About Madiro
Madiro (https://www.madiro.org/) is committed to a future where a healthy and productive life is accessible to all. Our mission is to ensure that poor health is no longer a barrier to people building better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. We have a deep commitment to health equity for the world’s most vulnerable populations – whether lack of access to quality health care is due to weak health systems, living in rural or remote areas, or from conflict or marginalization. To this end, we identify transformative innovations in global health and support them to reach scale. We work with game-changing organizations across Africa whose solutions have demonstrated proof-of-concept and impact and we support them to reach wide-scale adoption in order to reach the maximum number of people.
OpenMRS Lead Engineer Role Madiro is seeking an OpenMRS Lead Engineer (≥ dev/4 stage and ≥ pm/4 stage) to work on backend and frontend development for OpenMRS 3, targeting diverse health programs. The candidate should resonate with open-source, community-driven development, aiming for sustainable, reusable, and impactful contributions. Full-time, remote with a flexible schedule, reporting to the Director of Technologies and Digital Health.
Full time remote position, regular working hours available for remote collaboration should include 12:00 to 4:00pm GMT, flexible schedule, full-time.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Development: Design and maintain OpenMRS 3 modules, ensuring quality, adaptability, and scalability. Work with technologies like React, SASS, Java, and more.
- Data Management: Integrate with APIs like Rest and FHIR, manage transactions with databases, and ensure seamless integration with systems like OpenELIS and DHIS2.
- CI/CD: Utilize tools like Github and Docker for version control, CD/CI, and containerization.
- Project Management: Oversee the entire project lifecycle, from gathering requirements to release management.
- Collaboration: Engage with the OpenMRS community, work with cross-functional teams, and ensure effective communication.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related; Master’s and OpenMRS experience preferred.
- Proven leadership in development projects, especially in healthcare.
- Technical proficiency in React, TypeScript, SASS, Java, Maven, Docker, Github, etc.
- Familiarity with interoperability standards like FHIR.
- Strong project management skills and ability to multitask across multiple time zones.
- Open-source contribution experience, including pull requests and documentation.
- Ability to work remotely, collaborate globally, and travel internationally.
- Passion for open-source development and commitment to global healthcare improvement.
- Alignment with the UN’s Global Sustainable Goal 3 towards healthcare for all.
- Driven by open innovation, social entrepreneurship, and partnership development.
For more information, and to apply for the role, please visit this page.