Senior Security Engineer (Full time contractor - India)
Overview
We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer in India to join our team! The Senior Security Engineer is a hands-on individual contributor who owns security initiatives from idea to production across Nerdy's mixed environment of AWS, Netlify and Supabase. You'll work with a high degree of autonomy: scoping problems, choosing the approach, driving projects to completion, and operating what you ship. You'll partner with Engineering, Product, IT, Legal, and People to protect company assets, support compliance, and enable high-growth business objectives.
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.
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Qualifications:
5+ years in Security Engineering, Cloud Security, or Infrastructure.
Experience securing Netlify, Supabase, or similar modern platform-as-a-service environments.
Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure, IAM, endpoint security, and network security.
Demonstrated ability to build maintainable python services and API integrations, including validation, error handling, tests, and git-based review with documentation.
Experience using AI tools for security purposes with tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude, or similar.
Solid understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001), risk, and compliance.
Hands-on experience with threat detection, vulnerability management, and incident response.
Proven track record of independently owning and delivering complex, ambiguous projects from start to finish.
Ability to influence engineering and product teams and drive security adoption without formal authority.
Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain technical risk to non-technical stakeholders.
Bachelor’s in CS, Information Security, or related field (advanced degree/certs preferred).
Responsibilities:
Own security projects end to end, from scoping and design through implementation, rollout, and ongoing operation, with minimal oversight.
Design and implement secure, scalable, and resilient architecture across AWS, Netlify, and Supabase.
Build and operate threat detection, logging, and monitoring, and serve as a primary responder in security incidents, including investigation, containment, and post-incident review.
Run vulnerability management: triage findings, prioritize by risk, and drive remediation with engineering teams.
Identify and close security gaps created by the rapid adoption of new tools and platforms.
Implement and maintain controls that support regulatory, privacy, and data protection compliance, and contribute evidence and technical input to audits.
Contribute to business continuity and disaster recovery planning by owning specific workstreams such as backup validation, recovery testing, and tabletop exercises.
Use AI-powered tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) to build security guardrails, automate checks, and accelerate security workflows.
Partner with Engineering, Product, Legal, and People teams to embed security controls into how they work, influencing through technical credibility and clear communication.
Evaluate, deploy, and operate security tooling and IT systems, and support vendor security reviews.
Unleash Your Potential at Nerdy:
At Nerdy, you'll 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 country—no 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 nation’s official holidays with paid time off—celebrate what matters to you.
Continuous 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.
Supercharge with AI: Gain exclusive access to cutting-edge AI tools that boost your productivity, making you feel almost super-human (cape not included).
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.
