Frontend Engineer

BetterHelp

3h•$110,000 - $150,000•Remote

About The Position

BetterHelp is on a mission to remove the traditional barriers to therapy and make mental health care more accessible to everyone. Founded in 2013, we are now the world’s largest online therapy service, providing affordable and convenient therapy in across the globe. Our network of over 30,000 licensed therapists has helped millions of people take ownership of their mental health and change their lives forever. And we’re not stopping there – as the unmet need for mental health services continues to grow, BetterHelp is committed to being part of the solution. As the Front-end 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. And as a mental health company, we take employee mental health just as seriously as we do our mission. We deeply invest in our team’s well-being and professional development, because we know that business and individual growth go hand-in-hand. At BetterHelp, you’ll carve your own path, make an immediate impact, and be challenged every day – with a supportive community behind you the whole way. We're looking for a talented, motivated, smart individual with a passion for software engineering and a strong desire to learn, someone not afraid to write code to scratch an itch. We love technology and so should you. We use a combination of well established and more recent technologies, always innovating, always experimenting. We’re open to new ideas and novel approaches! Our current tech stack is: Frontend: React, Twig (php templates), Bootstrap, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3/SASS Backend: Docker, MySQL, PHP and Redis

Requirements

3+ years of experience in frontend web development solving challenging problems and implementing new features from scratch.
Must be able to legally work in the US.
Deep understanding of web development concepts and principles.
Examples of web projects that feature frontend code (React is a bonus).
At least one major demonstrable project with front-end code, back-end code and database.
Ability to architect, 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.
Familiar with web security best practices.
Familiar with mobile first design and practices
Comfortable working outside the context of a framework. Frameworks can help you get some things done more quickly, but we find it helpful if candidates are comfortable working outside of a framework so they have a good understanding of what is going on behind the scenes first.
Experience using git in a team environment.

Nice To Haves

Work or internship experience in startups
Experience with web accessibility best practices
Experience with Figma design system
Experience with TypeScript
Experience with full-blown integrations

Responsibilities

You will collaborate with the full stack engineers and build the frontend part of the feature.
You will develop best practices and write clean, secure, readable, scalable code. OOP where appropriate.
You will collaborate with other team members - engineers, product, design teams, and others.
You will integrate internal and external APIs with frontend code.
You will use CSS and React to complete functionality of new products.
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.