Programmer (Kisumu) at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Vacancy No.FN-012-04- 2021

Reports to: Study Programmer

Duration: 3 months

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Assist with development of data collection tools
2. Document and prepare user manuals for training end user of the tools
3. Assist with the development of data pipelines to migrate data from pre-existing environments to the new platforms, and work to develop user-facing modules to consume data
4. Maintain and troubleshoot current data collection tools functionality, ensuring for consistent study data flow
5. Prepares flow charts and systems diagrams to illustrate data system and assist in problem analysis and detailed design source documentation
6. Provide support and advice to system administrators when they encounter software issues that require a more advanced software understanding
7. Provide software as needed to transfer and transform data between platform and data stores such as MySQL, SQL, ODK, among others
8. Work closely with the study programmer and data manager, to optimize the pre-existing and newly developed tools to optimal data system use and functionality
9. Liaison with FACES programming team through frequent communication and knowledge sharing for enhanced and complimentary programming skills
10. Prepares data for analysis in various formats as required by investigators.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering/Computer science/Statistics or equivalent from a recognized university.