\nAbout the role:\n\nWe are looking for a Staff Software Engineer based in North America to join our mission to help people learn!\n\nThis is a great opportunity to work with an amazing team and drive the technology of learning products and platforms. We operate in a highly collaborative environment with Product and Design to build experiences that matter to our customers. At Nerdy, 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.\n\nThe Staff Engineer will assume a dual role as a technical leader and a visionary for our highly complex and high-performing systems. In this capacity, they will not only provide technical guidance and mentorship to the team but also play a pivotal role in shaping and driving the overarching vision of our system, aimed at enhancing the experience for our tutors and optimizing our tutor-supply chain.\n\nThis position is a full-time remote opportunity. (We've been remote-friendly for years, and that isn't going away.)\n\nAbout the Team: \n\nThe Engagement team owns our student customer-facing systems, including our digital classroom and learning tools - the experiences that students learn in. If you want to have direct, meaningful impact on our customers’ learning this is the place! You will architect scalable software solutions, understand and implement best practices, and create technology that is highly performant and extensible.\n\nAbout Nerdy: \n\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\nKey Responsibilities\n\n\nTechnical Leadership: Serve as the technical point of reference for the squad and broader engineering team, ensuring best practices and architectural standards are upheld.\n\nSolution Design: Lead the design and architectural discussions, making pivotal decisions on technologies, frameworks, and design patterns.\n\nCode Quality: Advocate for and ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code. Conduct regular code reviews and provide mentorship to team members.\n\nCollaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, provide technical insights, and ensure the timely delivery of features.\n\nStrategy and Vision: Contribute to the engineering department's strategy and vision, bringing innovative ideas to improve our customer-facing experiences..\n\nProblem Solving: Address complex technical challenges, innovate solutions, and optimize existing systems for scalability and performance.\n\nTeam Development: Mentor and develop team members, helping them to grow in their technical roles and careers.\n\n\n\n\n \n\nQualifications: \n\n\nMinimum of 7 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of working on complex systems.\n\nIn-depth knowledge of modern software engineering practices, design patterns, and architectures.\n\nStrong expertise in two or more web or web services technology stacks and a growth mindset to learn new technology stacks to address the business problems at hand. Aptitude to quickly learn new languages and technologies as necessary.\n\nAbility to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nDemonstrated experience in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.\n\nExcellent problem-solving and analytical skills.\n\nA strong owner willing to roll up their sleeves. This role includes coding and reviewing the code of others.\n\nAbility to implement customer-facing solutions that solve the customers’ true needs.\n\nNerdy is an apolitical company focused solely on helping people learn, and we achieve the most when united in this mission. \n\n\n\n \nBenefits:\n\n* \nCompetitive Salary plus Equity in the company\n\n\n\nHealthcare Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)\n\n\n\n401k Company Matching Plan \n\n\n\nPTO and Company Holidays\n\n\n\nRemote work environment\n\n\n\nMaternity, Paternal, and Adoption Leave\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\nOnce-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform how the world learns!\n\n\n* \nFun, collaborative, and team-oriented work environment with plenty of training and a feedback-rich culture.\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 \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#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n $77,500 — $117,500/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\nOhio City, Ohio, United States