{"id":"e0e6a62273","title":"Staff Front End Engineer (AI-Native)(Full time contractor)","posted_at":"2026-02-27T20:26:06.000Z","apply_url":"https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nerdy/jobs/7579697","locations":["Remote"],"employment_type":null,"workplace_type":"remote","seniority_level":null,"description_language":"en","source_name":"greenhouse","source_url":"https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nerdy/jobs/7579697","salary":null,"job_summary":null,"job_description":null,"description_text":"Overview:\n\nWe are looking for a Staff Front-End Engineer in LATAM to join the engineering team! The Staff Front-End Engineer responsible for setting technical vision for complex, high-traffic user interfaces while delivering exceptional customer experiences. This role provides hands-on leadership across squads, partnering with Product and Design to advance architecture, performance, accessibility, and AI-powered capabilities.\n\nAbout Nerdy:\n\nAt Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) -  the company behind Varsity Tutors - we’re 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. \n\nWe recruit the kind of technologists and operators you’d 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.\n\nFortune favors the bold. Join us.\n\nHow we compete:\n\nAI-Native at every level\nFrom the CEO to day-one hires, everyone builds and ships with generative AI. If you’re not wielding AI, you’re not done.\n\nEntrepreneurial velocity\nMove at founder speed, prototype in hours, and measure in real user outcomes. Slow teams die.\n\nFree-market rigor\n Ideas rise or fall on merit and results - no committees, no politics, no cap on upside.\n\nFull-stack ownership\n You design, build, and run what you ship; accountability is a feature, not a bug.\n\nReward for contribution\nPay rises with impact, not years. Outstanding results earn outsized rewards. We evaluate both what you achieve and how you achieve it: living our leadership principles and using AI effectively are formally measured and rewarded.\n\nRelentless exploration\nPush the frontier of generative AI in live learning and - because only the paranoid survive - questioning every legacy assumption along the way.\n\nIs Apolitical\nYou stay focused on mission-aligned outcomes, not distractions or unrelated causes.\n\nIf you’re 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 at nerdy.com.\n\nNerdy’s shareholder letters below explain our latest products and strategy:\n\nQ4-2025 Shareholder Letter\n\nQ3-2025 Shareholder Letter\n\nQ2-2025 Shareholder Letter\n\n \n\nResponsibilities\n\nTechnical Leadership: Serve as the technical point of reference for the squad and broader engineering team, ensuring best practices in frontend architecture, performance optimization, and accessibility standards are upheld.\n\nSolution Design: Lead the design and architectural discussions for frontend systems, making pivotal decisions on frameworks, state management patterns, component architecture, and design systems.\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\nQualifications:\n\nMinimum of 10 years of software engineering experience with at least 7 years focused on frontend development, with a proven track record of working on complex, high-traffic web applications.\n\nExpert-level proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and deep experience with React ecosystem.\n\nExplicit mentoring of senior-level engineers regularly, leading to results.\n\nSignificant experience in AWS-based cloud architecture environments.\n\nIn-depth knowledge of modern software engineering practices, design patterns, and architectures.\n\nExperienced with AI-native tools that enhance productivity and speed (Cursor, Make.com, Supabase, Netlify, Claude Code, n8n, Firecrawl, ChatGPT, Grok, Bolt, Vercel, etc).\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 with exceptional user experiences.\n\nNerdy is an apolitical company focused solely on helping people learn, and we achieve the most when united in this mission.\n\nUnleash Your Potential at Nerdy:\n\nAt Nerdy, you'll earn your success through meritocracy and exceptional outcomes. Our benefits reward performance and initiative:\n\nCompetitive USD Compensation: Enjoy a market-leading rate paid in U.S. dollars.\n\n100% Remote (Home Country Only): Work from anywhere in your home country—no relocation required, no borders crossed.\n\nFlexible Time Off: Our flexible PTO lets you recharge on your own terms and when you need it the most.\n\nLocal Holiday Pay: We honor your nation’s official holidays with paid time off—celebrate what matters to you.\n\nContinuous Learning: Get a free, all-inclusive learning membership for you and your household—including 1-on-1 tutoring hours, unlimited on-demand classes, and access to our full suite of learning products and services.\n\nSupercharge with AI: Gain exclusive access to cutting-edge AI tools that boost your productivity, making you feel almost super-human (cape not included).\n\nFeedback-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.\n\nMake a Global Impact: Your expertise fuels an innovative platform used by learners around the world—be part of something transformative.\n\nThe Bottom Line:\n\nIf you're driven by impact, energized by ownership, and excited to help shape what’s next, you’ll thrive here. 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