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Hire Drupal developers who keep a complex site moving forward
Custom modules, content architecture, upgrades and the integrations behind your site. A dedicated Drupal developer from Latin America who works your hours and turns the next upgrade into routine work.
TRUSTED BY TEAMS WHOSE CLOUDTASK HIRES HAVE STAYED 5 TO 8 YEARS
How it works
How do I hire a Drupal developer?
You do one thing: interview. We handle everything else.
Post the role
5 minutes. The role, the motion, the tools, the comp band. That is all we need to start.
Review your matches
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours.
Interview and hire
We coordinate interviews. On Managed Staffing, we also handle payroll and compliance across LATAM.
WHY TEAMS TRUST CLOUDTASK
What you get with every hire
Dedicated to your codebase
One Drupal developer who learns your code, your conventions and your roadmap. Not a freelancer who closes a ticket and moves on.
Same hours as your team
Latin America and the Caribbean overlap the US working day, so code review, standups and production issues get handled live.
Searched against your stack
Your Drupal version, custom modules, hosting and integrations come from your brief, and each profile is checked against them before you see it.
Replacement guarantee
24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire. If the fit is wrong, the guarantee covers the replacement search.
WHY CLOUDTASK
Staffing with numbers behind it
10,000+
hires placed
since 2016
85%
still in seat
past 90 days
24 months
replacement guarantee
on Managed Staffing
12
countries
across Latin America and the Caribbean
TECH STACK
The Drupal stack we screen for
Core and modules
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Custom module development
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Symfony-based services and dependency injection
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Composer and configuration management
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Drush
Content and front end
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Content types, fields and views
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Twig theming
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Layout Builder and paragraphs
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Multilingual sites
Upgrades and operations
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Major version upgrades and migrations
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Migrate API
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Caching, performance and security updates
Integrations
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JSON:API and REST
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Decoupled front ends
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SSO and third-party services
PRICING MODEL
Managed Staffing.
Managed Staffing is open to every role we place. We find the person, handle payments and compliance, and stay involved after the hire with check-ins, visibility, and escalation when something is off. You get the person. We keep the machine running. For roles that create demand, outbound SDRs, BDRs, demand generation and full-cycle AEs, Managed Staffing runs on a six-month minimum term.
Pay
One all-in monthly rate
Per person. That is the number, and there is nothing added to it.
In the monthly rate
- Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
- Screening and vetting
- Matching coordination
- Worker payments
- Compliance and employment administration
- Onboarding support at day 0, 7, 30 and 60
- Ongoing check-ins with the hire and with you
- Time and activity tracking, on by default
- Performance escalation
- 24-month replacement guarantee. Replacements not capped.
- Health benefits available on request
- Equipment benefits available on request
Stays with you
- The work itself
- Priorities and direction
- Who you hire
$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.
Start your searchPRICING MODEL
Direct Hire.
Direct Hire is open to every role we place. We find the person, vet them, and hand them over. You employ them, you manage them, you own the relationship from day one. Roles that create demand usually land here, because live call feedback and daily coaching work best coming straight from your sales leader, and there is no minimum term.
Pay
20% to 30%
Of first-year base salary. One time, quoted per role, paid when they accept.
In the fee
- Sourcing from the CloudTask staffing and recruiting company
- Screening and vetting
- Shortlist of matched candidates
- Interview coordination
- Offer support
- 6-month replacement guarantee. One replacement, same job description.
Yours when they accept
- Employment and payroll
- Compliance and employment administration
- Ongoing management
- Time and activity tracking
- Health benefits and equipment benefits
$299 to start your search. One time, not a subscription. It applies to your buyout or toward your first placement.
Start your searchHow CloudTask compares
Run the numbers. We did.
The same role, three ways to fill it.
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| US Direct Hire | Staffing Agency | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to First Interview | 48 hours | 3 to 6 weeks | 2 to 4 weeks |
| Payroll & Compliance | Included on Managed Staffing | You manage | Included in rate |
| Vetting Process | Human + AI verified | You screen | Recruiter screened |
| Candidate spam | Screened out before you see a profile | Common | Low |
| Tool Verification | Verified per candidate | Self-reported | Rarely verified |
| Free Replacements | 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire | None | Variable |
Testimonials
Trusted by teams that hire with us
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LATAM has been a gold mine for talent. Our CloudTask hires understand our company culture and mission, and they connect with our customers in a way that drives high NPS and CX scores.
David Barrett CEO, Expensify -
At first we were an SF-based team only. Then I met Amir Reiter back in 2018. After visiting Medellín, I knew LATAM would be key to our growth and success.
Tim Zheng CEO, Apollo.io -
After meeting my CX and CS team in Medellín, we immediately loved the culture and the work ethic. As a European-HQ company, we found LATAM to be perfect to service our American clients.
Carl Carell CRO and Co-founder, GetAccept
SKILLS
Top skills to look for in a Drupal developer
Configuring a module is the entry ticket. These are the skills that decide whether your site stays upgradable and easy for content teams to use.
