Staff Engineer – AI-Native

📋 Description

• Technical Leadership: Act as the key technical reference for the squad and the larger engineering team, ensuring adherence to best practices in architecture, performance optimization, and accessibility standards.

• Solution Design: Spearhead the design and architectural conversations for systems, making critical decisions regarding frameworks, state management patterns, component architecture, and design systems.

• Code Quality: Champion the delivery of high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code. Conduct regular code reviews and mentor team members.

• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to grasp requirements, offer technical insights, and ensure the timely rollout of features.

• Strategy and Vision: Engage in shaping the engineering department's strategy and vision, contributing innovative ideas to enhance customer-facing experiences.

• Problem Solving: Tackle complex technical challenges, devise innovative solutions, and optimize existing systems for enhanced scalability and performance.

• Team Development: Mentor and nurture team members, assisting them in advancing their technical skills and careers.

• AI Enablement: Utilize AI-native tools and methodologies to enhance development speed, product capabilities, and overall engineering effectiveness throughout the software lifecycle.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years of software engineering experience, with a proven history of building and evolving complex, high-scale systems and customer-facing applications.

• Strong full-stack proficiency, including expertise in:

• Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript

• Backend: JavaScript, Java, Golang

• Proven experience in mentoring senior-level engineers regularly, leading to tangible results.

• Extensive experience in AWS-based cloud architecture environments.

• Comprehensive understanding of modern software engineering practices, design patterns, and architectures.

• Proficient with AI-native tools that enhance productivity and speed (such as Cursor, Make.com, Supabase, Netlify, Claude Code, n8n, Firecrawl, ChatGPT, Grok, Bolt, Vercel, etc.).

• Capability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience in designing high-traffic web applications and scalable distributed services.

• Proven track record of collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• A proactive owner willing to engage in coding and reviewing the code of others.

• Ability to implement customer-facing solutions that address the true needs of customers while delivering exceptional user experiences.

• Nerdy is an apolitical company dedicated solely to helping individuals learn, and we achieve the most when united in this mission.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive USD Compensation: Enjoy a market-leading salary.

• 100% Remote (Home Country Only): Work from anywhere within your home country—no relocation necessary, no borders crossed.

• Flexible Time Off: Our flexible PTO allows you to recharge on your own terms, particularly when you need it most.

• Local Holiday Pay: We recognize your nation’s official holidays with paid time off—celebrate what is important to you.

• Continuous Learning: Receive a free, all-inclusive learning membership for you and your household, which includes 1-on-1 tutoring hours, unlimited on-demand classes, and access to our complete suite of learning products and services.

• Supercharge with AI: Gain exclusive access to state-of-the-art AI tools that enhance your productivity, making you feel nearly super-human (cape not included).

• Feedback-Rich, Collaborative Culture: Engage in regular training, peer reviews, and a team that values every member as a crucial collaborator and owner of our success.

• Make a Global Impact: Your expertise powers an innovative platform used by learners worldwide—be part of something transformative.