Integration and Automation Engineer (Full-Time Contractor)
Overview:
Nerdy is looking for an Integration & Automation Engineer to join our remote team in South America! The Integration & Automation Engineer is responsible for designing and scaling automation across Nerdy’s SaaS platforms—integrating systems, improving service delivery workflows, and enabling visibility and reliability across IT & Security operations.
About Nerdy:
At 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.
We 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.
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 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:
Qualifications:
Required:
3+ years of experience building automations and integrations across SaaS platforms.
Proficiency in Python and REST APIs, with hands-on experience designing orchestration logic and workflow automations.
Experience with integration and event-driven platforms (e.g., GitHub Actions, AWS Lambda) for scalable, reusable automation.
Familiarity with configuration-as-code principles and structured data formats (e.g., JSON, YAML, logs, metrics).
Systems-thinking approach—ability to design resilient automations with observability and fault tolerance.
Understanding of secure-by-default design, access control, and audit logging in automated systems.
Strong communication and documentation skills in English, with the ability to work effectively in a remote, async-first environment.
Preferred:
Exposure to metrics pipelines, alerting systems, or dashboards that support automation monitoring.
Experience supporting service workflows such as onboarding, access changes, and compliance automation.
Familiarity with ITSM concepts such as incident, request, and change workflows.
Experience partnering with Security or DevOps teams to align automation with broader system architecture.
Interest in integration architecture, platform engineering, or extensible tooling design.
Responsibilities:
Design and deliver system-level automations that connect workflows and data across IT & Security SaaS tools.
Develop orchestration logic using APIs, Python, GitHub Actions, and event-driven platforms like AWS Lambda.
Build reusable automation modules to improve consistency, reduce manual effort, and scale IT service delivery.
Implement observability practices—logging, metrics, and event tracing—to support troubleshooting and operational visibility.
Define integration patterns and configuration-as-code standards for repeatable and auditable automation.
Monitor automation health and surface actionable metrics to improve performance and reliability.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to convert service requirements into resilient automation architectures.
Contribute to internal libraries, standards, and documentation to scale automation across the environment.
Support the automation you build—investigating issues, responding to escalations, and ensuring ongoing reliability.
Unleash Your Full Potential at Nerdy:
Join our global network - work remotely, earn top-tier U.S. dollar rates, and build the future of learning alongside a high-performing, AI-first team:
Competitive Opportunity: Market-leading compensation, with performance-driven growth opportunities, where results drive rewards.
100% Remote: Work from anywhere in your home country.
Flexible Time Away: Coordinate with your team for planned time off, keeping our global platform running seamlessly.
Continuous Learning: All-access learning membership for you and your household - 1:1 tutoring, unlimited on-demand classes, and full suite access.
Supercharge with AI: Leverage cutting-edge AI tools to move faster, iterate smarter, and build with intention.
Global Impact, Global Community: Collaborate with a wide network of international contractors and help build a platform that is transforming how millions of people around the world learn.
The Bottom Line:
If you're driven by impact, energized by ownership, and excited to help shape what’s next, you’ll thrive here. We move fast, think big, and reward those who deliver. This isn’t a traditional corporate environment - it’s a place to do the most meaningful work of your career.
