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Client: a growing healthcare startup (under NDA)
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Product: a healthcare platform
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My role: Tech Lead and first engineer on the project, across frontend, backend and infrastructure
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Stack: React Native, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform
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Result: one solid base that a growing team built on
A growing startup needed a healthcare platform built from scratch. The first version would come from one person, but the base had to be solid enough for a bigger team to build on later.
I started alone and built the foundation end to end: the React Native app, a Python backend with FastAPI, a PostgreSQL database and the AWS infrastructure, all defined as code with Terraform. I also set up the CI/CD pipelines to build and release.
When more developers joined, I guided them until each one took ownership of a module.
The platform went from an empty repository to a platform a whole team can work on in parallel, with infrastructure that can be recreated from code and a clear owner for every module.
What I'd tell another team
When you're the first engineer, the most useful thing you can build is a base that other people can understand and own.