Much of today’s startup energy is channelled into delivering speed and convenience. Quick commerce, delivery apps, and lifestyle platforms all can benefit consumers but often in a fairly shallow way. Real impact comes from meaningful work that strengthens communities, improves access, and brings convenience to those who need it the most.

Neem by Dvara is an example of a company doing truly meaningful work. In their pilot site at Satara, India, young women (and now men too) are being unskilled as certified health workers. They learn to measure blood pressure and monitor blood sugars to help manage hypertension and diabetes.

Each health worker treats families from their own community—neighbours they’ve known for years. Monthly check-ins include monitoring vitals, delivering medications, and facilitating video consultations with specialists.

The results are remarkable: observable reductions in blood pressure and blood sugar, plus a 90% monthly customer retention rate that most health tech ventures spend millions trying to achieve. Beyond clinical metrics, young women who previously had limited opportunities are now building careers as respected healthcare providers, earning dignified livelihoods while literally saving lives.

Could you help?

As Neem prepares to scale, they need a UX Designer and Android Developer who can revamp their healthcare worker app.

UX Designer (Bangalore)

• Streamline documentation: Make patient data entry intuitive for health workers with varying digital literacy.

• Meaningful monitoring: Design interfaces that help workers monitor and track patient progress.

• Community-centered design: Build tools for outreach and storytelling that strengthen relationships among health workers and their community.Apply here

Android Developer (Bangalore)

• Own the app build: Lead the development of the Android app, define architecture and stack (Kotlin or Flutter), and ensuring smooth integration with backend APIs.

• Build for scale & reliability: Deliver an offline-first too that works across low-internet areas and affordable devices.

• Guide & collaborate: Plan and manage test, pilot, and release cycles & mentor internal engineers.

Join Dvara in building equitable healthcare for all!

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