Senior Software Engineer

Nectar Social; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and early equity

Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match

Free lunch

Job summary

A leading social commerce company is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to architect and scale systems that process large volumes of social data from platforms like Instagram and TikTok. The role demands 5+ years of experience in software systems and strong skills in designing distributed architectures. Competitive compensation ranges from $200K to $250K, along with comprehensive benefits. Join a collaborative team dedicated to shaping AI-native marketing infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production software systems.
• Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems, data infrastructure, or complex production platforms.
• Proven ability to architect systems and drive major technical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale core systems that ingest and process large volumes of social data.
• Design data pipelines that power AI agents and real-time analytics.
• Lead technical decisions across the platform.

Skills

Building and operating production software systems

Designing and scaling distributed systems

Architecting systems

Mentoring engineers

Collaborating with product and design teams

Tools

AWS

Postgres

ClickHouse

Job description

About Nectar Social We're building the AI-native social operating system that enables the 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.

The Role

Senior Software Engineer to help architect and scale the core systems that power Nectar's platform. You will work on the infrastructure that ingests, processes, and analyzes large volumes of social data while enabling AI agents to operate on that data in real time. This role combines deep technical execution with architectural leadership. You will help define how our systems evolve as we scale customers, data volume, and product capabilities.

What You\'ll Be Doing

• Architect and scale the 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 used by our customers
• Lead major technical decisions across the platform, writing design docs and establishing scalable architecture patterns
• Improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across our data and AI infrastructure as the platform scales
• Mentor engineers and review system designs and code to raise the engineering bar across the team
• Work closely with product and engineering leadership to solve complex technical problems and deliver impactful systems

What We\'re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production software systems
• Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems, data infrastructure, or complex production platforms
• Proven ability to architect systems and drive major technical decisions
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering direction
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership and autonomy
• Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate closely with product and design teams
• Interest in AI-native engineering workflows and how AI is transforming software development

Bonus Points

• Startup experience building early-stage or rapidly scaling products
• 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
• Experience integrating AI or machine learning systems into production platforms

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation and early equity
• Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
• Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales
• Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
• Deep exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling and the opportunity to shape how brands use it
• A collaborative, ambitious team defining a new category of AI-native marketing infrastructure

Compensation Range: $200K - $250K