Full-stack Developer

Summary

Join Moodle's Marketplace team as a Full Stack Developer and contribute to the success of the Moodle platform. You will participate in the design, implementation, and launch of the Moodle Marketplace, a peer-to-peer e-commerce platform for Moodle plugins. This role involves building architecturally consistent software, collaborating with UX designers, fostering a positive team environment, and identifying areas for process improvement. You will work remotely from anywhere in the EMEA region. Moodle values learning, reflection, and continuous improvement. The position offers a flexible, distributed role with a focus on work-life balance and a chance to make a real difference.

Requirements

• Proficiency in PHP
• Proficiency in JS (ES6)
• Proficiency in SQL
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, testable and well-documented code
• Maintaining high-quality standards
• Fluent in English
• Comfortable working within remote-first teams
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Highly organised with the ability to manage their own workload to meet tight deadlines with competing priorities
• Reliable and accountable for the work they own
• Proven ability to work in a high-performance team
• Able to clearly communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Understand and keep up to date with industry-wide software development best practices
• Proactive solutions-focussed attitude, willingness to speak up and share ideas
• Design new features from a customer's perspective. Keeping the customer's needs at the forefront

Responsibilities

• Building architecturally consistent software that aligns with product roadmap, consistently shipping features and bug fixes
• Understanding technical and UX constraints and ensuring informed decision-making
• Collaborating with UX design and research on problem solving
• Helping to create an emotionally safe environment where team members demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and engagement, openness to new ideas, and learning from mistakes
• Contributing to a collaborative and engaging team culture
• Identifying areas for improvement in processes, tools, and workflows, and suggesting change where needed
• Maintaining high quality work standards
• Promoting Open Source values
• Communicating status, findings, and insights in the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Symfony and Doctrine ORM
• Experience building RESTful APIs endpoints using Symfony
• Experience integrating Symfony with modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue.js)
• Familiarity with payment gateways and external services
• Familiarity with modular approach for software design
• Familiarity with distributed systems and event-driven design
• Experience designing and implementing data structures
• Familiarity with testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in a team with a product culture

Benefits

• Taking on a genuinely flexible, distributed role, working from anywhere in the world
• A fantastic range of benefits, focusing on work-life balance, wellbeing and ‘choosing your own adventure.’
• Working with a global team on a worldwide platform and make a real difference