Software Engineer II

Nectar • Lehi, UT

23h

About The Position

Nectar is an all-in-one employee recognition and culture platform that helps companies celebrate wins, strengthen connections, and reinforce core values. Ranked as the #1 software company in Utah on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, Nectar is experiencing rapid growth. The company is seeking a Software Engineer to join their team and contribute to shipping meaningful features across the full stack, encompassing backend services, frontend, and all intermediate layers of the product.

Requirements

• Practical experience coding with LLM tools (plan mode, agentic workflows, prompt engineering).
• Understanding where LLMs accelerate your work and where they fall short (hallucinations, context limits, and knowing when to trust the output and when to override it).
• Strong Node.js and Express.js experience.
• PostgreSQL — writing efficient queries, indexing, and schema design.
• RESTful API design and integration with third-party APIs.
• Backend security awareness and familiarity with penetration testing concepts.
• Unit and integration testing.
• Proficiency with Vue, Typescript, and SCSS.
• Strong JavaScript/Typescript fundamentals.
• Experience with Nuxt.js.
• Understanding of responsive design, CSS custom properties.
• Exposure to DevOps practices — CI/CD pipelines, deployment, monitoring, or infrastructure basics.

Responsibilities

• Writing, reviewing, and shipping code using LLM tools as a core part of your workflow, including prompting effectively, evaluating generated output critically, and owning every line that goes into production.
• Building, testing, and maintaining RESTful APIs and backend services.
• Writing and optimizing PostgreSQL queries for performance and reliability.
• Implementing layouts, styling, and UI components with attention to responsive design and CSS architecture.
• Managing frontend navigation, tracking, and data flow between views.
• Contributing to PWA capabilities including service worker configuration, caching strategies, and offline behavior.
• Writing clear documentation, maintaining organized codebases, and participating in code reviews.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees