# Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure at Nectar Social

- Company: Nectar Social
- What the company does: Nectar is your AI-powered social teammate: managing communities, listening in real time, and tracking influencers to turn engagement into measurable growth. Backed by GV and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.nectarsocial.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nectar-social/15c13af5-b0bc-4144-aa67-42f1e2cbc8f4
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/nectar-social-senior-software-engineer-infrastructure/

## About the role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure to own the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of the production systems that power Nectar's platform. We run high-volume data ingestion pipelines and real-time AI agents on top of a fast-growing customer base, and we need a seasoned SRE to help us scale these systems safely and keep them running flawlessly.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of experience operating production systems as an SRE, infrastructure, or platform engineer
- Experience scaling databases, data infrastructure, or complex production platforms under significant load
- Hands-on expertise with cloud infrastructure (AWS or similar) and infrastructure-as-code tooling
- Solid programming skills for building automation, tooling, and operational services
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership and autonomy
- A reliability-first mindset balanced with pragmatism about velocity and cost

Tags: Engineering
