Senior Moodle Developer & Product Lead
NW SMDPL 2206
We’re seeking an experienced Senior Moodle Developer & Technical Product Owner to lead the evolution of a global digital learning platform used by students across an international network.
This is a hands on role combining deep Moodle development expertise with technical product ownership. You’ll be responsible for shaping platform architecture, delivering new features, leading integrations, and driving engineering best practice across a highly visible, strategic product.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead development across Moodle 4.5+, including custom plugins and core extensions
- Own technical design and delivery of new platform features
- Design and implement APIs, integrations and middleware solutions
- Drive platform scalability, performance optimisation and architecture decisions
- Enhance CI/CD pipelines, release processes and development standards
- Collaborate with product, education and technology stakeholders
Essential Skills
- 5+ years’ Moodle development experience
- Expert PHP development skills
- Strong experience building Moodle plugins and extending core functionality
- Experience with REST APIs and third-party integrations
- Deep understanding of Moodle architecture
- Azure deployment and CI/CD experience
- MySQL/PostgreSQL and JavaScript (ES6+)
Desirable
- Education or EdTech experience
- Large-scale platform experience (10,000+ users)
- Learning analytics, personalisation or AI exposure
This is an opportunity to help shape a globally scaled, student facing platform that delivers meaningful learning and collaboration experiences to thousands of users worldwide. If this sounds like you – please apply via the link or get in touch at niamh.woodmass@instinct.co.uk
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