Software Engineer - iHRIS Health Worker Information System

About the role

Global Communities is looking for a full-time Software Engineer based in Kinshasa, DRC, to support a project that improves human resources for health by setting up a government-owned, sustainable iHRIS (a digital health worker information system). The project works with the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare, ANICNS and other government stakeholders to design, implement and institutionalize iHRIS in two provinces, interoperable with the national health worker payment system, as a model for nationwide scaling. The role leads technical implementation, provides technical support and builds the capacity of central and provincial government users and administrators. Regular travel to the two target provinces is required.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, configuration, testing, documentation and maintenance of digital health technologies, aligned with requirements, architecture, security standards and government priorities.
• Design and maintain secure interoperability between iHRIS, the inclusive payments system and other health worker registries.
• Gather and validate requirements with MoH and provincial stakeholders, turn them into user stories and specifications, and manage the software development lifecycle.
• Write secure, maintainable code, run code reviews, and optimize performance for low-bandwidth environments.
• Plan and support data migration, and set up development, testing and production environments with monitoring, backups and disaster recovery.
• Implement security and privacy safeguards such as role-based access controls, encryption and audit logging.
• Maintain technical work plans, contribute to project reporting and escalate issues affecting quality, security or delivery.
• Train and support government users and administrators, build curricula and job aids, and transfer responsibility to government counterparts.
• Act as the main technical contact with government counterparts, partners and stakeholders, and incorporate their feedback into releases.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering (5 years' experience) or Master's degree (3 years' experience).
• Demonstrated technical support for digital health programs and health information systems.
• Experience collaborating with ministries of health or comparable public-sector institutions.
• Experience implementing data protection safeguards for sensitive personal data.
• Experience applying agile practices and producing documentation such as training materials and user guides.
• Written and spoken French and English; preferred: familiarity with the DRC health sector and government stakeholders.

Required skills

• Building complex web applications with Vue.js, React or Angular.
• Server-side applications and RESTful APIs with JavaScript (Node.js), at least 3 years.
• SQL databases, at least 3 years.
• Deploying and maintaining software on Linux servers and cloud platforms in low-bandwidth environments, at least 3 years.
• Preferred: HL7 FHIR, Jira, Trello, GitHub, GitLab or Slack.