\n\n\nDescription:\nWe 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.\nAbout Nerdy:\nNerdy (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/.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nNerdy’s shareholder letters below explain the product and strategy and are the most effective way to learn about what the company is building.\n\nQ1-2024 Shareholder Letter\n\nQ4-2023 Shareholder Letter\n\nQ3-2023 Shareholder Letter\n\n\n\n \nQualifications:\n\n\nExperience with with React and Ruby on Rails is strongly preferred.\n\nExperience with deployment systems (e.g. GitHub Actions, AWS CodeDeploy).\n\nFamiliarity with AWS Services (e.g. RDS, Lambda, EC2, et cetera).\n\nFamiliarity with the Linux operating system and command-line tools.\n\nUnderstanding of OO design, algorithms, and data structures.\n\nAptitude to quickly learn new languages and technologies as necessary.\n\nExperience developing websites that are visited by thousands of visitors daily.\n\nExperience with enhancing SEO performance.\n\nUnderstand 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.\n\nComputer Science or related degree preferred.\n\nFluent in English.\n\n\n\n Responsibilities:\n\n\nWrite performant, maintainable code that is easy to read and well-documented.\n\nWrite automated tests to thoroughly validate the correctness of your code.\n\nDeploy large-scale web applications.\n\nHave a focus on quality, and operate iteratively to get from good to better.\n\nBe a part of your team’s on-call rotation; we all own our code end-to-end from development to deployment to operations.\n\nCome ready to learn from some of the best and brightest in the industry.\n\nWork independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-moving team.\n\nBe effective in a team environment working with fellow engineers, product management, and design.\n\n\n\n\n \nNerdy Leadership Principles\nRelentless 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\n \nBenefits:\n\n\nCompetitive Pay (USD)\n\n\n* \nFully Remote Position\n\n\n\nFlexible Paid Time Off\n\n\n* \nFree Learning Membership for you and your household (1-1 tutoring hours, unlimited use of on-demand services, and access to our online classes)\n\n\n* \nWork for a leading U.S.-based learning technology company\n\n\n* \nA once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform how the world learns!\n\n\n* \nA fun, collaborative, and team-oriented work environment with plenty of training and a feedback-rich culture\n\n\n\n\n \nNerdy 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.\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, React, Ruby, SEO, Senior, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $105,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nSan José, San José, Costa Rica