Drupal Technical Lead with AI Integration

Nikhil Pareek

Technical Lead – Drupal (PHP)

Kha - 33 Bhawani Nagar Sikar Road, RJ, 302***-***-*** 3901

***************@*****.***

https://www.drupal.org/u/nikhil_110

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhil-pareek- 72084692

Drupal Technical Lead with 9+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale web solutions and leading development efforts across cross-functional teams. Promoted from Senior Drupal Developer L1, with hands-on expertise in Drupal (7–10), PHP custom development, theming, migrations, and multi-site maintenance. Experienced in managing Git-based deployments, working with Kubernetes (K8s) environments, and contributing to React-based components in large enterprise projects. Proven ability to drive technical decisions, ensure code quality, and deliver stable, scalable solutions for high-impact clients. Known for strong communication, ownership, and accountability, with an active interest in AI/GenAI tools to improve development productivity and efficiency.

9+ Years (Professional & Project-Based)

Drupal7 & 8,9,10

Drupal Migration

Twig & Drupal Theming

SQL platforms GitHub collaboration

CI/CD

Kubernetes

API design knowledge React (Enterprise Project Exposure)

Problem Solving & Debugging

• Developed AI-assisted workflows using Cursor AI for code generation, debugging, refactoring, and code reviews.

• Integrated Cursor AI Review with GitHub repositories to automatically review code on every push and pull request.

• Configured automated workflows to detect and report security and code quality issues during development.

• Built Python automation scripts to assist Drupal and PHP version upgrades across 250+ Drupal websites.

• Created AI agents to automate repetitive development, maintenance, and upgrade activities.

• Automated recurring maintenance using scheduled GitHub Actions and Monday cron jobs.

• Used AI-assisted development to identify and resolve SonarQube code quality issues.

• Improved developer productivity through AI-powered workflow automation and CI/CD integration.

Cursor AI • AI Agents • Python Automation • GitHub Actions • Workflow Automation • SonarQube • AI Code Review • Prompt Engineering • CI/CD Automation

Work History

2024-09 – Current Drupal Technical Lead

Srijan Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Promoted from Senior Drupal Developer L1 to Drupal Technical Lead based on performance and technical contributions.

After promotion, worked on Nasdaq project, contributing to feature enhancements, maintenance, and release support.

Currently assigned to McKinsey (McK) project as a Senior Drupal Developer / Technical Lead, supporting 200 Drupal sites.

Handling site maintenance, enhancements, and Drupal migrations, ensuring stability across multiple environments.

Managing Git-based deployments and working with Kubernetes (K8s) for application deployment and environment orchestration.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot production issues and ensure smooth releases.

Contributed to React-based components within the McKinsey project alongside Drupal development.

Actively exploring and applying AI/GenAI tools to improve development productivity, debugging, and code quality.

Providing technical guidance to team members and supporting delivery timelines.

2022-09 – 05-2024 Senior Drupal Developer L1.

Srijan Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Worked as Senior Drupal Developer L1, contributing to Drupal custom development, theming, and deployment activities across enterprise projects.

Developed and maintained custom Drupal modules, components, and configurations as per project requirements.

Performed theme customization and UI enhancements using Twig, and JavaScript to align with design specifications.

Actively involved in deployment activities, including environment validation and release support.

Contributed to high-visibility global projects including UNDP and Nasdaq, following enterprise-level coding standards and best practices.

Authored code fixes, enhancements, and patches for inclusion in future releases and maintenance cycles

2024-05 – 2022-09 Drupal Developer

Neerja Softwares Pvt. Ltd., Jaipur, Rajasthan

Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.

Worked closely with Project Managers and other developers to define parameters and plan detailed specifications with clear project deliverables and

timelines to meet strict deadlines.

Developed back-end components to connect applications with web services. Performed troubleshooting of technical issues within production environment. Integrated several different APIs such as Whmcs Api, Message APi and Aadhar

Api to laravel framework.

Created powerful Content Management Systems to serve as interface for client.

Pulled from PHP, SQL, JavaScript and other back-end library knowledge to bolster programming resources.

2015-01 - 2016-02 PHP Developer

AquaTech Infocom LLP, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Engaged with PHP Developer to plan, optimize and repair site issues and queries, in particular based on Drupal technology.

Determined coding requirements for site creation, including e-commerce capability, security and specialized scripts.

Established presentation consistency across Chrome, Safari, Firefox and other common browser interfaces.

Planned website development, converting mockups into usable web presence with HTML, JavaScript, AJAX and JSON coding.

Wrote lines of code using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery languages.

Ran debugging tools such as Firebug and Chrome Inspector to eliminate flaws and glitches prior to publishing.

Oversaw back-end development using PHP to maintain website integrity, security and efficiency.

Company Project's

McKinsey & Company

Nasdaq – Enterprise Drupal Platform

UNDP – Global Drupal Platform

Partner Reseller Program – EverData

IT Expo – WebnCloudExpo

Hosting Platforms – EverData, 2GB Hosting, Domain199

Centrogroup

EzTaxs

2015-01 Trainee PHP Developer

Education

2012-07 - 2014-10 Bachelor of Science in Information Technology: Computer Science

Poddar Institute Of Information Technology - Jaipur

2011-03 - 2012-03 12th: PCM

Vivekanand Vidhya Bhawan Sr. Sec. School - Jaipur

Windows, Linux & macOS

Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint

Git & GitHub

Composer & Drush

Docker & Kubernetes (K8s)

Cursor AI & GitHub Copilot

Visual Studio Code & Cursor IDE

GitHub Actions & CI/CD

Postman & REST API Testing

SonarQube

JIRA & Confluence

Python Automation (Basic)

Interests

Cricket Bike Riding

History Reading

Exploring AI & Emerging Technologies

Hindi English

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