Senior Software Developer

Job description

Right to Care Zambia (RTCZ) has provided public health service delivery and technical assistance in partnership with the Ministry of Health since 2016. Its work includes HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, epidemic response, malaria and TB, public health research, social behaviour change, laboratory services, pharmaceutical supply chains and non-communicable diseases.

Position: Senior Software Developer
Number of vacancies: 1
Contract type: Fixed Term. Contract duration: TBA.
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Reporting to: Head of IT
Date advertised: 10 September 2026.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited tertiary institution in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related field.
• Five years’ professional software-development/application-programming experience, including designing, developing, testing and maintaining applications.
• Proven experience with tools/frameworks/languages such as .Net – C#, JAVA Script, Python, PHP, Angular, PHP SQL or equivalent; HTML/CSS/JavaScript; Git/version control; CI/CD and agile methodologies; databases, APIs and web-services integration.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in IT, Information Systems or Computer Sciences.
• Software-development, cloud-service (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud) or agile certifications.
• Seven years’ professional development experience, including management-information-system integration with health logistics. USG-funded project or eLMIS/SmartCare Pro/DHIS2 experience preferred; working knowledge of cloud services and secure coding.
• Client-side framework experience, ideally Ember, Angular, React, Node, Backbone, JQuery or similar.
• Server-side development, ideally Ruby on Rails, Phoenix, Python, PHP or similar OOO and functional languages, as worded in the source.
• Relational database development, ideally SQL/MySQL with some NoSQL.
• Mobile/responsive web or native development.
• Some hybrid-mobile development/deployment experience with Cordova, Ionic or similar.

COMPETENCIES
Staff selection, assignment and development; technical leadership and mentoring; planning/execution; quality/problem-solving; communication/collaboration.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS
System development
• Translate user needs into functional technical specifications.
• Design, code, test and implement supply-chain/warehouse tracking solutions, including eLMIS, SmartCare Pro and DHIS2.
• Develop responsive web/mobile applications meeting security, scalability and performance standards.

Integration
• Connect electronic health-information systems to health-logistics platforms.
• Integrate databases/APIs/web services across eLMIS, ERP/WarehouseXpert, SmartCare/EHR and DHIS2.
• Support MoH supply-chain integration under the approved roadmap.

Maintenance and enhancement
• Improve systems through updates/enhancements, with frequent low-risk deployment under the MoH-led Change Control Board process.
• Document designs, code and procedures for maintenance/upgrades.

Support and troubleshooting
• Troubleshoot eLMIS database, server and application issues at facilities/distribution hubs.
• Debug and resolve issues promptly; support users and post-deployment enhancements.

Quality assurance
• Review code, write unit tests and enforce standards/best practices.
• Apply SDLC/agile methods; write clean, efficient, maintainable and secure code.

Team supervision and development
• Supervise, mentor and appraise Software Developers and the Business Analyst.
• Delegate tasks, review quality and coordinate workloads for timely delivery within scope.
• Provide skills transfer, in-house training and professional development.

Data optimisation and improvement
• Enhance data visibility/collection tools for medical-commodity decisions.
• Support reports/dashboards from different data sources.
• Participate in research and development on emerging technology.
• Collaborate with developers, designers, analysts and project managers.
• Perform additional responsibilities assigned by the Head of IT.

HOW TO APPLY
Submit a cover letter and CV to Apply Now no later than 15 September 2026.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. By applying, candidates consent to qualification, ID, criminal and internal/external reference checks under RTCZ’s recruitment policy. If no response is received within one month of the advert, consider the application unsuccessful. Only applicants meeting the stated criteria will be considered for shortlisting. RTCZ may withdraw the vacancy at any time.

RTCZ is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. It does not charge fees at any recruitment stage and is not responsible for fraudulent announcements or activities by people or entities claiming to represent it.

View the original advert online: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ebw7QBl7EyPK8Q58v5xJRnA3qZq97bVx/view