Member of Technical Staff

Nectar • Palo Alto, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Nectar is building an AI-native social operating system for commerce, helping brands build relationships with their communities through social interactions and personalized experiences. Founded by former Meta product and engineering leaders, the company has raised over $30 million and works with brands including Oura Health, Caraway, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Kosas, and OLIPOP.

The Member of Technical Staff will help architect and scale the core systems that power Nectar’s platform. The role focuses on infrastructure for ingesting, processing, and analyzing large volumes of social data, while enabling AI agents to operate on that data in real time. It combines hands-on technical execution with architectural leadership, helping define how systems evolve as the company scales its customers, data volume, and product capabilities.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience building and operating production software systems.
• Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems, data infrastructure, or complex production platforms.
• Proven ability to architect systems and drive major technical decisions.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering direction.
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with high ownership and autonomy.
• Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate closely with product and design teams.
• Interest in AI-native engineering workflows and how AI is transforming software development.

Nice To Haves

• Startup experience building early-stage or rapidly scaling products.
• Experience with large-scale data pipelines or real-time analytics systems.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure and developer tooling such as AWS, Pulumi, Postgres, ClickHouse, or similar technologies.
• Experience integrating AI or machine learning systems into production platforms.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale core systems that ingest and process large volumes of social data from platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn.
• Design data pipelines that power AI agents and real-time analytics for customers.
• Lead major technical decisions across the platform, write design documents, and establish scalable architecture patterns.
• Improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across data and AI infrastructure as the platform scales.
• Mentor engineers and review system designs and code to raise the engineering bar across the team.
• Work closely with product and engineering leadership to solve complex technical problems and deliver impactful systems.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and early equity.
• Health, vision, and dental benefits, plus a 401(k) match.
• ClassPass membership for fitness and wellness classes.
• Hybrid schedule: 4 days in the office, plus 3 remote flex days per quarter after the first 3 months.
• $1,000 per month housing stipend for living near the office.
• $50 per month mobile stipend.
• Commuter benefits, including a train stipend or Palo Alto parking reimbursement.
• Free lunch in the office.
• Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed