PHP/JS/Moodle开发工程师

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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