BACKGROUND

The Telehealth team is responsible for technology support of Orbis programs, which includes the telemedicine and online learning platform, Cybersight.

The team focuses on integrating Cybersight with Orbis programs across the world and work together to expand Orbis’s clinical, educational and technology initiatives while developing long-term relationships with physicians, telehealth-partnering hospitals, educators, and IT & communications specialists. The team also closely monitors trends and new innovations in the healthcare technology and public health spaces that should be nurtured to revolutionize practice in the low-resource settings we serve.

JOB SUMMARY

The Software Developer role supports our goal of ending avoidable blindness around the world by building the capacity of health care professionals to detect, diagnose and treat blinding eye conditions.

As an essential member of the Telehealth team within the global program department, the Software Developer is responsible for development, deployment and maintenance of telemedicine application delivered through the Cybersight platform.

This is a global role, remote or assigned to an established Orbis location.

REPORTING & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Reporting to the Principal Architect, the Software Developer will join a small in-house development team working on the Cybersight portfolio, including the Cybersight Consult telemedicine application and the Cybersight AI platform.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS / KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• Develop new features, modify existing features, and fix bugs within the Cybersight application portfolio.
• Assist with architecture design, software development, testing and deployment of code.
• Work closely with external vendors and developers.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 4+ years working as a software developer in an enterprise / NGO setting
• Experience working on Java 7 web applications
• Experience working on Python applications
• Working knowledge of technologies such as HTML, CSS, jQuery, Redis, MySQL / PostgreSQL
• Experience working with mobile responsive SaaS applications
• Preferred: Experience with Liferay DXP (version 7.1+)
• Preferred: Experience with FastAPI
• Preferred: Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, SES, …)
• Preferred: Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration services (e.g. Kubernetes)
• Preferred: Healthcare experience

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Ability to troubleshoot issues
• Proactive approach to development and problem solving
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment and fully remote team
• Ability to work with or learn new tools, languages and technologies, ex: Eclipse IDE, Jenkins, Jira, Github, VSCode)
• Good communication skills
• Be available to work with global team members between 8am-10am EST. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.