Nectar Social
Senior Software Engineer
Palo Alto, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 134 days ago
Distributed SystemsPostgreSQLAWSMachine LearningData EngineeringAgentic AILeadershipMentoring
About the role
- Architect and scale the core systems that ingest and process large volumes of social data from platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn
- Improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across our data and AI infrastructure as the platform scales
- We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help architect and scale the core systems that power Nectar's platform.
Responsibilities
- Lead major technical decisions across the platform, writing design docs and establishing scalable architecture patterns
- Mentor engineers and review system designs and code to help raise the engineering bar across the team
- Work closely with product and engineering leadership to solve complex technical problems and deliver impactful systems
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building and operating production software systems
- Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems, data infrastructure, or complex production platforms
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering direction
- Experience working 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
Compensation
- Competitive compensation and early equity
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and early equity
- Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
Company info
- 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 Social, we're building the AI-native social operating system that enables this new era of commerce. We believe every social interaction should deepen the relationship between brands and their communities while creating genuine value for both sides.
- Founded by ex-Meta product and engineering leaders, we've raised over $30M in total capital from investors including GV and True Ventures. We work with brands like Oura Health, Caraway, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Kosas, OLIPOP, and many more. We're building the future of social commerce -- where community, conversation, and commerce converge.
- 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 Social, we're building the AI-native social operating system that enables this new era of commerce.
- We believe every social interaction should deepen the relationship between brands and their communities while creating genuine value for both sides.
- Founded by ex-Meta product and engineering leaders, we've raised over $30M in total capital from investors including GV and True Ventures.
- We work with brands like Oura Health, Caraway, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Kosas, OLIPOP, and many more.
- We're building the future of social commerce -- where community, conversation, and commerce converge.
- You'll help define how our systems evolve as we scale customers, data volume, and product capabilities.
- Design data pipelines that power AI agents and real-time analytics used by our customers
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