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Reimagining our Support Tool from the ground up
At Echo, we build most of our tools in-house. Here is a tour of the tool we’ve built for our Patient Care (PC) team to respond to patient…How we interview software engineers at Echo
Interviewing can be intimidating. We're publishing this post, which explains how we interview, to help you as a candidate assess whether it…A beginner’s guide to upskilling your team
Technology as an industry has an ever changing set of best practices, great frameworks, languages, and ideas. This can be daunting to keep…Using real data in our design tools
There is a whole heap of software and tools being created at the moment to try and bridge the gap between design and development. Being able…Using Javascript to create an acquisition funnel dataset
I work as a data analyst on the growth team at Echo, where a key goal is to improve signup conversion rates. We use acquisition funnel…On being a junior engineer
So you’ve got a job as a junior software engineer. Congratulations — it’s a fun gig! At first you’re just chuffed that you’re in this new…Moving towards planet-friendly packaging
Like lots of the business world, we’re increasingly aware of the need to be environmentally sustainable. And the feedback we get from our…What I learned as a content design intern at Echo
Like many students, I was unsure of the work opportunities that would be available to me when graduating this year. I studied English…Why empathy in code reviews is rocket fuel for engineering teams
Code reviews can be a huge source of learning and personal growth, for both the author and the reviewer. This is not just in terms of…How and why we adopted Electron for warehouse tools
At Echo we operate our own warehouse and deal with the logistics that come with it, delivering tens of thousands of medications to patients…Building a link
Almost every team I’ve been on in my career to date has, at some point, sat down and tried to agree on how and when to use Redux, GraphQL…Building sustainable microservices, our opinions and advice
Here at Echo we mostly write services in Go (created by Lile). This semi-opinionated guide seeks to answer some frequently asked questions…The Ethics of product development in Healthtech
I’ve spent the last year at Echo as the Product Manager for our patient facing products. And, the more I think about it, the more I believe…Welcome 👋
Welcome to the Product & Engineering blog from the team building Echo. We’ll use this blog to share stories about our journey to simplify…
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