Doctornow Japan (ドクターナウ)
Led Japan expansion 0→1. Achieved $100K+ monthly revenue through business pivot, 83% AWS cost reduction, AI Agent platform development.
Doctornow Japan (ドクターナウ)
Doctornow | Product Team Lead / Tech Lead
2024.01 ~ Present
Key Achievements
- Japan Expansion 0→1 Leadership: Joined from the early stage of subsidiary establishment, led a small 3-person team (Lead/FE/Design) to build and operate 5 core products (User App, User Web, Admin, Doctor Web, Pharmacy Web)
- Successful Business Pivot: Pivoted from domestic insurance-covered telemedicine app (ドクターナウ) to non-insurance medical tourism web service (BeautyNow, MEDIMODI), achieving $100K+ monthly revenue within 8 months of launch
- Multi-Brand Architecture: Designed multi-brand/multi-tenancy structure to operate Doctornow JP (domestic) and BeautyNow, MEDIMODI (tourists) with complete isolation on a single codebase
- Maximized Productivity with Claude Code: Built 40+ page (50K lines) admin system solo in parallel with backend development
- AI Agent Platform: Developed Spring AI-based system where operators can configure AI Agents with No-Code and users can select purpose-specific Agents. Implemented RAG connecting health magazine content as tools, currently operating 9 Agents
- 83% Infrastructure Cost Reduction: Achieved $2,000 → $337/month through architecture optimization (Modular Monolith, infrastructure removal and reduction)
- DX Improvement: Reduced build time from 60s → 20s by adopting latest tech stack (Kotlin 2.x, Spring Boot 3.x, Kotlin JDSL)
Detailed Execution Timeline
~ 2024.07: Initial Launch
- Provided complete experience from online video consultation to medication delivery (quick/courier) for both insurance and non-insurance treatments
- Integrated Sendbird for video calls, Wolt Drive/Uber Direct/SAGAWA for medication delivery
~ 2024.12: App Service Enhancement
- Developed point system, friend referral system, pharmacy pickup feature
- Developed calendar-based reservation system
~ 2025.03: User Web Launch & BeautyNow Launch
- Developed “BeautyNow” service targeting non-insurance cosmetic medications
- Developed in-hospital prescription feature, medication product management system
~ 2025.07: Web Service Enhancement
- Developed “Health Magazine” content platform for SEO
- Developed web admin (40+ pages)
- Developed coupon system, e-commerce system, promotion system
- Introduced Spring Security
~ 2025.12: Korean Customer Support & System Modernization
- Multi-host architecture (MEDIMODI & Doctornow)
- Built i18n system
- Google Meet integration
- Achieved $100K+ monthly revenue by year-end thanks to Korean customers’ Mounjaro purchasing tourism boom starting July
~ 2026.01: AI Agent Platform Development
- Developed Spring AI-based AI Agent platform
- Built admin system for operators to configure AI Agents with No-Code
- Implemented RAG connecting health magazine content as tools (pg-vector + Text Embedding)
- Currently operating 9 Agents (Health Q&A, Diet Consultation, Supplement Consultation, etc.)