Member of Technical Staff

The role

You will architect and scale core systems that ingest and process large volumes of social data. You will design data pipelines for AI agents and lead major technical decisions across the platform.

What you will do

• 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 help raise the engineering bar across the team
• Work closely with product and engineering leadership to solve complex technical problems and deliver impactful systems

Required 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
• 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

Nice to have

• 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

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and early equity
• Health, vision, and dental benefits
• 401(k) match
• ClassPass membership for fitness and wellness classes
• $1,000/month housing stipend for living near the office
• $50/month mobile stipend
• Commuter benefits (train stipend or Palo Alto parking reimbursement)
• Free lunch in the office
• Clear career growth opportunities

About the company

Nectar is building an AI-native social operating system for a new era of commerce. Founded by ex-Meta product and engineering leaders, the company has raised over $30M in total capital.