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Taher Jodhpurwala

Technical Lead (Drupal) at Adappt | Architecting CMS & AI Systems | Acquia Certified | Community Organiser

Bangalore Urban

11+ years of work experience

Adappt
Dec 20241 yr 9 mosPresent

Currently leading the design and delivery of large-scale CMS and AI-driven systems, including public health platforms in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Responsible for technical strategy, architecture decisions, and mentoring teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. My work focuses on bridging robust CMS ecosystems with emerging AI capabilities to drive meaningful impact.
Adappt
May 20231 yr 8 mosDec 2024

Leading development at an international health organization by managing multiple disease management information systems. Providing technical guidance and mentorship to a team of developers; architected solutions based on business needs. Owned the entire code release process including DevOps and CI/CD pipelines. Managing security updates across multiple platforms with a small team, leveraged Drupal's Workspaces API and configuration management to create a centralized workflow that reduced critical security rollouts from months to within 24 hours. Key Projects Developed multiple disease management information systems for a global health organization, serving mobile applications with custom JSON APIs deployed to AWS S3. Managing 2-3 public-facing Drupal 10/11 websites and 10+ Drupal platforms for various disease programs by implementing centralized deployment workflows. Ensuring high availability and performance for mobile applications serving healthcare professionals and patients globally.
Cheppers
Dec 20222 mosJan 2023

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Architected component-based Drupal 9 theme for Nokia.com rebranding
Definio
Dec 20211 yr 6 mosMay 2023

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Led a development team of 2-4 members across multiple enterprise Drupal projects, providing technical architecture and mentorship while ensuring high-quality deliverables. Architected solutions, wrote technical user stories, and planned technical deliveries for complex client engagements. Owned code release processes, managed development operations, and conducted technical interviews to grow development teams. Mentored team members to achieve targets by unblocking technical issues, and ensuring best development practices were followed through code reviews. Key Projects Architected an enterprise-level web tool for a water treatment systems manufacturer using Drupal 9 by creating technical roadmaps and implementing CI/CD workflows. Migrated a North American scientific organization's legacy Drupal codebase to the latest version with security updates, upgraded to Composer and configuration management, and delivered the project on time with full release management support. Maintained Drupal 9 websites for a professional association while overhauling DevOps practices with automated deployment workflows. Built specialized Drupal 9 tools including a document management system for a hardware manufacturer. Migrated a global law firm from WordPress to Drupal 8 using component-driven architecture with Storybook integration.
Axelerant
May 20192 yrs 7 mosNov 2021

Architected high-quality, performant, accessible Drupal themes while mentoring frontend developers and maintaining internal theme systems with Pattern Lab and Storybook integration. Reviewed code to ensure best practices, and wrote maintainable code across multiple enterprise client projects. Migrated a European university from ASP.Net to Drupal 8, implementing component-driven architecture with design system methodology. Worked with Fortune 100 clients including a personal care company where I updated their Drupal 8 website with pixel-perfect responsive themes. For a supermarket chain, I refactored a decoupled Drupal 7 eCommerce frontend and achieved WCAG AA accessibility compliance within an accelerated timeline. Developed multilingual Drupal 8 websites for a hotel chain with RTL language support, architected dynamic PDF generation workflows for an IT company, and built customer portals for various organizations—all following component-driven development practices.
Axelerant
May 20172 yrsApr 2019

Developed responsive Drupal themes from designs; delivering highly performant and accessible Drupal-based frontends while ensuring code quality through testing and code reviews.
Red Crackle
Aug 20151 yr 9 mosApr 2017

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Worked extensively on Drupal 7 and 8 modules and themes while implementing testing frameworks and DevOps practices for large-scale applications. Focused on code quality, performance optimization, and automated deployment workflows. Key Projects Developed Drupal 7 and 8 modules and themes for ProgrammableWeb, a former large-scale API news and learning resources publisher that served millions of developers. Implemented PHPUnit testing and automated testing using Galen, set up infrastructure on AWS for development, testing, and production environments. Developed end-to-end continuous integration and deployment workflows using Jenkins for automated deployments and conducted load and performance testing to ensure platform scalability.
GitHub
@taher-pro

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Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science Engineering

Visvesvaraya Technological University

20114 yrs2015

Pre University, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electronics

Vijaya Composite Pre University College

20092 yrs2011

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Headline

Technical Lead (Drupal) at Adappt | Architecting CMS & AI Systems | Acquia Certified | Community Organiser

About

With 10+ years of experience as a senior software engineer and Drupal specialist, I have delivered 45+ projects which include NGOs, Fortune 100 companies, and enterprise organizations. Currently architecting Drupal platforms at a global health NGO managing 10+ disease management systems. Reduced security update rollouts from months to 24 hours by leveraging Drupal's Workspaces API and configuration management. Expert in Drupal 7-11, custom module development, entity systems, and cloud infrastructure automation which include Kubernetes, AWS CloudFormation, and CI/CD pipelines.

