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Senior Software Developer

Right to Care Zambia (RTCZ)
📍 LusakaCDI🗓️ 13 days ago

Job Description

Lusaka
CDI

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Right to Care Zambia (RTCZ) has provided public health service delivery and technical assistance in partnership with the Ministry of Health since 2016. Its work includes HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, epidemic response, malaria and TB, public health research, social behaviour change, laboratory services, pharmaceutical supply chains and non-communicable diseases. Position: Senior Software Developer Number of vacancies: 1 Contract type: Fixed Term. Contract duration: TBA. Location: Lusaka, Zambia Reporting to: Head of IT Date advertised: 10 September 2026. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Formation / Diplômes

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited tertiary institution in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field.

Expérience

  • Five years’ professional software-development/application-programming experience, including designing, developing, testing and maintaining applications.
  • Proven experience with tools/frameworks/languages such as .Net – C#, JAVA Script, Python, PHP, Angular, PHP SQL or equivalent; HTML/CSS/JavaScript; Git/version control; CI/CD and agile methodologies; databases, APIs and web-services integration. DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT, Information Systems or Computer Sciences.
  • Software-development, cloud-service (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud) or agile certifications.
  • Seven years’ professional development experience, including management-information-system integration with health logistics. USG-funded project or eLMIS/SmartCare Pro/DHIS2 experience preferred; working knowledge of cloud services and secure coding.
  • Client-side framework experience, ideally Ember, Angular, React, Node, Backbone, JQuery or similar.
  • Server-side development, ideally Ruby on Rails, Phoenix, Python, PHP or similar OOO and functional languages, as worded in the source.
  • Relational database development, ideally SQL/MySQL with some NoSQL.
  • Mobile/responsive web or native development.
  • Some hybrid-mobile development/deployment experience with Cordova, Ionic or similar. COMPETENCIES Staff selection, assignment and development; technical leadership and mentoring; planning/execution; quality/problem-solving; communication/collaboration. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS System development
  • Translate user needs into functional technical specifications.
  • Design, code, test and implement supply-chain/warehouse tracking solutions, including eLMIS, SmartCare Pro and DHIS2.
  • Develop responsive web/mobile applications meeting security, scalability and performance standards. Integration
  • Connect electronic health-information systems to health-logistics platforms.
  • Integrate databases/APIs/web services across eLMIS, ERP/WarehouseXpert, SmartCare/EHR and DHIS2.
  • Support MoH supply-chain integration under the approved roadmap. Maintenance and enhancement
  • Improve systems through updates/enhancements, with frequent low-risk deployment under the MoH-led Change Control Board process.
  • Document designs, code and procedures for maintenance/upgrades. Support and troubleshooting
  • Troubleshoot eLMIS database, server and application issues at facilities/distribution hubs.
  • Debug and resolve issues promptly; support users and post-deployment enhancements. Quality assurance
  • Review code, write unit tests and enforce standards/best practices.
  • Apply SDLC/agile methods; write clean, efficient, maintainable and secure code. Team supervision and development
  • Supervise, mentor and appraise Software Developers and the Business Analyst.
  • Delegate tasks, review quality and coordinate workloads for timely delivery within scope.

Provide skills transfer, in-house training and professional development. Data optimisation and improvement

  • Enhance data visibility/collection tools for medical-commodity decisions.
  • Support reports/dashboards from different data sources.
  • Participate in research and development on emerging technology.
  • Collaborate with developers, designers, analysts and project managers.
  • Perform additional responsibilities assigned by the Head of IT.

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