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)
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| 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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