Software Engineer Data Integrations

This role requires close collaboration with local partners in Kigali. Applicants must be based in Kigali and legally eligible to work in Rwanda. No visa sponsorship.

Zenysis is a global technology company on a mission to transform how governments and international organizations respond to the worlds most urgent health challenges. Our advanced integration and analytics software helps decision-makers deliver lifesaving programs track emerging threats and coordinate large-scale emergency responses.

Governments across Africa rely on Zenysis to deliver healthcare to millions monitor pandemics and strengthen national systems. We are proud to be backed by leading partners including the Global Fund Gavi and the Gates Foundation.

We are a diverse team of technologists public health experts and development professionals. At Zenysis diversity equity and inclusion are not just valuesthey define how we work. We also prioritize healthy work-life balance and long-term sustainability in everything we do.

The Role

We are looking for a Software Engineer for Data Integrations to work in close collaboration with Rwandas Health Intelligence Center (HIC). In this role you will lead Zenysis Rwandas work on the end-to-end integration process supporting the Ministry of Health in integrating priority data sources into the HIC data warehouse and enabling their use within the Rwanda Health Analytics Platform. Working closely with Ministry of Health counterparts Zenysis data architects and engineering teammates you will develop and optimize pipelines that improve data quality strengthen reporting and support a more responsive health system. While your primary focus will be on supporting the Rwanda HIC initiative you may also contribute to similar Zenysis projects globally as capacity allows.

Tasks

Data Integration & Engineering (core focus)

• Support Ministry of Health stakeholders with the development of data integrations from diverse data sources into the Health Intelligence Center data warehouse.
• Lead the development of data pipelines that extract data from the Health Intelligence Center into the Rwanda Health Analytics Platform (RHAP) including harmonizing data to a common ontology (e.g. shared geographies indicator definitions and standardized structures).
• Optimize and scale data pipelines to handle growing data volumes and new client requirements.
• Ensure data quality reliability and integrity through systematic testing and monitoring.
• Implement data harmonization and transformation workflows to support national analytics.
• Evaluate and introduce new tools or approaches to improve performance and efficiency.
• Contribute learnings from Rwanda to other Zenysis deployments when relevant.

Technical Support & Platform Reliability

• Act as the primary technical contact for Rwanda platform-related issues.
• Investigate and resolve integration failures and implement preventive solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering colleagues to maintain a secure high-performing system.
• Provide technical guidance to both internal stakeholders and Ministry partners.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with Ministry of Health teams to translate needs into technical solutions.
  Participate in cross-functional meetings share progress and document workflows.
• Support knowledge-sharing and contribute to building local technical capacity.

Engineering Culture & Continuous Improvement

• Help refine team processes documentation and engineering best current with emerging tools and trends in data integration and systems engineering.
  Offer insights into roadmap planning and help foster a collaborative team environment.

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related fields.

Experience:

• 35 years in software development data engineering or systems integration.
• Strong experience with ETL pipeline development using Python and SQL.
• Experience working with APIs databases and orchestration tools (Airflow Prefect etc.).
• Comfort working in Linux environments and supporting on-premise and cloud deployments (AWS S3 MinIO).Experience working closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.