BetterYou Looking for Jr. Software Engineer at St Paul, MN Full Time

BetterYou is a Healthy Habits Companion on a mission to help you achieve your goals. To date we’ve helped thousands of people get an extra 30 minutes of sleep each night, improve their talk time with friends by 10 minutes each day, or get another workout in every week. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone—come build with us!

The Jr. Software Engineer role at BetterYou is an integral part of developing and maintaining our Healthy Habits Companion mobile app. As a part of the development team, you’ll work across teams and functions to deploy app features and enhancements that incorporate user feedback. Your skills in developing smooth, user friendly, and easy to use designs contributes to user engagement and retention, which in turn, helps grow the company’s portfolio of customers.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• 70% Coding – coding, writing tests, and general app testing to maintain and refine existing features and implement product enhancements
• 10% Product/Design – a solid app design skill set will be leveraged when designing layouts and pages that are easy for users to understand and navigate
• 10% Documentation – write down and document processes for knowledge transfer and troubleshooting
• 10% Ad Hoc – as a technology startup, you must be nimble and flexible. From time to time, you’ll flex in on other functions within the company and the scope of your skillset. There are times when “all hands on deck” are needed for a bug fix or product deadline

Requirements

Key Competencies, Skills, or Abilities:

• Attention to detail
• Comfortable working in an unstructured environment
• Critical thinker that understands the interdependencies of their work on other parts of the business (how does this impact the end user?)
• Creative problem solver
• Willingness to explore and learn new things
• Humility and ability to take constructive feedback
• Collaborative team player

Experience – Required:

• Degree in computer science or other relevant field of study
• 0-2 years of relevant work experience
• Front end app design experience
• React Native mobile and/or React web development experience
• Programming language requirements: Javascript (80%), Java (10%), Swift (10%)
• Analytics tool savvy (Crashlytics, iOS crash logs)
• Some experience in Android Studio and XCode

Experience – Preferred:

• Experience working in the health and wellness industry
• Experience working at an agile startup

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• 401(k) Matching
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (15 Day Minimum)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity, Illness)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Culture Bonus
• Retention Bonus
• Office-First Workplace with Flexibility
• Stock Option Plan

Working at BetterYou

At BetterYou, we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives allows our employees, product, and community to flourish. BetterYou is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national orientation, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.

Learn more about BetterYou at https://www.betteryou.ai/