Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BetterHelp is on a mission to remove the traditional barriers to therapy and make mental health care more accessible to everyone. As a Full Stack Software Engineer at BetterHelp, you will join a diverse team to develop and optimize web applications, collaborating with colleagues to enhance the user experience and contribute to the company's mission.
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 collaborate with other team members, including engineers and cross-functional colleagues
- 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
- You will use CSS and Javascript to complete functionality of new products
- You will be leveraging Bootstrap 3, jQuery HTML5, CSS3 and other open source technologies
- You will always be thinking cross-device and cross-platform, mobile, tablet and desktop
- You will ship often and fast. We keep an agile environment with continuous deployment
- You will care and be involved in our product, mission, and success - way beyond checking off development tasks
- You will enjoy great teamwork and lots of fun
Skills
- Must be able to legally work in the US
- Deep understanding of web development concepts and principles
- Example of full-stack projects
- At least one major demonstrable project with front-end code, back-end code and database
- Ability to design, develop and launch a web application from start to finish
- Ability to learn quickly and pick up new skills independently
- Get-things-done attitude with eagerness to build something great
- 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
- 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
- Work or internship experience in startups
- Experience with the LAMP/LEMP stack
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
- Performance bonus
- Extensive benefits listed here (subject to eligibility requirements): [Teladoc Health Benefits 2025](https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A6db78ba9-c17a-3bf8-ac66-740fdc66936f&viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover)
Company Overview