Staff Software Engineer

About the Company

Nectar is building the AI-native social operating system that enables a new era of commerce. Founded by ex-Meta product and engineering leaders, we help brands build authentic relationships with their communities through real-time AI insights and conversational commerce.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend systems to ingest and process large volumes of social data from platforms like Instagram, TikTok, X, and LinkedIn
• Develop resilient integrations with third-party APIs and optimize infrastructure for AI workloads
• Build AI-powered product experiences including conversation inboxes and AI-suggested replies
• Improve shared components, design systems, and frontend architecture
• Write architecture documents and guide infrastructure, tooling, and frontend decisions
• Mentor engineers and contribute to building a strong engineering culture

Requirements

• Strong engineering experience designing, building, and operating production systems (backend, frontend, or full-stack)
• Deep understanding of system design, distributed systems, and scalable architecture
• Experience building reliable data pipelines or complex, data-rich web applications using React
• Strong user empathy and product intuition
• Experience mentoring engineers and shaping engineering culture
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with high-scale data pipelines or real-time data processing
• Experience building AI-powered user interfaces or LLM-integrated features
• Experience building analytics dashboards or data-heavy interfaces
• Experience integrating AI/ML systems into production environments
• Previous experience at an early-stage or rapidly scaling startup