Moodle jobs

Moodle Engineer                                                        

Baltimore, MD

Moodlerooms, Inc. (www.moodlerooms.com) is a high quality and fast-growing organization with great capabilities and even greater expectations. Moodlerooms is the winner of the “Hottest Tech” company in Baltimore for 2011.  We are looking for creative, energetic individuals with a positive attitude and great work ethic that can excel in a fast-paced environment.

Moodlerooms provides a SaaS hosted solution for Moodle, the world’s fastest growing, open source learning management system, delivering a superior educational & training platform to millions of users worldwide. The software enables Corporate, Governmental, and educational institutions (universities, colleges, K12 schools) to offer their courses online.

Moodlerooms seeks a senior software developer to join its Client Development team. The developer’s primary responsibility will be the development and enhancement of Moodle features in order to satisfy client-driven business requirements. The successful candidate will play a primary role in a growing team whose primary goal is revenue generation through the delivery of bar none client service.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in all phases of the SDLC lifecycle, including assistance in the architecture of solutions, creation of design documentation, development and writing of test plans
• Optimize development to meet efficiency and cost goals while containing scope to deliver within the timeframe provided to customers
• Provide technical guidance and advice to project teams and decision-makers
• Identify and communicate technical issues
• Provide work breakdown and time estimates for projects
• Provide technical leadership by mentoring software developers and other team members

SKILLS / EXPERIENCE

• Experience with Moodle development is highly preferred; other LMS experience will also be considered a plus
• Ability to function in a high growth business that is technologically sophisticated, fast-paced and high demand
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• A demonstrated passion for innovating and staying on top of the latest technologies
• Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team
• Strong organization and planning skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Applications, or related experience
• Extensive knowledge of PHP 5, MySQL 5, Apache 2 and Linux, Ubuntu experience preferred