Funded under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through a cooperative agreement with the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Palladium Development and Consultancy Kenya Ltd (Palladium Kenya) implements a 5-year HIS project in Kenya to support the Kenya Ministry of Health, county governments, and healthcare service delivery partners to implement technological innovations in health information systems.
Position Summary:
These innovations include the scale-up of electronic medical records systems (EMRs) for clinical decision support and improved patient care, the enhancement of the Kenya National Data Warehouse (NDW), a centralized data repository of data from EMRs for analysis and reporting, the development of an interoperability layer to support the exchange of data across systems, the enhancement of mHealth solutions and numerous other innovations including patient identification and informatics solutions to support health surveillance.
Location:
The position is based in Palladium’s KeHMIS office, in Nairobi.
You and Your Career:
We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting and Supervision:
Reporting to the Senior Architect, eHealth, and mHealth Solutions Lead, He/she will be embedded with development teams of DWH and KenyaEMR to develop and enhance solutions that support EMR and DWH platforms in line with defined KenyaHMIS systems priorities.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design and develop software applications using open-source tools and platforms based on user requirements and needs.
Produce clean, maintainable, and efficient code based on specifications.- Work closely with UI/UX designers to develop and implement highly responsive user interfaces.
- Build reusable complex components and libraries for the Data warehouse applications.
- Work with data scientists and analysts to improve existing software.
- Optimize and monitor software for maximum performance, responsiveness, and scalability.
- Participate in developing and designing effective APIs for the Data warehouse ecosystem.
- Working on troubleshooting and debugging and software application code.
Perform duties and tasks as assigned by the Infrastructure and Sustainability Lead.
Required Qualifications:
- BSc in Computer Science or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in web application design, development, and implementation.
- Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g., HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery).
- Knowledge of multiple back-end languages (e.g., Java, Python, C#) and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Node.js).
Familiarity with databases (e.g., MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, MongoDB), web servers (e.g. Apache, NGINX, IIS)
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (e.g., Git / Mercurial / SVN).- Experience in Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) technologies to manage and execute code.
- Fluency in English language
Posted Date : 18/03/2024