Senior Manager, Software Development (India region)

Moodle with us!

We're the world's most popular learning platform and we’re on a mission to empower educators to improve our world.

We're excited to invite Senior Manager Software Development to join us in making a meaningful contribution to Moodle's future growth! As part of the Development team, you'll collaborate closely with Developers, and Managers in India, to tackle a variety of tasks, and mentor them. In this role, you'll also be responsible for overseeing and supporting the technologies we use at Moodle, ensuring that our services remain available and reliable for our clients. Plus, you'll play a key role in helping our team in India make the most of technology to achieve their goals!

What your new job can look like…

At Moodle, no two days will ever be the same, but most days in this role usually involve a mix of:

• Creating highly functional and efficient teams - working with Development team managers, and Project Managers to drive the implementation of agile methodologies within the team, including sprint planning and reviews.
• Review team performance and resourcing needs with your leader and identify and implement change to improve process and practice
• Regularly meet with management teams and/or team members from across the globally distributed company
• Promote a positive and constructive team culture in line with Moodle's values and communication principles
• Oversee developer and user documentation, and supervise the quality of code conforming to coding guidelines (including PHP, SQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript & Ajax) 
• Evaluate and coordinate the assignment of team members to strategic projects 
• Work with Quality team to write automated (unit, behat) and manual tests and support QA efforts with test integrated code and perform QA testing if required
• Review code according to the coding guidelines and provide constructive feedback
• Maintain issue tickets on a regular basis, and follow internal development processes
• Actively manage and lead team members, and foster personal and professional growth
• Working across teams to ensure alignment regarding projects, deliverables and timelines
• Support direct reports in managing workload and resources

Requirements

We’d love to hear from you, especially if you can talk to us about your :

• Leadership overseeing a team of PHP developers, with knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript & Ajax, databases and SQL.
• Knowledge of performance, object oriented principles, design patterns and security, and good understanding of git and source control in general
• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to be a positive, intuitive and clear communicator and earn trust and credibility.
• Enthusiasm and approachable personality with the ability to build and maintain quality relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Have a proactive and solutions-focused attitude, a willingness to share their ideas with the team in a positive and constructive way.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage their own workload to meet with competing priorities.
• Interest or skills in people leadership, mentoring, and coaching
• Strong Moodle Programming experience, and understanding of agile development processes, design principles and good practice
• Ability to solve complex problems with consideration of business impact
• Experience working in a large-scale development environment

You’ll sweep us off our feet if you have/are :

• Strong programming experience - one or more of the following: NodeJS, PHP,R or Bash shell scripting
• A good understanding or experience of Moodle. 
• A strong team player who contributes actively to the overall team goals and projects while also being able to work independently and take initiative that would improve processes and outcomes.
• Deep understanding of Open Source software and organisations

Physical & Travel Requirements:

• Some travel for team events 
• May require up to about 8 hours of sitting daily
• Hybrid work, with some planned visits to the office to meet the team

Benefits

What life at Moodle is like…

Moodle has a globally diverse team with over 280 team members in more than 25 countries around the world. We’ve built a passionate team of hard-working, driven and diverse people from all over the world, united by a shared belief in the ability of our platform to make a positive difference to our world. We respect our colleagues and value an open and innovative workplace, filled with integrity and of course a strong focus on education (yes, these are our company values!)

What else, you say?

• Our team promotes a flexible working environment that promotes true work life balance
• We believe in motivating performance rather than micromanaging it, allowing you to feel empowered to do what you do best
• Gaining new skills by learning from highly skilled peers, along with your own learning and development allowance each year to support your growth
• Work with a global team on a worldwide platform and make a real difference
• As a certified B Corp, we are proud to be part of a global community of mission-driven companies dedicated to using business as a force for good
• Other excellent benefits, like access to our Employee Share Purchase plan, casual and earned leaves to recharge yourself, also volunteer and enjoy a day off for your birthday!, or choose your own optional holiday and many more!

Learn more about your new workplace...

Moodle is the world’s most trusted online learning solution, with a growing ecosystem of products and services, including Moodle Workplace, Moodle App, MoodleCloud, and more. The engine of our ecosystem is Moodle LMS, the secure and customisable open source learning management platform used by well over 300 million learners worldwide.

Find out more about us on our website.

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At Moodle we are an equal opportunity employer that actively supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We’re committed to fair recruitment and selection practices, ensuring we are drawing from a diverse range of sources to attract and select the very best person for the job. Learn more in our Diversity & Inclusion Charter.