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Senior Software Engineer (AI-Native) (Full-time Contractor)

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Key Responsibilities

living our leadership principles and using AI effectively are formally measured and rewarded.

Requirements Summary

Experience with Javascript and Typescript. Experience with a core Object-Oriented Programming language like Java/C++/C# Familiarity with backend services & technologies is a plus.

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At Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) - the company behind Varsity Tutors - we’re redrawing the blueprint of learning. Our Live + AI™ platform fuses real-time human expertise with proprietary generative-AI systems, setting a new bar for measurable academic impact at global scale. We recruit the kind of technologists and operators you’d bet on as solo founders - people who turn ambiguous problems into shipping code, iterate faster than markets move, and compound their advantage with every data point. In an era where great employees can deliver 10-times the leverage of the merely good, we back those who play to win.

Fortune favors the bold. Join us.

Responsibilities

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Requirements

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Experience with Javascript and Typescript.
Experience with a core Object-Oriented Programming language like Java/C++/C#
Familiarity with backend services & technologies is a plus.
Experience with deployment systems (e.g. GitHub Actions, AWS CodeDeploy).
Familiarity with AWS Services (e.g. RDS, Lambda, EC2, et cetera).
Familiarity with the Linux operating system and command-line tools.
Understanding of OO design, algorithms, and data structures.
Aptitude to quickly learn new languages and technologies as necessary.
Experience developing websites that are visited by thousands of visitors daily.
Experience with enhancing SEO performance.
Experienced with AI-native tools that enhance productivity and speed (e.g., Cursor, Make, Supabase, Netlify, Claude Code, n8n, Firecrawl, ChatGPT, Grok, Bolt, Vercel, etc).
Understand and appreciate that Nerdy is an apolitical company and that we can have the largest impact if we are united in our focus on helping people learn and not divided or distracted by advancing unrelated causes.
Computer Science or related degree preferred.
Fluent in English.

Responsibilities

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→Write performant, maintainable code that is easy to read and well-documented.
→Write automated tests to thoroughly validate the correctness of your code.
→Deploy large-scale web applications.
→Have a focus on quality, and operate iteratively to get from good to better.
→Be a part of your team’s on-call rotation; we all own our code end-to-end from development to deployment to operations.
→Come ready to learn from some of the best and brightest in the industry.
→Work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-moving team.
→Be effective in a team environment working with fellow engineers, product management, and design.

Join our worldwide team—work from home, get great pay, and help shape the future of learning. Here’s what you get:

What We Offer

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If you're driven by impact, energized by ownership, and excited to help shape what’s next, you’ll thrive here. We move fast, think big, and reward those who deliver. This isn’t a traditional corporate environment - it’s a place to do the most meaningful work of your career.