Empower your team to unleash its full technical potential in the healthcare industry with our engineering staff augmentation
Scale your team with our talent and bring healthcare technical and industry expertise to the table. Discover the benefits of our it staff augmentation company in healthcare software development!
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How it works
We'll start by having a consultation meeting to understand your needs and healthcare project requirements. This aims to provide a customized solution that fits the unique project challenges.
Once we identify the technical capabilities and profiles you need, we'll introduce candidates from our in-house team of software developers, testers, UX/UI designers, and project managers for you to carry out interviews.
Once the teammate is approved, we begin the onboarding process. We’ll make sure our talent is familiar with your expectations, process, tools, company culture, and goals to ensure smooth integration into your team.
The first two weeks will be a trial period to guarantee that the candidate is the right fit for your digital health project.
We can collaborate with your team for a specific project or on an ongoing basis.
We will work as remote teammates, adapting to how your team works, attending your meetings, and reporting to your managers. We’re committed to the project and the company’s goals to ensure the utmost excellence of your digital health product and business efficiency.
Why working with a staff augmentation company?
Finding the Right Talent for Healthcare Solutions
- Ensured expertise and talent
- Shorter onboarding and highly productive on their day-to-day
- Fluent English / communication skills
- Continuous access to tech leaders
- Experienced in the healthcare industry
- Great Place to Work certification
Navigate Global Logistics with Healthcare Expertise
- Minimal time-zone difference
- Easy process
- Extreme flexibility
- High scalability
- Riskless: trial period
- Backed by Light-it
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Meet our techies
We're a team of professionals committed to transforming people's lives through technology, software development and healthcare innovation.
Light-it as your top healthcare software company
“Light-It added valuable engineering capacity and expertise to our team. They were able to flexibly scale up and down with our needs and were valuable thought partners in our compliance journey. They always ask for the “why” behind technical decisions and help us find the most efficient, secure, and scalable solution for our objectives. I’d highly recommend Light-It to other startups and founders”
“The Light-it team was very communicative and quick to respond whenever I had a question or feedback.”
“Light-it has been extremely adaptable to our workflows. If you’re a healthcare company looking for product engineers, choose them”
"Working with Light-it during our discovery process was a great experience. Their team traveled to Philadelphia for an in-person kick-off, which gave us a good head start and got us through the biggest uncertainties. After three intense days, we continued the project through virtual sessions to finish answering questions and refining the outcome. It was a rewarding partnership throughout the entire process!"
"It was such an incredibly positive experience to work with Light-it. Communication and execution were excellent all around – from the outset, they ensured our goals and expectations were aligned, the discovery process was first-rate, and the development team delivered efficiently. The proactive reach out from company leadership for feedback after the work was completed really differentiates them. Highly recommend".
“Working with Light-it has been delightful, so much so that we’re committed to keep working with them. This project has been successful, and we’re extremely satisfied at all levels. All our staff is very impressed with Light-it’s work, and there has been a lot of positive feedback from that angle.”
"Working with Light-it has been a phenomenal experience - from the start, they helped envision how our care platform and experience should look and feel, and brought it to life with precision and expertise. We are so grateful to have them as a partner!"
"What a conscientious and capable group of humans. They’re disciplined, efficient, responsive, proactive, and very strong communicators. They have a deep understanding of healthcare best practices, rules, and regulations. Most importantly, they sweat the details and care deeply about the end product".
“Light-it is well-versed in healthcare service platform options, and it was a pleasure to work with them on a website upgrade project. They are generally great humans and good communicators, and they work hard to come in under budget and before the deadline! This is a great team to trust with your dev needs.”
“We’re most impressed with Light-it’s expertise, work ethic, and productivity. They deliver high-quality work, and we’ve enjoyed working with Light-it’s team. We’re extremely satisfied at all levels.”
“Light-it is the pinnacle of professional expertise in modern digital mental health software design and development”.
Frequently Asked Questions
Learn everything about us and the way we work
Light-it's services are purpose-built for healthcare organizations developing, scaling, or modernizing clinical, operational, and patient-facing products. Our core capabilities span:
- Product Strategy & Advisory: Defining the right product direction from day one, including roadmap planning, market positioning, and decision frameworks that account for clinical workflows and regulatory constraints.
- Product Design: UX/UI design built around the people who actually use the product — patients, clinicians, and care teams — with accessibility, usability, and compliance requirements built in from the start.
- Custom Software Development: End-to-end engineering for healthcare platforms, from architecture through deployment.
- Integrations & Interoperability: Connecting your product to the broader healthcare ecosystem —including EHR systems, third-party APIs, medical devices, and data infrastructure.
- EHR Migrations & Clinical Platform Integrations: Managing complex migrations and deep EHR integrations with the technical rigor and clinical context they require.
- Staff Augmentation: Embedding experienced healthcare technology talent into your existing team.
