// US-based Drupal developers
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Senior Drupal developers, based in the US, working your hours
Drupal sites, upgrades, and migrations, built by US developers who move old Drupal versions forward safely.
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// teams we've worked with
“NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag.”
Sound familiar?
- Hiring a senior Drupal developer full-time is taking months.
- Your Drupal codebase has grown messy and every change breaks something else.
- Offshore hand-offs and time-zone gaps turn one-day fixes into week-long threads.
- You need someone senior enough to make decisions, not just close tickets.
What our Drupal engineers build
Drupal upgrades
Drupal 7 to 10/11 migrations without losing content.
Rescue & upgrades
Existing Drupal work stabilized, documented, and brought up to date.
Integrations
Drupal connected cleanly to the rest of your systems.
How it works
- 01
Pick a time
Book a 30-minute project call directly in our calendar.
- 02
Talk through the problem
Tell us what needs building, what's stuck and what success looks like. No spec needed.
- 03
Your plan in 48 hours
Get your project plan, roadmap, cost and ROI estimates. The plan is yours to keep.
- 04
First 5 dev hours free
Agree the scope with our team. Decide whether to continue before any paid work begins.
Common questions
Will this turn into a sales pitch?
No. The call is about your project: what needs building, what's stuck, and whether we have the right engineers. If we're not a fit, we'll say so.
What do I get for free?
A project plan, roadmap, cost estimate and ROI estimate within 48 hours of your project call. Your first 5 development hours are free, too. We agree the scope and any paid work with you before proceeding.
Do I need a spec or brief?
No. Tell us the problem in plain words and we'll help shape the scope with you.
Are the engineers really in the U.S.?
Yes. Every engineer lives and works in the United States. No offshore hand-offs, and that's in the contract.
What our clients say
"NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag."
"Their R&D tax credit workflow platform paid for itself in the first filing season."
"AI-native from day one. Our IRS transcript pipeline runs 24/7 without a human in the loop."
"Property tax appeals used to take weeks. Their comp analysis tooling turned it into hours."
"The AI intake agent handles our tier-1 patient calls with a hand-off cleaner than our old call center."
"POS, inventory, ordering — all unified. We finally have one source of truth across every location."
"The procurement platform paid for itself in the first quarter of use."
"They shipped our matching engine in 6 weeks. Our old team would've taken 6 months."
"Enterprise-grade delivery without the enterprise-agency price tag."
"Their team plugged into our sprint on day one. Zero ramp time."
"NextGen scaled us from 2 to 7 dedicated engineers in under a quarter. Enterprise-grade capacity, zero agency drag."
"Their R&D tax credit workflow platform paid for itself in the first filing season."
"AI-native from day one. Our IRS transcript pipeline runs 24/7 without a human in the loop."
"Property tax appeals used to take weeks. Their comp analysis tooling turned it into hours."
"The AI intake agent handles our tier-1 patient calls with a hand-off cleaner than our old call center."
"POS, inventory, ordering — all unified. We finally have one source of truth across every location."
"The procurement platform paid for itself in the first quarter of use."
"They shipped our matching engine in 6 weeks. Our old team would've taken 6 months."
"Enterprise-grade delivery without the enterprise-agency price tag."
"Their team plugged into our sprint on day one. Zero ramp time."
Hire US-based Drupal developers from NextGen Coding Company for Drupal 11 upgrades, custom modules, and content-heavy websites with complex editorial needs. Drupal work often involves tangled configuration, aging contributed modules, and permissions that no longer match publishing responsibilities. Senior engineers join your standups and work your hours, making it easier to coordinate application changes with content teams and release owners.
A useful Drupal plan starts with Composer dependencies, PHP compatibility, configuration management, and the modules your site actually uses. Drupal 10-to-11 upgrades need a different approach from Drupal 7 migrations using Migrate API. Consider Twig templates, Views, Media, and Content Moderation alongside deployment tooling such as Drush and DDEV. Before code access, we sign an NDA and full IP assignment.
Frequently asked questions
- What should we check before upgrading from Drupal 10 to Drupal 11?
- Review Drupal 11's PHP and database requirements, Composer constraints, and contributed module compatibility before scheduling the upgrade. Upgrade Status can help identify deprecated APIs in custom code. Test configuration imports, cron jobs, search integrations, and editorial workflows in staging; a successful dependency update alone does not establish application readiness.
- Is moving from Drupal 7 to Drupal 11 an upgrade or a migration?
- Treat it as a migration rather than an in-place version update. Drupal 7 content models, field data, themes, and custom modules need mapping or rebuilding for modern Drupal. Use Migrate API with appropriate source plugins, then validate files, aliases, revisions, and relationships through repeatable trial imports before planning cutover.
- How do Drupal developers prevent configuration drift between environments?
- Keep exported configuration in version control and make deployment imports explicit, commonly through Drush. Separate environment-specific settings from shared configuration, and use Configuration Split when its behavior fits the project. Establish where administrators may change settings so production edits do not silently conflict with the next deployment's configuration import.
- Should we use Drupal with a React or Next.js front end?
- Decoupled Drupal can make sense when multiple applications share content or the front end needs application-style interactions. JSON:API provides a standard content interface, but preview, authentication, routing, and cache invalidation need deliberate design. A Twig-based site may be simpler when editorial preview and Drupal's rendering features already meet requirements.
- What experience should I look for in a senior Drupal developer?
- Ask candidates to explain a custom service, dependency injection, cache tags and contexts, and a repeatable migration or deployment process. For editorial sites, discuss permissions and moderation transitions too. Our engineers are senior, and many have 10+ years of experience; use the interview to establish the Drupal-specific depth your project needs.
- Are your developers really based in the US?
- Yes. Every engineer lives and works in the United States. No offshore subcontracting and no hand-offs to another team. That's written into the contract.
- How fast can someone start?
- Most teams interview matched engineers within a week of the first call. Start dates depend on your interview process.
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