BetterHelp is on a mission to remove the traditional barriers to therapy and make mental health care more accessible to everyone. As the unmet need for mental health services continues to grow, BetterHelp is committed to being part of the solution.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of web development concepts and principles.
- Ability to design, develop and launch a web application from start to finish.
- 5+ years of experience in web development (any stack), solving challenging problems and implementing new features from scratch.
- 3+ years of experience in SQL. Designing relational DB schemas, complex queries, etc.
- Familiar with web & SQL security best practices.
- Comfortable working outside the context of a framework.
- Experience using git in a team environment.
Responsibilities
- You will develop end to end. You own your features and see them through to production and beyond.
- You will develop best practices and write clean, secure, readable, scalable code. OOP where appropriate.
- You will integrate and build for external and internal API's.
- You will develop new products in PHP and alter existing PHP code to accommodate scale and integration with new technologies and APIs.
- You will write and optimize SQL queries and design schemas.
- You will create and code complex backend algorithms.
- You will profile and optimize new and legacy code.
Other
- We're looking for a talented, motivated, smart individual with a passion for software engineering, a strong desire to learn and an interest in providing mentorship to junior level developers.
- This position is ideal for a seasoned software engineer who has worked on multiple challenging projects, someone who is not afraid to write code to scratch an itch.
- You will collaborate with other team members, including engineers and cross-functional colleagues.
- You will care and be involved in our product, mission, and success - way beyond checking off development tasks.
- Ability to learn quickly and pick up new skills independently.
- Get-things-done attitude with eagerness to build something great.
- Ability to work in the US, to travel to our San Jose, California offices up to three times per year and to an additional company offsite.
