Senior Analyst Developer

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Moodle Developer (Senior Analyst Developer) to join the Core Teaching Platforms product team within the Digital Education domain of the Information Services Division (ISD).

This role will be working within a multi-disciplinary agile product team of Moodle Developers, Analyst Developers (Ops), Learning Technologists, UX designer and Tech Leads to develop UCL's Moodle.

The team values being part of the open‑source Moodle community, providing feedback and fixes upstream wherever possible to new plugins and to core Moodle.

This role will be responsible for writing and maintaining clean, secure code and software configuration, adopting a test‑driven approach, and ensuring software is easy to use.

The ideal candidate (Senior Analyst Developer) will be someone who has developed a variety of plugin types for Moodle, contributed to Moodle core, a great team player, with strong analytical skills and high levels of attention to detail.

• Strong working knowledge of software development lifecycle stages, application software design including the design of multi‑tier solutions, data structures, security, user interfaces and web services, developing software applications using modern tools and advanced techniques.
• Knowledge of and support experience with video content management systems used for education, specifically Panopto.
• Knowledge of Moodle, its site administration, and its integration with third party platforms through LTIs/plugins.

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On‑site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme:
  Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.