Software Engineer at University of Nairobi

Position Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to design, modify and maintain software applications and systems through coding, software testing and database interactions
• Utilize modern programming languages to build software to meet CEMA’s requirements, including full-stack functional code development, implementing data integration and building APIs for data sharing
• Design databases to store large volumes of health data, ensuring data integrity, accessibility, and scalability
• Work alongside researchers to build software tools that enable data analysis, such as statistical modeling software, machine learning algorithms, or data mining tools
• Implement artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) algorithms that can predict health outcomes, identify patterns in large datasets, or clinical decisionmaking in healthcare
• Optimize data processing algorithms, improving system performance, and reducing processing time
• Investigate reported issues with applications and systems and resolve these through critical thinking and debugging
• Work with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) to store, process, and analyze these large datasets in scalable ways
• Build and manage data warehouses that consolidate data from multiple research studies or health systems
• Create website layout/user interfaces for CEMA’s website by using standard HTML/CSS practices
• Maintain projects on CEMA’s website including updating content and adding new pages as required
• Ensure new pages are published according to specification and in compliance with CEMA’s web style guide
• Make sure the site’s design is optimized for all screen sizes and strike a balance between useful and aesthetically pleasing design
• Overseeing the maintenance and management of the server to ensure optimal performance and security
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for existing applications

Position Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years experience working as developer with proven experience in software development, including designing and building applications
• Demonstated experience of work on modern web applications
• Proficiency in programming languages and development frameworks such as HTML, CSS with SCSS and JavaScript
• Experience with Javascript components libraries, TypeScript, responsive user interfaces for a wide range of devices and browsers, and with Git or other version control systems
• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Knowledge of statistical packages (including R, Stata, SPSS or SAS)
• Knowledge of securing health data and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with healthcare data
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Curiosity about technology and a thirst to learn