Key skills
TypeScriptReactNestJSAWSDockerGitHub ActionsVercelPostgresDrizzleGitHubLeadership
About this role
Loula is a leading provider network for birth and postpartum doula care, partnering with health insurance plans to simplify the administrative burden for doulas. The Founding Software Engineer will design and develop the foundational architecture of Loula's software systems, drive product development, and shape the company's culture and future.
Responsibilities:
- Implement software architecture: Design and develop the foundational architecture of Loula's software systems
- Lead product development: Drive the development of Loula’s platform, including front-end and back-end components
- Define the product roadmap: Collaborate closely with the founding team and Loula customers to draft, develop, and refine a robust product roadmap
- Talk to customers: Conduct user interviews, shadow users, and implement feedback to continuously improve the product
- Technical Leadership: Take ownership of the tech stack and ensure the systems are simple, extensible, and scalable
Requirements:
- 4+ years of professional experience as a full-stack software engineer
- Experience in building products from the ground up
- Ability to design and develop foundational architecture of software systems
- Experience in driving product development, including front-end and back-end components
- Ability to collaborate closely with the founding team and customers to draft, develop, and refine a product roadmap
- Experience conducting user interviews and implementing feedback to improve the product
- Ownership of the tech stack ensuring systems are simple, extensible, and scalable
- User-centric product development approach
- Ability to work independently and make well-informed decisions
- Mission-driven mentality to improve health outcomes for new families
- Experience working in startups
- Experience working on early-stage products through launch
- Experience leading a technical team
- Experience working in digital health
- Familiarity with the tech stack: React, Vercel, Typescript, NestJS, Drizzle ORM, Docker/Dockerhub, Github actions, Postgres, AWS, Aptible