Staff Product Engineer

Nectar • Palo Alto, CA

22h • Hybrid

About The Position

We're living through a fundamental shift in how people discover, evaluate, and purchase products. The next generation doesn't respond to traditional marketing. They build relationships with brands through authentic social interactions, seek recommendations from communities they trust, and expect personalized experiences that feel human, not corporate.
At Nectar, we're building the AI-native social operating system that enables this 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. Our AI agents listen in real time, surface actionable insights, attribute engagement to revenue, and turn conversations into conversions.
Founded by ex-Meta product and engineering leaders, we work with brands like OLIPOP, Hatch, K18, Little Spoon, and many more. We hit product-market fit last year and are on a fast growth trajectory — the business has grown 10x in the past year, and we're hiring to keep up with customer demand.

Requirements

• Strong product engineering background with experience building complex, data-rich web applications in React
• Customer empathy — you understand the users of your software deeply to build products that make their work easier
• Desire to mentor engineers and shape engineering culture and process as the company scales
• Belief that AI is changing how software gets built and a desire to establish AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup where you'll wear multiple hats and own problems end-to-end

Responsibilities

• Build AI-powered product experiences: You'll build products like conversation inboxes, AI-suggested replies, and summarization of social conversations into actionable insights.
• Raise the bar on application quality: The app serves thousands of users daily across a wide surface area. You'll improve shared components, establish consistent patterns, and optimize performance so the team can ship more products at a higher quality bar.
• Shape technical direction: Write architecture docs, mentor other engineers, and drive decisions on design systems, performance, and build tools.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful early-stage equity
• Health, dental, and vision insurance with 401(k) matching
• Hybrid work model (Palo Alto office, 3 days/week in-office collaboration)
• No silos - engineers have the freedom to work across our entire product and infrastructure stack, and participate directly in product decisions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed