PHP/JS/Moodle Developer

About the position

Senior Full-stack Moodle Developer PHP/JavaScript

ABOUT:

You will collaborate with our client, a global consultancy with a strong focus on digital learning and educational innovation. Leveraging expertise in cloud infrastructure, learning management systems, and user experience design, among others, they support public sector clients in building future-ready platforms that enable accessible, scalable, and effective learning.

DESCRIPTION OF THE TASKS

The following tasks will be performed:

• Interaction with the business analysts, customers, users, project leaders and the developers
• Collaborate with stakeholders, instructional designers, and UX/UI teams to gather and refine requirements for Moodle-based e-learning solutions.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups, ensuring development aligns with business and educational goals.
• Development of front-end website architecture.
• Develop and customize Moodle plugins and themes following Moodle development guidelines.
• Configure Moodle core functionalities, including courses, roles, competencies, quizzes, and grading systems.
• Design of user interactions on web pages.
• Development of back-end website applications.
• Implement core business logic.
• Creation of servers and databases for functionality.
• Develop custom reports and dashboards to provide insights into learning engagement and user progress.
• Understanding and implementation of security and data protection.
• Cross-platform optimisation.
• Design responsive applications.
• Design and develop APIs.
• Implement third-party API integrations (e.g., authentication systems and/or external content providers).
• Participating in the design and creation of scalable software.
• Optimize Moodle performance, implementing caching, database indexing, and load balancing strategies.
• Taking the lead on projects, as needed.
• Maintenance of code integrity and organisation.
• Writing clean, functional code on the front- and back-end.
• Compile and analyse data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement.
• Testing and fixing bugs or other coding issues.
• Meet both technical and consumer needs.
• Write technical documentation.

MANDATORY TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Following specific expertise is mandatory for the performance of tasks:

• At least 1 year of specific expertise in Moodle architecture, APIs, and plugin development acquired by working on large Moodle installations of at least 500.000 users and supporting more than 5 languages(mandatory).
• At least 1 year of specific expertise building responsive Moodle themes using HTML/HTML5, CSS/CSS3, JavaScript, and Bootstrap (mandatory).
• At least 5 years’ experience with front-end languages such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• At least 5 years of proficiency with back-end languages and frameworks - PHP, Java.
• At least 2 years of specific expertise in Cloud architecture. REST, SOAP, AWS services.
• At least 5 years’ experience with MySQL.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

The following skills and knowledge are required for the performance of the above-listed tasks:

• Very good knowledge of Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, PHP, MySQL, Power BI or similar, familiarity with AWS cloud.
• Ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in production Moodle environments efficiently
• Stay up to date with Moodle core and plugin updates, applying necessary patches and security fixes.
• Ability to give business and technical presentations
• Ability to apply high-quality standards
• Very good communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences
• The capability to write clear and structured technical documents
• Autonomous.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Capability of integration in an international/multi-cultural environment.
• Excellent verbal communication.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to cope with fast-changing technologies related to LMS and Moodle.
• Experience with designing and implementing reporting solutions.
• Experience with projects involving end-of-life systems.
• Strong knowledge in measuring and tracking delivery to the business as fit for purpose and in accordance with agreed requirements (KPIs, quality measurements & control points).
• Write and execute unit, functional, and integration tests to ensure the stability and security of Moodle implementations.
• Conduct peer code reviews to enforce best practices, security, and performance standards.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines for automated Moodle deployments.
• Deploy Moodle instances using Docker for scalable cloud-based solutions.

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