Purpose Statement
Our purpose is to enable and maintain health.
Mission
To provide high quality care that exceeds our clients’ expectations.
Job Description
About Avenue Healthcare
Avenue Healthcare is one of the leading private healthcare groups in East Africa running 3 Hospitals, and 16 Medical Centres across Kenya, and a Homecare business. With over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Avenue Healthcare runs 300 hospital beds with over 1,000 staff members, and more than 400 specialists and serves over 400,000 patients annually, offering primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare services.
Position: Full-Stack Developer
Position Type: Permanent
Location: Head Office
Department: Information Technology
Reports To: Lead Developer & Business Support Manager
Job Objective/Purpose
The Full Stack Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and high performance digital solutions that support Avenue Healthcare’s clinical, operational, and corporate systems. The role contributes directly to system reliability, user experience, automation, and continuous improvement of the Group’s information systems.
Key Responsibilities
Software Development & Systems Integration
1.Design, develop, test, and maintain web based, mobile, and backend applications to meet business and clinical requirements.
2.Develop and deploy secure, well documented APIs to enable system integrations across internal and third party platforms.
3.Participate in full software development lifecycle activities including requirements analysis, development, testing, deployment, and post release support.
4.Ensure code quality through documentation, testing, reviews, and adherence to development standards.
5.Monitor application performance, availability, and reliability.
6.Optimize system configurations and resource utilization to improve scalability, security, and performance.
7.Troubleshoot and resolve application defects and production issues promptly.
DevOps, Change Management & Automation
1.Support automation of development, build, testing, and deployment processes to improve efficiency and reduce lead time.
2.Ensure all system changes comply with change management and audit requirements, including preparation of release and testing evidence.
3.Track and report key change and deployment metrics in collaboration with the ICT team.
Resilience, Business Continuity & Security
1.Support Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DR) activities for critical systems such as MED360, HRMIS, Payroll, Active Directory, and PACS.
2.Participate in backup, restore, and disaster recovery testing exercises.
3.Collaborate with ICT and system owners to strengthen system resilience and availability in a healthcare environment.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
1.Work closely with cross functional teams including ICT, Finance, Operations, and clinical system users.
2.Support vendor engagements and system enhancements where required.
3.Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across digital systems and processes.
Technology Environment
•Frontend: Angular / React / Vue
•Backend: .NET / Node.js / Java / PHP
•Databases: SQL Server / MySQL / PostgreSQL
•APIs & Integration: RESTful services, API Gateways
•DevOps & Containers: Docker, CI/CD pipelines
•Infrastructure: Hybrid (On Premise & Cloud based)
Person Specification
•Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business Information Technology, or a related field.
•1–3 years’ hands on experience in full stack development (web and/or mobile applications).
•Practical experience working with relational databases and APIs.
•Exposure to microservices architecture and containerization (e.g., Docker) is desirable.
•Experience working in regulated, enterprise, or healthcare environments is an added advantage.
•Exposure to UX/UI design principles, data analytics, or business intelligence tools is an added advantage.
•Experience in process mapping or system documentation is an added advantage.
•Familiarity with healthcare or mission critical systems is an added advantage.
•Strong analytical and problem solving skills with attention to detail.
•Ability to translate complex business requirements into effective technical solutions.
•Good understanding of secure coding and system reliability.
•Strong communication and teamwork skills with the ability to work across technical and non technical teams.
•Good time management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks or projects concurrently.
