BetterHelp is looking to modernize and scale its platform to meet the growing demand for mental health services.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in platform development
- Strong experience in PHP, Laravel, MySQL, and RESTful API development
- Experience modernizing legacy systems and migrating to more scalable architectures
- Deep SQL knowledge, including database design, complex queries, and optimization
- Experience with authentication and security best practices
- Proficiency in Git and working within a team-based development environment
- Deep understanding of web development concepts and principles
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the migration of the monolithic PHP application to a scalable API layer
- Refactor and modernize the existing multi-sided application
- Improve engineering velocity by identifying and resolving bottlenecks
- Implement and optimize core services such as authentication and login
- Collaborate with product teams to anticipate large-scale technical needs
- Write clean, scalable, and maintainable code
- Participate in architectural discussions to drive strategic decisions
Other
- Ability to learn quickly and pick up new skills independently
- Get-things-done attitude with eagerness to build something great
- Must be able to legally work in the US
- Ability to travel to San Jose, California offices up to three times per year and to an additional company offsite
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field (not explicitly mentioned but implied)
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills (not explicitly mentioned but implied)