Location

Bangalore Urban

AI stack

claude code

codex

github copilot

Work experience

Technical Lead (Drupal) at Adappt, Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos, Currently leading the design and delivery of large-scale CMS and AI-driven systems, including public health platforms in collaboration with the World Health Organization. Responsible for technical strategy, architecture decisions, and mentoring teams to deliver scalable, high-performance solutions. My work focuses on bridging robust CMS ecosystems with emerging AI capabilities to drive meaningful impact.

Senior Software Engineer - Drupal at Adappt, May 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos, Leading development at an international health organization by managing multiple disease management information systems. Providing technical guidance and mentorship to a team of developers; architected solutions based on business needs. Owned the entire code release process including DevOps and CI/CD pipelines. Managing security updates across multiple platforms with a small team, leveraged Drupal's Workspaces API and configuration management to create a centralized workflow that reduced critical security rollouts from months to within 24 hours. Key Projects Developed multiple disease management information systems for a global health organization, serving mobile applications with custom JSON APIs deployed to AWS S3. Managing 2-3 public-facing Drupal 10/11 websites and 10+ Drupal platforms for various disease programs by implementing centralized deployment workflows. Ensuring high availability and performance for mobile applications serving healthcare professionals and patients globally.

Drupal Frontend Consultant at Cheppers, Dec 2022 - Jan 2023 · 2 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Architected component-based Drupal 9 theme for Nokia.com rebranding

Lead Technical Consultant (Drupal) at Definio, Dec 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Led a development team of 2-4 members across multiple enterprise Drupal projects, providing technical architecture and mentorship while ensuring high-quality deliverables. Architected solutions, wrote technical user stories, and planned technical deliveries for complex client engagements. Owned code release processes, managed development operations, and conducted technical interviews to grow development teams. Mentored team members to achieve targets by unblocking technical issues, and ensuring best development practices were followed through code reviews. Key Projects Architected an enterprise-level web tool for a water treatment systems manufacturer using Drupal 9 by creating technical roadmaps and implementing CI/CD workflows. Migrated a North American scientific organization's legacy Drupal codebase to the latest version with security updates, upgraded to Composer and configuration management, and delivered the project on time with full release management support. Maintained Drupal 9 websites for a professional association while overhauling DevOps practices with automated deployment workflows. Built specialized Drupal 9 tools including a document management system for a hardware manufacturer. Migrated a global law firm from WordPress to Drupal 8 using component-driven architecture with Storybook integration.

Drupal Frontend Engineer II at Axelerant, May 2019 - Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Architected high-quality, performant, accessible Drupal themes while mentoring frontend developers and maintaining internal theme systems with Pattern Lab and Storybook integration. Reviewed code to ensure best practices, and wrote maintainable code across multiple enterprise client projects. Migrated a European university from ASP.Net to Drupal 8, implementing component-driven architecture with design system methodology. Worked with Fortune 100 clients including a personal care company where I updated their Drupal 8 website with pixel-perfect responsive themes. For a supermarket chain, I refactored a decoupled Drupal 7 eCommerce frontend and achieved WCAG AA accessibility compliance within an accelerated timeline. Developed multilingual Drupal 8 websites for a hotel chain with RTL language support, architected dynamic PDF generation workflows for an IT company, and built customer portals for various organizations—all following component-driven development practices.

Drupal Frontend Engineer I at Axelerant, May 2017 - Apr 2019 · 2 yrs, Developed responsive Drupal themes from designs; delivering highly performant and accessible Drupal-based frontends while ensuring code quality through testing and code reviews.

Drupal Full Stack Engineer at Red Crackle, Aug 2015 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Worked extensively on Drupal 7 and 8 modules and themes while implementing testing frameworks and DevOps practices for large-scale applications. Focused on code quality, performance optimization, and automated deployment workflows. Key Projects Developed Drupal 7 and 8 modules and themes for ProgrammableWeb, a former large-scale API news and learning resources publisher that served millions of developers. Implemented PHPUnit testing and automated testing using Galen, set up infrastructure on AWS for development, testing, and production environments. Developed end-to-end continuous integration and deployment workflows using Jenkins for automated deployments and conducted load and performance testing to ensure platform scalability.

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University

Pre University, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Electronics, Vijaya Composite Pre University College

Public links

github: https://github.com/taher-pro