Senior Software Engineer

About the Company

Nectar Social is building the AI-native social operating system that enables a new era of commerce. Founded by ex-Meta product and engineering leaders and backed by GV and True Ventures, we work with brands like Oura Health and e.l.f. Cosmetics to converge community, conversation, and commerce.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale core systems that ingest and process large volumes of social data from platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, and LinkedIn
• Design data pipelines that power AI agents and real-time analytics
• Lead major technical decisions, write design docs, and establish scalable architecture patterns
• Improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across data and AI infrastructure
• Mentor engineers and review system designs and code
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to deliver impactful systems

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production software systems
• Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems or data infrastructure
• Proven ability to architect systems and drive major technical decisions
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering direction
• Ability to operate in fast-moving startup environments with high autonomy
• Strong product intuition and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Startup experience building early-stage or rapidly scaling products
• Experience with large-scale data pipelines or real-time analytics systems
• Familiarity with AWS, Pulumi, Postgres, or ClickHouse
• Experience integrating AI or machine learning systems into production platforms

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and early equity
• Health, vision, and dental benefits
• 401(k) match
• Free lunch in Palo Alto