- Data Engineering: Designing and building the data infrastructure that powers clinical decision-making, operational reporting, and compliant data exchange across your organization.
- Emerging Technologies Consulting: Helping you assess and implement technologies like Generative AI, machine learning, and immersive tech in contexts where clinical validity and regulatory fit are essential considerations.
- 100% personalized. At Light-it, we work as partners, and our goal will be to provide the best service according to your needs.
- Our technology and healthcare expertise will allow us to understand your business and help you make decisions in every aspect of your project, from product, to tech stack, we have you covered!
- Once we have a clear understanding of your needs, we will assemble a team that fits the requirements.
Yes, we can provide reference contacts from previous clients during sales processes.
Yes. We currently work exclusively for the healthcare industry.
Light-it's services are purpose-built for healthcare organizations developing, scaling, or modernizing clinical, operational, and patient-facing products. Our core capabilities span:
Product Strategy & Advisory: Defining the right product direction from day one, including roadmap planning, market positioning, and decision frameworks that account for clinical workflows and regulatory constraints.
Product Design: UX/UI design built around the people who actually use the product — patients, clinicians, and care teams — with accessibility, usability, and compliance requirements built in from the start.
Custom Software Development: End-to-end engineering for healthcare platforms, from architecture through deployment.
Integrations & Interoperability: Connecting your product to the broader healthcare ecosystem —including EHR systems, third-party APIs, medical devices, and data infrastructure.
EHR Migrations & Clinical Platform Integrations: Managing complex migrations and deep EHR integrations with the technical rigor and clinical context they require.
Staff Augmentation: Embedding experienced healthcare technology talent into your existing team.
Data Engineering: Designing and building the data infrastructure that powers clinical decision-making, operational reporting, and compliant data exchange across your organization.
Emerging Technologies Consulting: Helping you assess and implement technologies like Generative AI, machine learning, and immersive tech in contexts where clinical validity and regulatory fit are essential considerations.
We’ll set a timeline that fits your requirements. On our end, it can take up to two-weeks to put the team together.
Yes and this is something we plan for, not just accommodate. Healthcare products operate in complex, fast-moving environments where priorities shift. Our engagement model is built to flex with you. If your budget, timeline, or feature scope needs to change, we sit down, reassess, and restructure the plan together. No friction, no starting from scratch.
We can start working on your project at any stage. Whether you are in need of product discovery, UX UI design, or development, we can help you!
Yes. Vendor transitions are common, and we handle them with the technical rigor they require. We typically begin with a thorough code review to assess architecture quality, compliance posture, and technical debt, giving you a clear picture of what exists before a single line of new code is written. From there, we build on what's solid and address what isn't.
Of course! We’ll help you scope the project during the sales process, and the product strategy phase.
- We have a shared slack channel between our team and yours.
- You’ll have access to the Jira board with the progress for each sprint.
- You’re invited to the sprint plannings, reviews, and daily meetings, in case you want to join!
- You’ll have recurring meetings with an account manager.
Our HQ are in Montevideo, Uruguay (UTC-3) and we have an office in Buenos Aires, Argentina (UTC-3). Do you want to visit us in Uruguay? Check out our guide!
We involve Quality Engineers in all of our projects to test and ensure the best quality possible for all use cases. They conduct thorough testing and follow industry best practices to make sure our products work well and provide a great user experience.
Once the development of your software is finished, you’ll have complete ownership of the product.
Yes, we offer maintenance services if required.
Yes. In the contracts you’ll have a set notice-period to cancel the project.
- We work with Time and Materials contracts, meaning we will charge per hour per professional.
- We will estimate the number of hours based on your scope, during the sales process.
- If you need a different type of contract liked fixed price, please feel free to schedule a consultation.
- You can get a quote for your project here.
We’re open to discuss projects from all sizes as long as we trust our client’s mission.
At Light-it, we work with estimated timelines that allow flexibility for adjustments based on evolving needs or potential challenges. If the project progresses faster than expected, we can incorporate additional scope to enhance the initial plan. If it takes longer, we will maintain clear communication with the client to address any issues and collaboratively determine the focus for the next iteration, ensuring transparency and alignment throughout the process.
Our team follows strict HIPAA Guidelines to ensure privacy and security of PHI. Feel free to contact us to receive a copy of our guideline.
Our team is trained in HIPAA Compliance, PIPAA Compliance, SOC2 Compliance, and ISO.
- Yes, we can sign BAAs.
- We work on existing / legacy applications. Usually, we begin with a code audit to evaluate the code’s quality, and plan a development roadmap.
- Yes. Our HIPAA Policy includes guidelines, background checks for all of our employees, trainings, and more. Contact us to learn more.
- We can also adapt our HIPAA Policy and proceses to our clients if needed.
Yes.
