Senior Engineering Manager

Nectar • Palo Alto, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Nectar is seeking a senior engineering leader with a strong product mindset to lead, support, and scale its core engineering teams, including groups focused on customer-facing product development. The role manages software engineers and tech leads building high-throughput systems that ingest large volumes of social data, run real-time AI agents, and deliver insights through analytics and automation. It bridges technical execution, team development, and product strategy, and helps foster a high-performing engineering culture and delivery excellence as the engineering organization grows from approximately 50 people.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of direct people management experience leading software engineering teams.
• A track record of recruiting, onboarding, and developing high-performing engineers and tech leads.
• Ability to align technical execution with product goals, break down complex requirements into milestones, and manage team bandwidth.
• A solid software development background to evaluate architectural designs, guide technical decisions, and maintain high engineering standards.
• Proven experience improving team delivery cadences, code review practices, and incident response processes in fast-paced environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to bridge technical and non-technical discussions across teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing engineering teams in B2B SaaS, social data platforms, developer tools, or marketing technology, or a passion for the social space and helping brands work with creators and connect with communities.
• Familiarity with teams building or deploying AI-powered systems, real-time analytics platforms, or agentic frameworks.
• Familiarity with modern cloud and data stacks such as AWS, TypeScript/React, Postgres, and ClickHouse.
• Experience overseeing engineering teams working across web and native mobile applications.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage, mentor, and grow a team of Software Engineers and Tech Leads.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, support career progression, and foster an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture.
• Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and engineering leadership to translate product roadmaps into executable engineering plans, manage capacity, and ensure predictable project delivery.
• Oversee technical design and code quality, and guide architectural trade-off decisions for high-volume real-time data systems and AI agentic workflows.
• Establish and refine agile practices, sprint planning, and operational processes.
• Track delivery velocity, system reliability, and code quality metrics to continuously improve team performance.
• Collaborate with Customer Success and Sales to understand customer pain points and ensure technical initiatives deliver business value.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to recruit, interview, and onboard engineering talent.

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: four days in the office, plus three remote flex days per quarter after the first three months.
• $1,000/month housing stipend for living near the office.
• $50/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