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.)