Yes! We have partnership programs with third-party providers, products, and agency. Check our partnership site and contact us to collaborate.
Our services
What services do we offer?
- End-to-End Product Development: including product strategy, UX/UI design, software development, and integrations. You can hire Light-it for the whole process, or just for one of this specific services.
- Staff Augmentation: we can augment your tech team with our talent.
- Emerging Technologies: we can help you discover and implement new technologies like Generative AI and VR to your product.
How personalized are your services?
- 100% personalized. At Light-it, we work as partners, and our goal will be to provide the best service according to your needs.
- Our technology and healthcare expertise will allow us to understand your business and help you make decisions in every aspect of your project, from product, to tech stack, we have you covered!
- Once we have a clear understanding of your needs, we will assemble a team that fits the requirements.
Can you provide references?
- Yes, we can provide reference contacts from previous clients during sales processes.
Do you just work in the healthcare industry?
- Yes. We currently work exclusively for the healthcare industry.
I have a project from another industry, can I contact you anyway?
- Contact us and we’ll refer you to one of our awesome partners.
Starting a project
How soon can Light-it start my project?
- We’ll set a timeline that fits your requirements. On our end, it can take up to two-weeks to put the team together.
Can we adjust the initial plan if my preferences (budget, time, features, etc.) change?
- Yes. We’re used to working with startups and know that needs and priorities change. If that happens, let’s talk and see how we can adapt to your new situation.
Do I have to buy the whole service from zero to launch, or can you start working on a project at any stage?
- We can start working on your project at any stage. Whether you are in need of product discovery, UX UI design, or development, we can help you!
I have already built my product with another vendor, but want to continue building it with you. Can you do it?
- Yes. We will likely start with a code review to assess the quality of the code, to then continue building on top of what you have.
Can you assist with defining the scope and requirements of my project?
- Of course! We’ll help you scope the project during the sales process, and the product strategy phase.
During the project
How do I know what the team is working on?
- We have a shared slack channel between our team and yours.
- You’ll have access to the Jira board with the progress for each sprint.
- You’re invited to the sprint plannings, reviews, and daily meetings, in case you want to join!
- You’ll have recurring meetings with an account manager.
Where is Light-it’s development team located? Who are they?
- Our HQ are in Montevideo, Uruguay (UTC-3) and we have an office in Buenos Aires, Argentina (UTC-3). Do you want to visit us in Uruguay? Check out our guide!
How do you ensure the quality of the deliverables?
- We involve Quality Engineers in all of our projects to test and ensure the best quality possible for all use cases. They conduct thorough testing and follow industry best practices to make sure our products work well and provide a great user experience.
After the project
Who will be the software code's final owner once the project is finished?
- Once the development of your software is finished, you’ll have complete ownership of the product.
Do you offer maintenance services after the product is released?
- Yes, we offer maintenance services if required.
What happens if I don't want to continue the partnership? Can I cancel later on?
- Yes. In the contracts you’ll have a set notice-period to cancel the project.
Finances & timeline
How do you define the price for my project?
- We work with Time and Materials contracts, meaning we will charge per hour per professional.
- We will estimate the number of hours based on your scope, during the sales process.
- If you need a different type of contract liked fixed price, please feel free to schedule a consultation.
- You can get a quote for your project here.
What is your minimum project size?
- We’re open to discuss projects from all sizes as long as we trust our client’s mission.
What happens if the scope isn't completed within the estimated timeframe, either finishing it before or after the expected deadline?
- At Light-it, we work with estimated timelines that allow flexibility for adjustments based on evolving needs or potential challenges. If the project progresses faster than expected, we can incorporate additional scope to enhance the initial plan. If it takes longer, we will maintain clear communication with the client to address any issues and collaboratively determine the focus for the next iteration, ensuring transparency and alignment throughout the process.
Legal
How do you assure digital health products' privacy, security and risk management?
- Our team follows strict HIPAA Guidelines to ensure privacy and security of PHI. Feel free to contact us to receive a copy of our guideline.
What legal and medical-legal compliance do you follow?
- Our team is trained in HIPAA Compliance, PIPAA Compliance, SOC2 Compliance, and ISO.
Do you sign BAAs?
- Yes, we can sign BAAs.
- We work on existing / legacy applications. Usually, we begin with a code audit to evaluate the code’s quality, and plan a development roadmap.
Do you have a HIPAA Policy in place?
- Yes. Our HIPAA Policy includes guidelines, background checks for all of our employees, trainings, and more. Contact us to learn more.
- We can also adapt our HIPAA Policy and proceses to our clients if needed.
Can Light-it sign my NDA instead of your standard NDA?
- Yes.
Collaborations
Do you collaborate with other technology or healthcare companies?
- Yes! We have partnership programs with third-party providers, products, and agency. Check our partnership site and contact us to collaborate.
