Drupal Developer, Front End Contract - UK
Posted Today by Lightflows
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: Lightflows is seeking an experienced Front End Drupal Developer to join their team, focusing on creating impactful digital products, including large-scale websites and custom web applications. The role involves transforming designs into high-performing Drupal experiences and collaborating with design and back-end teams. Key responsibilities include crafting front-end themes, maintaining existing Drupal sites, and optimizing for performance and accessibility. The ideal candidate will have strong Drupal theming experience and a collaborative mindset.
Key Responsibilities:
- Craft and maintain front-end themes for Drupal 8–10 websites
- Build custom themes using Twig, PHP, JavaScript, and TypeScript
- Translate Figma or design files into pixel-perfect, responsive layouts
- Maintain, patch, and evolve existing Drupal sites to keep them fast, secure, and stable
- Hunt down and fix front-end bugs before they cause trouble
- Work closely with design and back-end teams to bring ideas beautifully to life
- Optimise for accessibility, performance, and UX best practice
- Contribute to improving front-end processes, tools, and component libraries
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in Drupal theming and front-end development
- A solid grasp of Twig, PHP, HTML5, CSS3/SCSS, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
- Experience working with Drupal 8, 9, and 10
- An eye for design accuracy and the craft of good front-end work
- Confidence in maintaining and improving live Drupal sites
- A collaborative mindset - happy working across design, dev, and project teams
- Experience with build tools (Webpack, etc) - nice to have
- Familiarity with headless or decoupled Drupal setups - nice to have
- A good understanding of UX and accessibility - nice to have
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Guildford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Lightflows is on the lookout for an experienced Front End Drupal Developer to join our creative, technically minded team. We design and build digital products that make a real impact - from large-scale websites to custom web applications. You’ll play a key role in turning our designs into pixel-perfect, high-performing Drupal experiences used by thousands every day.
What you’ll do:
- Craft and maintain front-end themes for Drupal 8–10 websites
- Build custom themes using Twig , PHP , JavaScript , and TypeScript
- Translate Figma or design files into pixel-perfect, responsive layouts
- Maintain, patch, and evolve existing Drupal sites to keep them fast, secure, and stable
- Hunt down and fix front-end bugs before they cause trouble
- Work closely with our design and back-end teams to bring ideas beautifully to life
- Optimise for accessibility, performance, and UX best practice
- Contribute to improving our front-end processes, tools, and component libraries
What you’ll bring:
- Strong experience in Drupal theming and front-end development
- A solid grasp of Twig , PHP , HTML5 , CSS3/SCSS , and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
- Experience working with Drupal 8, 9, and 10
- An eye for design accuracy and the craft of good front-end work
- Confidence in maintaining and improving live Drupal sites
- A collaborative mindset - happy working across design, dev, and project teams
Nice to have:
- Experience with build tools (Webpack, etc)
- Familiarity with headless or decoupled Drupal setups
- A good understanding of UX and accessibility
At Lightflows, you’ll find a team that cares deeply about the quality of what we build — and about enjoying the process along the way. We’re collaborative, ambitious, and proud of the long-term relationships we build with our clients. Interested? We’d love to see your CV or portfolio - especially any recent Drupal projects you’ve helped bring to life.