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Modern Drupal code
Writes custom modules with services, plugins and dependency injection, following the patterns of current Drupal rather than old procedural habits.
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Content architecture
Designs content types, fields, taxonomies and views that match how the organization publishes, not how the last developer liked it.
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Upgrades and migrations
Plans major upgrades, replaces deprecated code and uses the Migrate API to move content without losing it.
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Configuration management
Keeps configuration in code and moves it between environments cleanly, so production is never changed by hand.
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Caching and performance
Understands cache tags, contexts and invalidation, and can explain why a page is slow before changing anything.
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Security updates
Applies core and contributed module security releases promptly and reviews custom code for access checks.
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Twig theming
Builds themes and templates that keep markup accessible and consistent across a large site.
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AI output, reviewed
Uses coding assistants for boilerplate modules and tests, and reviews every line against Drupal APIs and access rules.
HIRING GUIDE
How to hire Drupal developers
Drupal sites often carry years of custom modules and content, and the next upgrade decides how much that history costs. This guide covers what a Drupal developer does, how to scope the role, what to test, the red flags and when a dedicated Drupal developer is the wrong hire.
What does a Drupal developer do?
Builds and maintains the code of a Drupal site: custom modules, themes, content architecture, integrations and the upgrades and security updates that keep it supported.
Day to day that means shipping features for content teams, keeping configuration in sync across environments, applying security releases and removing code that newer versions of Drupal no longer support.
Back-end, front-end or site builder?
Some Drupal work is site building through configuration, some is theming in Twig, and some is custom module development in PHP. Senior Drupal developers usually do all three, but each has a center of gravity.
Write in the brief which part of the work dominates and the Drupal version you run, so the search is filtered on it.
Upgrades: where Drupal sites get stuck
Sites that fall behind end up with a large upgrade project that nobody has capacity for, especially when custom code and contributed modules rely on deprecated APIs.
A strong candidate can explain how they would audit your modules, fix deprecations step by step and plan the upgrade so it happens without a freeze on content.
Content architecture and editors
Content types and fields decide how easy it is to publish, reuse content and keep pages consistent. Poor structures turn every new page into a special case.
Ask the candidate how they modeled content on a past site and how editors used it. You want to hear about the people publishing, not only the fields.
What to test in a Drupal developer interview
Give a small task close to your real work: a custom module that adds a block or a route with proper access checks and caching metadata. Read whether they use services and dependency injection and whether configuration lives in code.
Then ask about an upgrade or migration they ran. You want to hear what broke, how they tested and how they moved the content.
Red flags in Drupal developer candidates
Only old patterns. A candidate whose examples are all procedural hooks from older versions will struggle with modern Drupal code.
Configuration changed in production. If they make changes through the admin on the live site and never export them, environments will drift apart.
No view on cache invalidation. Custom code without cache metadata leads to stale pages or a site that cannot cache at all.
Security releases postponed. A candidate who treats security updates as optional puts the site at risk.
Hacked contributed modules. Editing contributed code instead of patching it properly blocks every future update.
When should you not hire a dedicated Drupal developer?
When your site is small and mostly static, and a simpler platform would cover it with less maintenance. A migration project may serve you better than a full-time Drupal hire.
It is also the wrong hire when nobody on your side owns the site roadmap. A single developer with no priorities tends to postpone upgrades until they become urgent.
How much does it cost to hire a Drupal developer?
It depends on seniority, the scope of the work and the country the person works from, and any single number describes one scenario and calls it a price.
What is worth understanding is the shape. On Managed Staffing it is one all-in monthly rate per person, with payments, compliance and replacement cover inside it. On Direct Hire it is a one-time fee of 20% to 30% of first-year base salary and the person goes on your payroll. We quote your number before you interview anyone.
Why hire a Drupal developer in Latin America?
Overlap. Development runs on code review, standups and incidents, and Latin America and the Caribbean share most of the US working day, so those happen in real time instead of overnight.
The second reason is communication. Your developer writes pull request descriptions, technical notes and status updates in English, and we screen English live on a call.
How does CloudTask hire for this role?
You send your Drupal version, the custom modules you run, your hosting and the kind of work and the hours you need covered. We source against that brief and come back with 3 to 5 matched profiles within 48 hours, each one screened on a live call and checked against the stack you named.
You interview and choose. On Managed Staffing we handle payments, compliance and onboarding and stay involved with check-ins. On Direct Hire the person joins your payroll from day one. Both carry a replacement guarantee: 24 months on Managed Staffing, 6 months on Direct Hire.
FAQ
The fine print, in plain terms.
Can a Drupal developer run our major version upgrade?
Can a Drupal developer work on a decoupled site?
Can you also find WordPress and Joomla developers?
What is the $299 for?
Why is there no number on the monthly rate?
Who is the legal employer?
How does tracking work, and can I turn it off?
What happens if the person does not work out?
Is there a platform or subscription fee?
Ready to hire?
3 to 5 matches in 48 hours. Start with a quick role brief to get your shortlist.