Founding Full Stack Engineer
About this role
About NELP
NELP is building the system of record for nursing excellence. We improve patient outcomes and nurse retention across the country's largest health systems — clients include Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, AdventHealth, Prisma Health, Missouri Baptist, and Stamford Health.
Nursing leaders drive retention, patient safety, quality improvement, and workforce development, but the programs behind that work (Magnet, Pathway to Excellence, clinical ladders, shared governance, EBP) are still run on spreadsheets and shared drives. NELP is the only unified platform for ANCC designations, professional governance, digital clinical ladders, and clinical inquiry.
What You'll Be Doing
- Own architecture and ship production features across four integrated products
- Design data models and services for complex multi-hospital, multi-unit organizational structures
- Build AI workflows for exemplar writing, evidence organization, and document retrieval across large program datasets
- Implement enterprise infrastructure: SSO/SAML, role-based access, audit logging, HRIS integration
- Sit in customer calls, hear problems firsthand, and turn them into shipped product within days
- Set engineering standards, CI/CD, testing strategy, and architectural patterns for the team to scale on
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years building production SaaS products
- Strong full-stack experience: TypeScript, React, server-side JavaScript
- Experience designing backend systems for multi-tenant, workflow-heavy applications
- Comfortable owning both architecture and implementation in an early-stage environment
- Experience with authentication systems (SSO/SAML) and enterprise integrations
- Clear communicator who works well with non-technical domain experts
- Ability to empathize with users and not overengineer for the sake of it
Why Join NELP
- Impact: The software you build will directly affect how hospitals retain nurses and deliver patient care
- Ownership: Shape the product, the architecture, and the company direction from day one
- Problem space: Healthcare vertical SaaS for a massive, underserved market
- Team: Work directly with an experienced founder and CEO who has successfully sold two previous companies
Tech Stack
Next.js, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Vercel, AWS S3
Benefits
- Equity & stock options with clear career progression
- 401(k) with company match
- Learning & development stipend (tuition, certifications, conferences)
- Comprehensive wellness program and mental health resources
- Generous paid parental leave (including adoption and surrogacy)
- Flexible/hybrid work arrangements
- Commuter benefits and EAP
Hiring Process
- Apply — submit application and resume
- Phone Screen — 30-minute conversation with recruiting team
- Team Interview — meet the team, dive into skills and experience
- Offer
How to Apply
Email [email protected] with GitHub or portfolio, background on what you've built, and why this problem space interests you.
Company at a glance
NELP is a unified Nursing Excellence Leadership Platform for ANCC Designations, Governance, Clinical Ladders, and Evidence-Based Practice that builds infrastructure to capture and tie nursing excellence to measurable outcomes across health systems, driving quality and retention.
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
Leadership gets real visibility and nursing's impact becomes quantifiable and tied to patient outcomes.
There is a unified platform where every council decision, clinical ladder submission, EBP project, and designation narrative is captured, connected, and tied to measurable outcomes.
Work done once compounds across every program, signaling a collaborative and efficient work approach.
The platform aims to become a visible driver of quality, retention, and patient care across the entire health system.
Four integrated products and a shared evidence repository reflect an evidence-based, results-driven culture.
ROI of governance is proven with evidence mapped to Magnet standards, indicating a value-driven, standards-aligned culture.
The advisory board's involvement signals emphasis on governance, expertise, and thought leadership in nursing excellence.
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