Posted 3 Aug 2024, 4:00 pm

Senior Front end Software Engineer at Varsity Tutors

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Description:

We are looking for Senior Front-End Engineers (full-time contractors) based in South America to join the engineering team to help with our ongoing growth and expansion! Your focus would be on building frontend experiences in React. Familiarity with backend services & technologies is a plus, particularly in Ruby on Rails. We have a complete CI/CD software lifecycle and an evolving services-oriented-architecture hosted in AWS. We operate in a highly collaborative environment with Product and Design to build experiences that matter to our customers. At Varsity Tutors, engineers do not just write code, they actively participate in the conversation on what and how to build the systems and solutions that matter to our customers. If you love your customers as much as we do, we'd love to hear from you.

About Nerdy:

Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY), the parent company of Varsity Tutors, is a leading platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The Company’s purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including Machine Learning and AI (Nerdy AI Learning Products - Press Release), to connect learners of all ages to experts, delivering superior value on both sides of the network. Nerdy’s comprehensive learning destination provides learning experiences across 3,000+ subjects and multiple formats—including one-on-one instruction, small group classes, large format group classes, on-demand study support, and adaptive self-study. Nerdy’s flagship business, Varsity Tutors, is one of the nation’s largest platforms for live online tutoring and classes. Its solutions are available directly to students and consumers, as well as through schools and other institutions. Learn more about Nerdy at https://www.nerdy.com/.

 

Nerdy’s shareholder letters below explain the product and strategy and are the most effective way to learn about what the company is building.

 

Qualifications:

  • Experience with with React and Ruby on Rails is strongly preferred.
  • 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.
  • 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:

  • 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.

 

Nerdy Leadership Principles

Relentless Focus on Customers * Comfort with Ambiguity * Ownership * Simplify * Intellectual Curiosity * Build Teams * Think Big * Insist on High Standards * Bias for Action * Build Trust * Go Deep * Have Conviction * Deliver Results * Are Right, a Lot

 

Benefits:

  • Competitive Pay (USD)

  • Fully Remote Position

  • Flexible Paid Time Off

  • Free Learning Membership for you and your household (1-1 tutoring hours, unlimited use of on-demand services, and access to our online classes)

  • Work for a leading U.S.-based learning technology company

  • A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform how the world learns!

  • A fun, collaborative, and team-oriented work environment with plenty of training and a feedback-rich culture

 

Nerdy is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.



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