Moodle Developer

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for development of the Institution s virtual learning environment (VLE) solutions, themes


• and contribute to the development of other systems for education and research.


• Development of plugins for the virtual learning environment in line with agreed coding and development standards. We prefer using available Moodle APIs to achieve requirements.


• Manage the VLE codebase and using a version control repository


• Provide expertise and guidance on the use of appropriate coding standards, libraries and frameworks


• Contribute to best practice in website development across the Institution.


• Ensure the successful delivery of education system development projects on-time, on-budget and to a high technical standard.


• Regularly meet with the team to provide updates on open tickets and deal with ad-hoc requirements.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience


• Work experience: 1-4 years of Moodle Plugin Development experience


• Knowledge and experience of technologies including PHP, CSS3, JavaScript, and HTML5.


• Knowledge and experience of Moodle development framework


• Knowledge and experience with using software support services and code repositories e.g. Jira, bitbucket


• Experience of using service monitoring tools including their use to identify problems


• Linux command-line tools, including grep, diff, cron, ssh, scp, vi, MySQL, etc.


• Git for version control and deployment.