Case study

Nova — Newborn Care Marketplace

Nova lets families browse vetted night nannies, newborn care specialists, postpartum doulas, and registered nurses. The stack pairs a React + Vite frontend with a FastAPI backend, PostGIS for location queries, Clerk for auth, and Stripe Connect for payouts.

RoleFull-stack engineering, marketplace architecture

TimelineClient project (NOVA Birth Partners)

FocusTwo-Sided Marketplace

Marketplace product engineeringAuth + payments integrationGeospatial searchContainerized deployment

NOVA Birth PartnersClient

DC / MD / VARegion

https://github.com/MaxwellM34/NovaRepository

The brief

Challenge

Overnight newborn care is hard to find on short notice, and existing platforms don't surface live availability or verified credentials clearly.

Approach

What we made

Built a marketplace data model around vetted providers with verified credentials, used PostGIS so families see provider coverage by location, and wired Stripe Connect for direct booking and payout.

PostGIS-backed geospatial search to surface providers by service area.
Clerk-based auth with JWT verification through JWKS on the FastAPI side.
Stripe Connect integration for split payouts between platform and providers.
Docker Compose dev environment that mirrors production layout.

Outcome

Results

A production-shaped marketplace stack with auth, geo search, and payments wired end-to-end for the DC/MD/VA region.

ReactViteTailwind CSSFastAPISQLAlchemy 2PostgreSQL + PostGISClerkStripe ConnectDocker Compose

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