Lead Drupal Developer

This position is fully remote. All applicants must live and work in the United States.

TAG is seeking passionate, talented Lead CMS Developer to lead our Drupal projects and help deliver outstanding digital experiences to our clients. This is not a traditional lead role. At TAG, development is powered by our in-house, Claude-based software factory: autonomous development agents that take well-defined tickets from spec to pull request. As Lead Developer, you are the technical lead on your projects and the person responsible for those agents. You define the requirements with the client, direct the work, verify everything the agents produce, step in when they get it wrong, and ship the releases yourself. You are the most important quality checkpoint in our process. You will work on exciting projects using open-source technologies for some of the world's largest brands, in a fast-paced environment where several projects are in play at once. Becoming a TAG team member is an opportunity to grow and achieve, while working with a highly collaborative and diversely skilled team.

As a Lead CMS Developer at TAG you will...

• Serve as the technical lead and primary technical point of contact on your CMS projects, primarily Drupal
• Work directly with clients and project managers to gather requirements and translate them into clear specifications, acceptance criteria and development tickets
• Own the architecture and technical direction of your projects: content modeling, module selection, integrations, performance, hosting and infrastructure
• Direct and manage TAG's autonomous development agents using our Claude-based processes and tooling, and keep them productive and unblocked
• Review and verify everything the agents produce against requirements and TAG standards; you are the final quality checkpoint before work reaches QA and the client
• Troubleshoot and intervene when agents fail to meet requirements: diagnose why, correct the spec or the approach, and write the code yourself when that is the right call
• Perform code releases and manage release cycles. Releases at TAG are done by people, never by AI.
• Estimate the level of effort required to complete development work
• Contribute to improving our development automation, specs and agent workflows based on what you learn on your projects

You might be who we are looking for if...

• You have 6+ years' overall engineering experience, including 2-3+ years as the lead or senior developer on large projects
• You have 5+ years of deep Drupal experience and in-depth knowledge of modern CMS architectural standards
• You have experience in a development role at a digital agency
• You have used AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Devin or similar) to do real project work, and you have opinions about where they excel and where they fail
• You are comfortable owning the quality of code you did not write, and you know how to verify it rather than trust it
• You are a creative problem solver who is energized by diagnosing why something did not work and finding a better path
• You have Headless CMS experience and experience with JavaScript frameworks and libraries like React and Next.js
• You have 2-3+ years' experience with:
• • Working with clients to turn business requirements into technical specifications
  • Agile methodology and working closely with project managers to plan sprints, flesh out tickets and organize releases
  • Laying out technical documentation both for the internal team and client handoff
  • Code reviews, continuous integration and production releases on platforms like Acquia or Pantheon
• You have a strong command of Git processes and have experience with Git Flow
• You are smart and like to get sh*t done.
• You don't mind talking to people.
• You are a team player.
• You live and breathe best practices.

Benefits and Perks

• 100% employer paid health, vision and dental insurance
• Life and short-term disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Family First PTO Bank
• Up to 100% remote / telecommute
• Flex Fridays
• Paid vacation
• 401k with up to 4% match
• Charitable matches and/or community service hours
• End of year merit-based bonuses
• Annual company retreat with absolutely no trust falls
• Company culture events such as trivia and team lunches
• Professional development budget

About Third and Grove

Third and Grove is a fully remote full-service digital agency. Our vision is to use technology and design to make the web worth browsing. We want to leave the web better than we found it. TAG team members strive to embody our core values, leading with empathy and practicing accountability, excellence, integrity and curiosity -in everything we do.

EEO Statement:
Third and Grove provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to age, color, disability, gender, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, physical or mental disability, protected veteran, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Diversity Statement: Third and Grove’s vision is to leave the web better than we found it. Our diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives play a significant role in that. As an equal opportunity employer, we are working to ensure we both grow and maintain a team of individuals from varying backgrounds and perspectives. People are at the center of everything we do, and we want to encourage our staff to bring their authentic selves to work, so that we can learn from each other and better serve our clients, our communities, and the world.

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t match 100% of the criteria.