Principal Software Engineer/ Senior Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a Moodle Developer with strong PHP expertise to develop, customize, and support our Learning Management System (LMS) for EdTech products. The role involves deep Moodle core development, plugin customization, and LMS integrations to deliver scalable and user-friendly online learning solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and customize Moodle LMS using PHP

Create and enhance custom Moodle plugins, blocks, and reports

Customize Moodle themes, UI, and UX

Integrate Moodle with ERP, CRM, payment gateways, and third-party APIs

Manage Moodle upgrades, migrations, and security patches

Optimize LMS performance, database queries, and scalability

Implement user roles, permissions, assessments, and reports

Troubleshoot and resolve production issues

Collaborate with product, academic, and QA teams

Required Skills

Strong experience in PHP with Moodle LMS

Hands-on knowledge of MySQL / PostgreSQL

Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery

Experience in Moodle plugin development & customization

Understanding of SCORM, quizzes, grading, and reporting

Experience with REST APIs, web services, and SSO

Familiarity with Linux server environments

Good to Have

Experience in EdTech platforms / online education

Knowledge of Moodle Mobile App customization

Exposure to AWS / Cloud infrastructure

Understanding of data security & privacy standards

Experience with Git / CI-CD pipelines

Responsibilities: 

• Ensure the quality of architecture and design of systems. 
• Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions. 
• Analyze and improve data quality and metrics. 
• Fully and completely understand system interdependencies and limitations. 
• Leverage knowledge of internal and industry in design decisions. 
• Assist in the career development of others, mentoring on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members. 
• Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience. 
• Skilled in translating high level abstract business requirements into software design, designing systems specifications, standards, and programming 
• Contribute to Architectural blueprints and Design for the software solutions 
• Mentor team on engineering best practices such as writing clean code, designing scalable, reliable and performant software solutions, set and ensure compliance to software quality standards etc. 
• Be a role model for the team with innovative thinking, passion for continuous learning and contributions to the project. 

Qualifications, Skills & Experiences 

• BE / B.Tech /M.Tech in Computer Science or a related field 
• Minimum 7+/5+ years of experience building large scalable systems 
• Minimum 2+ years of recent experience in building products on cloud is a plus 
• Knowledge of asynchronous programming and WebAPI development is required 
• Knowledge and awareness of cloud/ application security is must (OWASP at the minimum) 
• Strong knowledge in OOPS with C#, .Net(or Java) with SQL Server or any RDBMS 
• Strong experience in architecting and building multi-threaded, distributed systems. 
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance. 
• Ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment. 
• Extensive experience of mentoring junior engineers to success. 
• Experience with Microservices Architecture is a plus 
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and AWS/Azure cloud services is plus 
• Hands on experience of building products for unix systems in addition to windows is a plus 
• Excellent Communication 

About Climate Connect Digital

Our team is inspired to change the world by making energy more intelligent, greener, and affordable. Established in 2011 in London, UK, and now headquartered in Gurgaon, India. We have become a leading energy-AI software player from unassuming beginnings at the vanguard of accelerating the global energy transition.

In 2020 Renew Power, India's largest renewables developer, acquired Climate Connect. Following ReNew's listing on NASDAQ during summer 2021 Climate Connect has become the technology anchor of a new fully independent subsidiary - Climate Connect Digital. With backing from ReNew as the anchor investor to pursue an ambitious and visionary new strategy for rapid organic and inorganic growth.

Our mission has technology at its core and involves unlocking value through intelligent software, digitalisation, and horizontal integration' across the energy ecosystem. However, the application of computational power and machine learning to the energy sector has yet to be fully leveraged and can create massive value.

How do you fit in

Curious:You love learning about new tools and technologies

Exposure: You have plenty of experience in executing projects successfully. You

have a client-side exposure on project management

Team player: You have no problem working in a team setting. You can effectively

collaborate with people to reach a solution.

Problem solver: You are the person your peers turn to for solving problems.

Talented: You are an expert in database designing.

Honesty: You work diligently and honestly. You have strong moral principles.

Job Responsibilities

You will be working at the epicenter of energy transformation. You will be creating

data-driven software solutions for forecasting and scheduling data in the renewables power

market. Ultimately, through your contribution to the renewable energy revolution, you will be

doing your bit to mitigate the effects of climate change. These are a few things you can look

forward to working on:

Designing and implementing low-latency, high-availability, and performance

applications

Identifying and mitigating security-related threats to the application.

Using your expertise in database designing and application architecture planning for

Core & MVC projects

Debugging browser extensions & server tools

Solving complex technical issues

Ensuring quality projects are delivered within defined timelines

Designing new frameworks, debugging and modifying existing frameworks

Maintaining databases to ensure strong optimization and functionalities

Learning new technologies and how to design and implement Project Architectures

Job Requirements

PHP/Python

MVC Framework Laravel / Python Flask.

AJAX, HTML/HTML5 & CSS/CSS3 JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks(preferably jQuery)

Web services (SOAP, REST)

SQL and NoSQL scripting and databases like MYSQL and Mongo DB administration

Code versioning tools, such as Git

AngularJS / ReactJS

B. E / B. Tech / M. Tech / B. Sc in CS or IT

2-4 years of experience in the field

What's in it for you

We offer competitive salaries based on prevailing market rates. In addition to your introductory package, you can expect to receive the following benefits:

Flexible working hours and leave policy

Learning and development opportunities

Medical insurance/Term insurance, Gratuity benefits over and above the salaries

Access to industry and domain thought leaders.

At Climate Connect, you get a rare opportunity to join an established company at the

early stages of a significant and well-backed global growth push. We are building a remote-first organisation ingrained in the team ethos. We understand its importance for the success of any next-generation technology company. The team includes passionate and self-driven people with unconventional backgrounds, and we're seeking a similar spirit with the right potential.

• Deliver features in an end-to-end manner: technical design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Provide technical leadership and own specific areas of the platform.
• Work closely with Product Managers to translate product requirements to engineering specifications.
• Lead code review efforts and quality efforts in your area of ownership.
• Participate in product discussions, taking ownership and initiative.
• Work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Mentored and guide junior engineers.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 2 years of working experience in Ruby on Rails/ Python/ Node.JS.
• Strong problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms.
• Excellent experience on databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.
• Familiarity with tools for code reviews, version control (GIT).
• A knack for writing clean, readable Ruby/ Python/Node.JS code.
• Experience in application server hosting and monitoring.
• Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on with search platforms (Solr, Elasticsearch, etc).
• Prior experience with microservices-based architecture/SOA/distributed systems.
• Able to implement automated testing platforms and unit tests.
• Experience with common AWS service EC2, RDS, S3, SES, etc.

Key Competencies:

• Building Effective Team
• Solving Problems Creatively
• Learning Agility
• Drive For Result