Senior Drupal Lead - Headless & Next.js

Vishnukumar Pv

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Senior Drupal Lead with 7+ years of experience architecting and delivering enterprise CMS solutions, including 4+ years focused on decoupled/headless Drupal implementations paired with Next.js and React. Proven track record leading module development, multilingual (English–Arabic) platform delivery, and performance optimization for high- traffic portals. Skilled in DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines and configuration management. WORK EXPERIENCE

Mindteck (India) Ltd Bengaluru

Module Lead — Drupal CMS May 2022 - Present

Client: stc Bahrain — Business CMS + Next.js, Commercial, Wholesale, Rova App CMS projects. Leading delivery of multiple enterprise Drupal 10 projects, architecting a decoupled backend that exposes content via RESTful and JSON:API services consumed by Next.js frontends. Built and maintained custom Drupal modules using Entity API, Form API, Render API, Batch API, and Cache API to power service plans and promotional logic across the platform. Rolled out full English–Arabic multilingual support with multi-domain configuration, expanding audience reach across GCC markets.

Implemented Apache Solr with Drupal Search API alongside Redis caching, delivering high-performance indexed search and improved response times under high-traffic loads. Engineered a bulk data import pipeline with Drupal Batch API to process and synchronize large CSV datasets across environments, cutting manual content operations significantly. Adopted GitHub Copilot to accelerate development of reusable React components, improving frontend delivery speed and team productivity.

Developed responsive Next.js components using Material UI and Tailwind CSS, standardizing a reusable UI library. Zyxware Technologies Thiruvananthapuram

Senior Drupal Developer Mar 2019 - Apr 2022

Delivered custom Drupal modules for 5+ enterprise clients, applying OOP design patterns and clean architecture principles to translate complex business requirements into scalable solutions. Upgrade: Drupal 7 8 and 8 9 migrations end-to-end — database conversion, module porting, and theme rebuilds

— with zero data loss, alongside configuration management and deployment workflows. Built responsive, accessible Twig-based themes with Barrio Bootstrap/SASS and ZURB Foundation using mobile- first design, ensuring cross-browser experiences.

Ran site audits with Chrome Lighthouse and implemented fixes across performance, SEO, and accessibility, improving audit scores and page load times.

Applied security patches and maintained ongoing platform hardening as part of standard release cycles. Automated development and deployment workflows with Docker, DDev/Lando, Gulp/Webpack, Git, and CI/CD pipelines, reducing environment setup and release friction. Managed site deployments and environment workflows on Acquia and Pantheon platforms, handling multi- environment (dev/stage/prod) configuration and release management for enterprise clients. Extended platform capabilities using Panels, Views, Features, Rules, and Layout Builder to support flexible, editor- friendly site building.

Promoted to Senior Developer within 2 years for technical leadership and consistent sprint delivery. Contributed bug fixes and module improvements to the Drupal.org community as an active contributor. SKILLS

Skills : PHP · Drupal 7/8/9/10 · Headless & Decoupled CMS · Drush · Composer · Nginx · Acquia · Pantheon · JavaScript · Next.js · React · MySQL · MariaDB · Wordpress· AI-assisted development · JIRA · Twig · GIT EDUCATION

Govt. Polytechnic college, Punalur, (SBTE), Kerala Keralam, India 3yr, Diploma in Computer Engineering

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