[Hiring] Full Stack Software Engineer @BetterHelp

Role Description

As a Full Stack Software Engineer at BetterHelp, you’ll join a diverse team of licensed clinicians, engineers, product pros, creatives, marketers, and business leaders who share a passion for expanding access to therapy. You will:

• Develop end to end, owning features from technical design and development through deployment, monitoring, and continued improvement.
• Write clean, secure, readable, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and other cross-functional partners.
• Design, integrate, and build internal and external APIs.
• Develop new products and features while improving and modernizing existing systems.
• Write and optimize SQL queries and design relational database schemas.
• Create and maintain complex backend services and algorithms.
• Profile, troubleshoot, and optimize new and legacy code.
• Build experiences that work across mobile, tablet, and desktop environments.
• Contribute to code reviews, technical discussions, and engineering practices that improve quality, reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Ship thoughtfully and frequently in an agile environment with continuous deployment.
• Care about our product, mission, and long-term success, well beyond checking off development tasks.
• Thoughtfully use approved AI-assisted development tools to reduce repetitive work, explore solutions, and improve productivity while applying your own engineering judgment to architecture, implementation, security, privacy, and code quality.

We use a mix of established and modern technologies to support a platform serving millions of users:

• Backend: Linux, nginx, Laravel (PHP), MySQL, Redis
• Frontend: React, Next.js, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS/SASS
• Existing technologies: Twig, Bootstrap, jQuery

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of web development concepts and principles.
• Examples of full-stack projects or significant product features.
• At least one major demonstrable project that includes frontend code, backend code, and a database.
• Ability to design, develop, and launch a web application or substantial feature from start to finish.
• Ability to learn quickly, navigate an established codebase, and build new skills independently.
• A strong sense of ownership and eagerness to build something meaningful.
• Five or more years of professional web development experience in any stack, solving challenging problems and implementing new features from scratch.
• Three or more years of experience with SQL, including relational schema design and complex queries.
• Familiarity with web application, data, and SQL security best practices.
• Comfort working outside the abstractions of a framework and understanding what is happening behind the scenes.
• Experience using Git in a collaborative team environment.
• Sound engineering judgment and a thoughtful approach to modern development tools, including AI assistants, with appropriate attention to security, privacy, and code quality.

Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Benefits

• Remote work with regular in-person bonding experiences sponsored by the company.
• Competitive compensation.
• Holistic perks program (including free therapy, employee wellness, and more).
• Excellent health, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401k benefits with employer matching contribution.
• The chance to build something that changes lives – and that people love.
• Any piece of hardware or software that will make you happy and productive.
• An awesome community of co-workers.
• The base salary range for this position is $110,000 - $160,000.