provide hands-on technical guidance, code review, and problem-solving support to the team

• Ensure best practices across Drupal development, including Layout Builder, component-based theming, and configuration management

• Lead evaluation and adoption of modern tools, frameworks, and development patterns

 

Team Leadership & Delivery:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a growing team of front-end and back-end web developers

• Establish and enforce development standards, workflows, and quality expectations

• Oversee planning, estimation, sprint execution, code reviews, testing, and deployments

• Balance technical excellence with delivery timelines and business priorities

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with UX and design teams using tools such as Figma to deliver high-quality implementations

• Work as part of a tightly integrated delivery team that includes UX designers and content authors.

• Partner with external agencies, analytics specialists, and other IT platform leads to ensure consistent standards, integrations, and execution across teams.

• Support personalization, experimentation, and optimization initiatives using tools such as Adobe Analytics and Adobe Target

• Act as a bridge between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders

Operational Excellence

• Drive continuous improvement across development workflows, automation, CI/CD pipelines, documentation, and release management.

• Ensure adherence to accessibility standards (WCAG), SEO best practices, performance guidelines, and security requirements.

• Maintain working knowledge of Linux-based hosting environments and operational considerations

• Ensure technical foundations support traditional SEO and AI-driven discovery

• Monitor site health & performance using tools such as New Relic, Acquia & Cloudflare

 

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional web development experience, including Drupal-based platforms

• 2–3+ years of technical leadership experience (mentoring developers, leading architectural decisions)

• Strong understanding of Drupal architecture, module ecosystems, and development best practices (including Layout Builder), without requiring the candidate to be a Drupal-only specialist.

• Knowledge of DevOps principles, cloud hosting environments, and CI/CD tools.

• Proven ability to lead teams through complex requirements, technical assessments, and cross-functional alignment.

• Understanding of performance optimization, accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1+), and SEO fundamentals.

• Monitor site health & performance using tools such as New Relic, Acquia & Cloudflare

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with additional CMS platforms or headless architecture.

• Prior experience working with external agencies, contractors, or globally distributed teams.

• Nice to have – experience with the following tools and platforms:  Acquia, Cloudflare, BrowserStack, Adobe Analytics & Adobe Target, New Relic, Search Stax

What You'll Bring

• A strategic mindset paired with hands-on technical curiosity.

• A leadership approach that empowers teams while ensuring delivery excellence.

• A passion for building intuitive, reliable, and scalable digital experiences in a collaborative environment.

• Monitor site health & performance using tools such as New Relic, Acquia & Cloudflare

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Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

As part of our commitment to a safe and trustworthy workplace, we include background and reference checks in our hiring process.

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.  If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to [email protected].  We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!