Staff Engineer (AI-Native) (Hyderabad - Full Time Contractor)

Overview:
We are looking for a Staff Engineer in Hyderabad to join the engineering team! In this role, you will set technical direction across both front-end and back-end systems, helping shape the architecture, performance, reliability, and user experience of our learning platform. You will provide hands-on technical leadership across squads, partner closely with Product and Design, and drive the development of scalable, secure-by-default, AI-powered customer experiences.
This is a high-impact role for an engineer who can move fluidly across the stack, from high-traffic user interfaces to high-scale services, while mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across the organization.
About Nerdy:
At Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) - the company behind Varsity Tutors - were 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 youd 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.
How we compete:

• AI-Native at every level From the CEO to day-one hires, everyone builds and ships with generative AI. If youre not wielding AI, youre not done.
• Entrepreneurial velocity Move at founder speed, prototype in hours, and measure in real user outcomes. Slow teams die.
• Free-market rigor Ideas rise or fall on merit and results - no committees, no politics, no cap on upside.
• Full-stack ownership You design, build, and run what you ship; accountability is a feature, not a bug.
• Reward for contribution Pay rises with impact, not years. Outstanding results earn outsized rewards. We evaluate both what you achieve and howyou achieve it: living our leadership principles and using AI effectively are formally measured and rewarded.
• Relentless exploration Push the frontier of generative AI in live learning and - because only the paranoid survive - questioning every legacy assumption along the way.
• Is Apolitical You stay focused on mission-aligned outcomes, not distractions or unrelated causes.
  

If youre a technically minded builder who thrives on open competition, personal responsibility, and the chance to redefine how the world learns - while continually stretching the limits of what generative AI can do - come do the most ambitious and rewarding work of your career here. Learn more atnerdy.com.
Nerdys shareholder letters below explain our latest products and strategy:

• Q4-2025 Shareholder Letter
• Q3-2025 Shareholder Letter
• Q2-2025 Shareholder Letter
  
  

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Serve as the technical point of reference for the squad and broader engineering team, ensuring best practices in architecture, performance optimization, and accessibility standards are upheld.
• Solution Design: Lead the design and architectural discussions for systems, making pivotal decisions on frameworks, state management patterns, component architecture, and design systems.
• Code Quality: Advocate for and ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code. Conduct regular code reviews and provide mentorship to team members.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, provide technical insights, and ensure the timely delivery of features.
• Strategy and Vision: Contribute to the engineering departments strategy and vision, bringing innovative ideas to improve our customer-facing experiences.
• Problem Solving: Address complex technical challenges, innovate solutions, and optimize existing systems for scalability and performance.
• Team Development: Mentor and develop team members, helping them to grow in their technical roles and careers.
• AI Enablement: Leverage AI-native tools and approaches to improve development speed, product capabilities, and engineering effectiveness across the software lifecycle.
  

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of building and evolving complex, high-scale systems and customer-facing applications.
• Strong full-stack expertise, including domain in:
  

Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript
Backend: Javascript, Java, Golang

• Explicit mentoring of senior-level engineers regularly, leading to results.
• Significant experience in AWS-based cloud architecture environments.
• In-depth knowledge of modern software engineering practices, design patterns, and architectures.

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  Experienced with AI-native tools that enhance productivity and speed (Cursor, Make.com, Supabase, Netlify, Claude Code, n8n, Firecrawl, ChatGPT, Grok, Bolt, Vercel, etc).
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience designing high-traffic web applications and scalable distributed services.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• A strong owner willing to roll up their sleeves. This role includes coding and reviewing the code of others.
• Ability to implement customer-facing solutions that solve the customers true needs with exceptional user experiences.
• Nerdy is an apolitical company focused solely on helping people learn, and we achieve the most when united in this mission.
  

Unleash Your Potential at Nerdy:
At Nerdy, youll earn your success through meritocracy and exceptional outcomes. Our benefits reward performance and initiative:

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a market-leading rate
• 100% Remote (Home Country Only): Work from anywhere in your home countryno relocation required, no borders crossed.
• Flexible Time Off: Our flexible PTO lets you recharge on your own terms and when you need it the most.
• Local Holiday Pay: We honor your nations official holidays with paid time offcelebrate what matters to you.
• Continuous Learning: Get a free, all-inclusive learning membership for you and your householdincluding 1-on-1 tutoring hours, unlimited on-demand classes, and access to our full suite of learning products and services.
• Supercharge with AI: Gain exclusive access to cutting-edge AI tools that boost your productivity, making you feel almost super-human (cape not included).
• Feedback-Rich, Collaborative Culture: Tap into regular training, peer reviews, and a team that treats every team member as a vital collaborator and owner in our success.
• Make a Global Impact: Your expertise fuels an innovative platform used by learners around the worldbe part of something transformative.
  

The Bottom Line:
If youre driven by impact, energized by ownership, and excited to help shape whats next, youll thrive here. We move fast, think big, and reward those who deliver. This isnt a traditional corporate environment - its a place to do the most meaningful work of your career.