Senior Full Stack Developer (Contractor)

Healthy Gamer•Houston, TX

About The Position

Healthy Gamer is a mental health coaching service that aims to make mental health care inclusive and affordable. Since launching in November 2019, they have helped over 13,000 people in 77 countries. The company has a significant presence in the gaming community, being in the top 0.1% of Twitch streamers and top 1% of YouTube channels, and is expanding its resources to address mental health more broadly. They are seeking passionate individuals to join their teams and help change how people think about and deal with mental health. This role is for an Independent Contractor.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience as a front-end or full stack developer.
Strong proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, with experience building SPAs using a modern front-end framework (Svelte, React, Vue, or similar).
Comfortable working with REST APIs and some backend experience (Ruby on Rails preferred, but not required).
Strong attention to detail with a user-first mindset.
Clear communicator who works well in cross-functional teams and comfortable mentoring others.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Ruby on Rails or a similar backend framework.
Experience with TypeScript.
Experience implementing browser-side analytics with tools like Google Tag Manager or Amplitude.
Experience with testing frameworks such as RSpec and Jest.
Exposure to accessibility standards and inclusive design.
Experience in healthcare, mental health, or regulated environments.
Experience in a startup or scaling product team.

Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and improve user-facing features using our Svelte SPA, taking ownership from design handoff through deployment.
Translate product requirements and design mockups into clean, scalable, reusable front-end code.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver high-quality features end-to-end; contribute to backend logic and APIs (Ruby on Rails) as needed.
Ensure consistent implementation of design systems and UI standards across the product.
Optimize applications for performance, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility.
Write maintainable, well-tested front-end code and participate in code reviews.
Ensure accessibility best practices (WCAG) are incorporated into front-end development.
Identify and address technical debt and front-end architecture improvements.
Help set front-end best practices, tooling decisions, and technical standards.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers; provide constructive code review feedback.
Debug and resolve issues across the front end and, when needed, the Rails backend.
Stay current with evolving front-end technologies and apply learnings where appropriate.