Staff Software Engineer

Nectar Group

Staff Software Engineer building and scaling Nectar’s AI-native social operating system. Leading backend infrastructure and product interfaces development while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $240,000 - $320,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build backend systems that 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 the infrastructure that powers our AI workloads
Improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across our backend and data pipelines as the platform scales
Build AI-powered product experiences such as conversation inboxes, AI-suggested replies, and summarization of social conversations into actionable insights
Improve shared components, design systems, and frontend architecture to enable faster and higher-quality product development
Optimize performance and reliability across the application as it scales to support thousands of daily users
Collaborate closely with product and design teams to deliver intuitive workflows for brand and marketing teams
Write architecture documents and guide infrastructure, tooling, and frontend decisions across the engineering team
Review technical designs and code from other engineers - providing feedback that raises the quality bar across the team
Mentor engineers and contribute to building strong engineering culture and development practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 on top of external APIs, or building complex, data-rich web applications using React
Strong user empathy and product intuition when designing and building features
Experience mentoring engineers and shaping engineering culture
Curiosity about how AI is changing software development and interest in AI-assisted engineering workflows
Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with high ownership and end-to-end responsibility

Benefits

Comp & perks

Offers Equity
Offers Bonus

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

backend systemsdata pipelinessystem designdistributed systemsscalable architectureReactAPI integrationsAI-powered product developmentperformance optimizationinfrastructure design

Soft Skills

user empathyproduct intuitionmentoringcollaborationcuriosityownershipend-to-end responsibilityfeedback provisionengineering culture buildingcommunication