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# Senior Software Engineer

- **Company:** Nerdy Inc.
- **Location:** St. Louis, MO, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Automation of Tests, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Command-Line Interface, Data Structures, Cursor, Linux, Github, PostgreSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Next.js, TypeScript, Web Applications, Claude Code, AWS CodeDeploy, Backend, Information Technology, Nintex, GPT
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/197bfff8-a0ed-4382-846b-3c2a393794f9/senior-software-engineer

## About the Role

* Experience with Javascript and Typescript.
 * Experience with a core Object-Oriented Programming language like Java/C++/C#
 * Familiarity with backend services & technologies is a plus
 * Experience with deployment systems (e.g. GitHub Actions, AWS CodeDeploy).
 * Familiarity with AWS Services (e.g. RDS, Lambda, EC2, et cetera).
 * Familiarity with the Linux operating system and command-line tools.
 * Understanding of OO design, algorithms, and data structures.
 * Aptitude to quickly learn new languages and technologies as necessary.
 * Experience developing websites that are visited by thousands of visitors daily.
 * Experience with enhancing SEO performance.
 * Experienced with AI-native tools that enhance productivity and speed (e.g., Cursor, Make, Supabase, Netlify, Claude Code, n8n, Firecrawl, ChatGPT, Grok, Bolt, Vercel, etc).
 * Understand 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.
 * Computer Science or related degree preferred.
 * Fluent in English.

## Description

From the CEO to day-one hires, everyone builds and ships with generative AI. If you're not wielding AI, you're 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 how you 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 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 .

Nerdy's shareholder letters below explain our latest products and strategy:

 * Q2-2026 Shareholder Update
 * Q1-2026 Shareholder Update
 * Q4-2025 Shareholder Update, * Write performant, maintainable code that is easy to read and well-documented.
 * Write automated tests to thoroughly validate the correctness of your code.
 * Deploy large-scale web applications.
 * Have a focus on quality, and operate iteratively to get from good to better.
 * Be a part of your team's on-call rotation; we all own our code end-to-end from development to deployment to operations.
 * Come ready to learn from some of the best and brightest in the industry.
 * Work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-moving team.
 * Be effective in a team environment working with fellow engineers, product management, and design.