Full-Stack Software Developer

You are a Full-Stack Software Developer who got bored with solving tasks just to make money to someone else, and now you want to do something useful for the world around you? Welcome on board then!

Did you know that every year about 85 000 children are dying before the age of 5 only in Uganda? And many of them die from diseases we know how to prevent. They could survive if they just would be properly vaccinated. And the child vaccination in Uganda is free. So why then?

There are several issues, actually. One of them is an absence of proper registration. Children are not vaccinated because the Government of Uganda doesn't know about their existence. They have registries, but these registries are big and heavy books with lots of pages, which makes any use of them very time consuming. Another one is an amount of administration Health Workers have. They need to fill in so many things for every child that they don't have enough time to speak to parents about the importance of vaccination. And the lack of vaccine stock management makes it impossible sometimes for a child to receive a vaccination even if the parents brought the child in time.

Many solutions were created to tackle these issues. No one succeeded so far. The same registries are used in many countries from around year 1960, the same problems are there from one year to another. And we are here to change it, of course. And here is more, we have a proof that we can.

Our product currently works in The Gambia, Kenya, Uganda and Afghanistan. In these countries, for the first time starting from the year 1960 the Governments agreed to replace these big old registry books with something different that we have created. We designed our product in a way it can work in clinics without electricity, Internet connection and governments are able to sustain it, saves 70% of administration time for health workers compared to the existing system, and still at the end you get reliable and complete data, automatically generated reports and performance indicators, which also can be used in the same conditions as the product itself.

Shifo's Vision is “A day when no child dies or suffers from preventable diseases". We need your help to reach it.

What we expect from you:
* team play. We expect that you understand the value of being humble, kind and supportive to other team members and want to share your knowledge with them. We will give you the same in return.
* ability to think independently. There is no one who will be telling you how to do your job. We are our own customers, working for the end goal. But we will do our best to help you in your struggles.
* discipline and time management. No one will be doing it for you, and the tasks need to be done in time.
* good expertise in full-stack software development. There are not so many developers at Shifo, so you should be able to implement tasks from the ground up by your own. Our current team has experience in software development from system kernels up to clouds and web interfaces, so you will have a good company.
* understanding of what makes a good software. Basic concepts of UX are appreciated.
* solid work experience. We think that it should be at least 3 years in software development, but you can easily disprove it with your knowledge and passion.
* currently we use Docker containers with Pythons, Pandas and Elephants (meaning PostgreSQL), and ReactJS, and we run Scrum, so we expect that you want to work with these. We don't expect you to know every piece of it though, as we believe a good Software Developer is technology-agnostic, and we are ready to share our knowledge with you.
* experience with Linux and Windows. We use Mac OS for development, but we have our servers, you know.
* desire to be located in Stockholm, Sweden. Some of our team members work remotely, but we want more technical people for our office. We will handle a working visa for you, if you need it.
* focus on doing the right things and doing them right.
* English language, of course.

What we offer in return:
* No micro-management or time management. You should be driven by internal passion, not by external control.
* No “this should be done yesterday" things. Our deadlines are usually set in months, and usually we are who sets them.
* No constraints on technologies used, except rationality and common sense.
* Small international team of passionate people, coming from different backgrounds and cultures, supportive and benevolent.
* Biscuits, nuts, breakfasts, coffee, different types of tea and fruits are included.
* Gym, yoga matt and shower are waiting for you right in the office every day. They are there for you even on weekends and holidays!
* 25 vacation days per year.
* Full-time employment. We have a lot of interesting tasks to do.
* 1 year contract with potential future extension to permanent employment.

If you are indeed interested and believe you can contribute, please send your CV (maximum 2 pages) or LinkedIn Profile and Cover Letter (maximum 1 page) to [email protected]

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to write to [email protected]