Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
We're living through a fundamental shift in how people discover, evaluate, and purchase products. The next generation doesn’t respond to traditional marketing. They build relationships with brands through authentic social interactions, seek recommendations from communities they trust, and expect personalized experiences that feel human—not corporate. At Nectar, we're building the AI-native social operating system that enables this new era of commerce. Every social interaction should deepen the relationship between brands and their communities while creating genuine value for both sides. Our AI agents listen in real time, surface actionable insights, attribute engagement to revenue, and turn conversations into conversions. Founded by former Meta product and engineering leaders, we work with brands like OLIPOP, Hatch, K18, and Little Spoon. We reached product–market fit last year and are on a rapid growth trajectory — the business has grown 10x over the past year, and we’re scaling the team to keep up with demand. We’re looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer who can help architect and scale the core systems that power Nectar’s platform.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building and operating production software systems
- Experience designing and scaling distributed systems, data infrastructure, or complex production systems
- Proven ability to architect systems and drive technical decisions
- Track record of technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and influencing engineering direction
- Comfort operating in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership
- Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate closely with product and design
- Interest in AI-native engineering workflows and how AI is changing how software gets built
Nice To Haves
- Startup experience strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Architect and scale core systems
- Design and build the systems that ingest and process large volumes of social data from platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn. You'll help architect pipelines that run AI agents on this data in real time and power the analytics and insights our customers rely on.
- Drive technical strategy and architecture
- Lead major technical decisions across the platform. Write design docs, evaluate infrastructure and tooling choices, and establish scalable patterns as our systems and engineering team grow.
- Build systems that scale 10–100x
- Improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across our data and AI pipelines as we onboard more customers and dramatically increase data volume.
- Raise the engineering bar
- Mentor engineers, review system designs and code, and help establish engineering culture, best practices, and operational standards.
- Operate with full ownership
- Senior staff engineers at Nectar operate with broad scope and autonomy. You'll work closely with product and engineering leadership to solve complex problems and ship systems that directly impact customers.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance with 401(k) matching
- On-site with hybrid option after ramp (3d min at Palo Alto office)
- Small, high-impact engineering team where everyone shapes the product and architecture
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
