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Job Summary

Job Title:
Software Engineer – Backend
Employer:
Raising The Village (RTV)
Location:
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Information Technology Jobs
Number of Positions:
1
Deadline:
Tuesday, 30 December 2025

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Raising The Village International (RTV) is a Canadian non-profit organization focused on ending extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of scarcity, nurturing income-generation activities and building local capacity, while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency. Raising The Village is a fast-growing organization on an accelerated growth path. Our East Africa and North American teams work together to lift communities out of ultra-poverty in last-mile villages. We operate at the intersection of direct implementation and advanced data analytics to inform progress, decision-making, and impact.

Full-time

Deadline: 

30 Dec 2025

Software Engineer – Backend Job at Raising The Village (RTV)

Raising The Village (RTV)

Job Description

The Software Engineer – Backend plays a key role in the design, development, optimization, and maintenance of back-end infrastructure and services for web and mobile applications across RTV’s digital ecosystem. He/She works closely with Frontend Engineers, UI/UX Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Product managers to deliver intuitive, scalable, and secure systems that directly support our mission to end ultra-poverty.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Backend Development

  • Develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using PHP Laravel and Node.js.
  • Build and maintain RESTful and GraphQL endpoints for seamless integration across platforms.
  • Optimize application performance across the stack for speed, scalability, and responsiveness.

Architecture & System Design

  • Collaborate on overall system architecture with focus on maintainability, modularity, and reusability.
  • Work within microservices architecture and contribute to service decomposition, containerization, and API-driven integration.
  • Support cloud infrastructure planning and automation (AWS, Terraform, CI/CD).

Database Management:

  • Design and optimize database schemas, queries, and indexing for efficient data retrieval.
  • Implement database solutions (SQL, NoSQL) that meet application requirements.
  • Ensure data consistency, availability, and reliability.

Security and Compliance:

  • Implement security best practices to protect data and systems.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations related to data privacy and security.

Documentation & Team Collaboration

  • Write clear and maintainable documentation for code, architecture, API endpoints, and workflows.
  • Engage in daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and product planning cycles.
  • Provide technical mentorship and peer support where relevant.

User & Technical Support

  • Provide second-level technical support for issues escalated from users/clients.
  • Troubleshoot user-reported bugs, performance issues, and integration concerns in collaboration with QA and DevOps teams.
  • Support user onboarding, prepare technical documentation, and develop usage guides and training materials.
  • Collect, analyze, and integrate user feedback into the development lifecycle to improve system usability and performance.

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.

All Qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below.

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NB: Raising The Village is committed to Equity and Inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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