Software Developer Job at Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Software Developer Job


Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: Attractive

Job Deadline: 10 August 2025

Number of Jobs: 02

Hiring Entity: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)


Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Location:  In Uganda

Job Details:

General Summary

Maintain and extend the Connect?for?Life (CFL) IVR platform and its core OpenMRS electronic-medical-record stack.

Effort also covers :

  • Linux server administration to ensure stable, secure operations across four African countries.
  • Java-based software development and MySQL data work;
  • IVR/Telecoms systems administration and development

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build and unit-test new **Java / Spring** services and CFL-OpenMRS modules. 
  • Write optimized MySQL queries, migration scripts and reporting views. 
  • Develop REST and **HL7-FHIR** APIs to integrate CFL with DHIS2 and partner systems. 
  • Contribute front-end fixes  for (JSP, JQuery, React, SPA  ) and small automation scripts in Python/JS. 
  • Some Kotlin development for tablet apps using APIs to sync data. 
  • Participate in code reviews and maintain clear in-line documentation.
  • Operate and harden **Ubuntu/Linux** servers on AWS EC2 and on-prem hardware. 
  • Monitor JVM, MySQL and Tomcat performance; tune for ≥99?% CFL call uptime. 
  • Containerize services with Docker, maintain CI/CD (GitLab?CI) and automate with Ansible. 
  • Ensure encrypted backups, disaster-recovery snapshots and access-control hygiene.


Academic Qualifications

  • • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a closely related discipline.
  • • 6–24 months of professional experience that combines Java/Spring development and Linux systems administration (Ubuntu, Debian or RHEL family

Person Specification

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a closely related discipline.
  • 6–24?months of professional experience that combines Java/Spring development and Linux systems administration (Ubuntu, Debian or RHEL family).
  • Comfortable with Git, Bash scripting, and writing clear technical documentation.
  • Proven interest in open-source health-tech—e.g., commits or issue tracking for OpenMRS, CFL modules or similar community projects.
  • Working knowledge of MySQL including:
    • query building and optimization
    • schema design, indexing strategy,
    • routine backup & restore (mysqldump, Percona XtraBackup or similar)
    • exposure to replication or high-availability concepts.
  • Demonstrable Linux server skills:

Application procedure

Interested and qualified? Click here to apply

Posting Date: 2025-07-27

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