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SheepDog Therapeutics — Emotional Wellness & VR Therapy Platform
SheepDog Therapeutics is a next-generation emotional wellness platform built on the belief that healing and emotional balance should be scalable, accessible, and deeply personal. The platform delivers immersive Virtual Reality therapy experiences—such as DISCOVReality—allowing individuals to reframe negative beliefs and restore emotional balance without requiring constant practitioner intervention. While VR applications were developed in Unity by a dedicated team, I owned and implemented the backend platform using a microservices architecture.
NodeJSExpressMongoDBAWSMicroservices ArchitectureGitGitLab
Role:Backend / Full Stack Developer
Mission & Product Vision
- •Empowers individuals to reclaim control over their emotional wellbeing in a safe and intuitive way.
- •Extends the reach of emotional wellness tools beyond traditional one-on-one models.
- •Enables practitioners to support more individuals without increasing workload.
- •Delivers emotional wellness and balance through immersive, technology-driven experiences.
Platform Architecture & Backend
- •Designed and implemented a Node.js and Express-based microservices architecture.
- •Built core services for user management, session tracking, content delivery, and analytics.
- •Enabled secure communication between Unity-based VR applications and backend services.
- •Designed APIs to support immersive therapy sessions without real-time practitioner intervention.
- •Ensured scalability to support growing user adoption and concurrent VR sessions.
Data Management & Security
- •Used MongoDB for flexible and scalable storage of user data, session metadata, and progress tracking.
- •Implemented secure data handling and access controls to protect sensitive wellness information.
- •Designed backend services with privacy, safety, and reliability as core principles.
Infrastructure & DevOps
- •Deployed backend microservices on AWS with environment-specific configurations.
- •Implemented CI/CD workflows using Git and GitLab.
- •Ensured high availability, fault tolerance, and maintainability of backend services.
- •Collaborated with VR and product teams to align backend capabilities with therapeutic goals.
My Role
- •Owned the backend system design and implementation using microservices.
- •Worked closely with Unity developers to define APIs and data contracts.
- •Translated product vision into scalable, production-ready backend services.