Senior Moodle Developer

Senior Moodle Developer (Full Stack / PHP) - 6 Month FTC - Hybrid 1 day a week, West Midlands

£47,000 - £56,000 per annum

SF Technology are supporting a leading UK Higher Education institution in the recruitment of a Senior Moodle Developer to join their Digital Learning team on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

This is a hands‑on, senior‑level development role requiring strong experience in Moodle plugin development, integrations and enterprise‑scale platform enhancement.

You will be responsible for the ongoing development, integration and optimisation of a large‑scale Moodle environment within a complex Higher Education setting.

• Developing and maintaining custom Moodle plugins
• Building and supporting deep Moodle integrations (REST APIs, LTI, data exchange)
• Enhancing performance through logging, caching and clean code practices
• Supporting Echo
  360 and related learning technologies
• Providing senior‑level troubleshooting (2nd/3rd line support)
• Collaborating with internal developers and technical stakeholders
• Contributing to continuous improvement and technical best practice

This role requires someone who can operate independently and deliver high‑quality, scalable solutions.

• Proven hands‑on Moodle development experience
• Moodle plugin development (build or significant customisation)
• Strong PHP development skills
• REST API design and implementation experience
• JavaScript, CSS and front‑end development capability
• Experience working with integrations across multiple systems
• Linux command line familiarity
• Higher Education experience is highly desirable.

• 1 day a week on site
• West Midlands University
• 6-month fixed-term contract
• Pro rata salary
• Immediate start preferred

Due to the specialist nature of this role, we are particularly keen to speak with developers who can demonstrate deep Moodle plugin and integration expertise.

Apply via SF Technology for a confidential discussion