Engineering Manager

Nectar Group

Engineering Manager leading AI-native product development at Nectar Social. Responsible for team growth, product direction, and engineering quality in a dynamic startup environment.

Posted 7/23/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $240,000 - $400,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing and developing engineering teams while driving product strategy through collaboration with product and design. Possesses a technical background to engage in architectural discussions and ensure high-quality delivery in a fast-paced environment.

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Team ManagementProduct StrategyTechnical ArchitectureCross-Functional CollaborationAgile Methodologies

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringArchitecture DesignSprint PlanningIncident ResponseOperational Excellence

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationMentorshipTrust BuildingBias Toward Action

Industry Keywords

Customer OutcomesAI ImpactHigh-Performing TeamsStartup Environment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and grow a team of engineers, providing regular feedback, career development, and mentorship
Partner closely with product and design to define what gets built, not just how it gets built. Bring your own perspective on user problems, scope, and sequencing
Sit in customer calls regularly to build direct intuition for how social and brand teams work and where the product falls short
Own planning and delivery for your team's product area, balancing speed, quality, and impact
Drive technical quality across your team's systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and sound architecture decisions
Contribute to product strategy by identifying patterns across customer feedback, usage data, and engineering insight that product alone might miss
Establish and refine engineering processes including sprint planning, on-call, incident response, and operational excellence
Contribute to hiring by sourcing, interviewing, and closing strong engineering talent

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience managing a team of software engineers, with a track record of developing talent and building high-performing teams
Strong product instincts. You form opinions about what should get built, push back on specs that don't make sense, and think in terms of customer outcomes, not just tickets
Technical background strong enough to engage in architecture discussions, review designs, and make sound tradeoffs
Experience working closely with product and design, ideally in environments where the lines between functions were blurry
A bias toward action and comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with ambiguity and shifting priorities
Clear, direct communication style and the ability to build trust across functions
Interest in how AI is changing both the products we build and the way engineering teams work

Benefits

Comp & perks

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