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title: 'Founding Data Scientist at Nectar'
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# Founding Data Scientist at Nectar

- **Company:** Nectar
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA
- **Compensation:** $200k–$250k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nectar-social/d97fb7f3-227a-4d0f-807e-8edfab627b10

## Job description

## About Us

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. Founded by ex-Meta product and engineering leaders, we've raised over $30M in total capital from investors including GV and True Ventures. We work with brands like Oura Health, Caraway, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Kosas, OLIPOP, and many more. We're building the future of social commerce -- where community, conversation, and commerce converge.

## Role Overview

As our First Dedicated Data Science Hire, you will have massive scope, high ownership, and direct influence on the future of social commerce. You will work directly with our engineering and product teams to translate vast, unstructured datasets, including full-spectrum Reddit networks, Meta creator ecosystems, and campaign data, into core product features and proprietary industry standards.

## Key Responsibilities

- Product-Driven Data Science: Own core analytics features, including building our next-generation Earned Media Value (EMV) metric, multi-touch attribution modeling, and deep commerce platform integrations.
- Data foundations: Partner with Engineering to improve how our data is structured and retrieved, improving the efficiency and value of our reporting.
- Exploratory Analytics & R&D: Develop trend-forecasting algorithms and out-of-the-box analytical models on proprietary dataset architectures.
- Metric Creation: If you have ever wanted to own the metric rather than report on it, this role was designed for you. Define and standardize proprietary Nectar metrics that shape how consumer brands go to market.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product and Software Engineering to translate models into production code without relying on engineering teams to rewrite logic.
- Data Desk Support: Contribute technical leadership to our high-visibility Data Desk initiative, powering public reports cited by the likes of the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Forbes and contributing to data-driven customer acquisition.

## Minimum Qualifications

- Experience: 4–7 years of data science experience
- Education: Bachelor’s in Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
- Technical Skills: Advanced Python proficiency and expert SQL capabilities. Proven software engineering fundamentals with a track record of writing clean, production-ready code.
- Domain Adaptability: High comfort with ambiguity, fast-paced execution, and a rapid learning curve in new domain spaces.
- Written Communication: Exceptional writing skills, with a demonstrated ability to turn complex data and analysis into clear, compelling narratives for non-technical and public-facing audiences.
- Technical Rigor: Strong foundation in Python and SQL, with the capability to write clean, maintainable code independently.
- Technical Writing: Demonstrated ability to turn data analysis into clear, compelling writing for non-technical readers, such as reports, blog posts, or research summaries.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Prior experience in social media ecosystems, influencer platforms, or creator economy tools (e.g., CreatorIQ, Meta).
- Background working with massive, unstructured text, media, or social network data.
- Experience in technical writing for external artifacts (blog posts, reports)

## What We Offer

- Competitive compensation and early equity
- Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
- ClassPass membership for fitness and wellness classes
- $50/month mobile stipend for all employees, and $50/month internet stipend for remote employees

For our Palo Alto Office

- Hybrid schedule: 4 days in office, plus 3 remote flex days per quarter (after your first 3 months)
- Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
- $1,000/month housing stipend for living near the office
- Fully paid for commuter benefits (train stipend or Palo Alto parking reimbursement)

## About Nectar

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nectar builds an AI-powered social operating system that automates community management, social listening, and commerce – turning organic social engagement into measurable revenue.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Startup) – Latest round: $30M Series A (May 2026, per PitchBook); prior seed rounds totaling $12.6M (led by Google Ventures and True Ventures).
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Misbah Uraizee (CEO) and Farah Uraizee (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Social Commerce, Marketing Technology (MarTech), Artificial Intelligence / Agentic Automation
- **Target customers**: B2B – disruptor brands and enterprise ecommerce/retail companies (e.g., e.l.f. Beauty, Liquid Death)
- **Mission/purpose**: To bridge community engagement with revenue, enabling brands to scale authentic relationships through AI agents.

## Products & Services
- **Nectar AI Agents**: Autonomous agents that engage one-on-one across social channels (DMs, comments, threads, stories) – handling replies, product recommendations, giveaways, and opt-ins.
- **Social Listening & Intelligence**: Cross-platform listening that captures 100% of brand chatter (including untagged mentions, video frames, audio) and surfaces trends, sentiment, and buying signals 48 hours faster than legacy tools.
- **Content Intelligence**: Post-level performance analytics, competitive benchmarking, and earned media value (EMV) tracking – all in one dashboard.
- **Influencer & Creator Management**: AI-powered scoring to identify rising creators, track competitor wins, and manage influencer outreach.
- **CRM & Revenue Attribution**: Closed-loop attribution that ties social conversations to sales, LTV, and customer journeys – integrates with Klaviyo, Attentive, and downstream retargeting platforms.
- **Brand Voice Studio**: Customizable tone calibration, approval workflows, and brand-safety guardrails to keep AI interactions on-brand.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metrics**:
  - Total funding: $30M (Series A, May 2026) + $12.6M (prior seed rounds)
  - Attributed $100M in revenue across customer conversations (Menlo Ventures, 2026)
  - 10M+ autonomous conversations per week (up 5x in three months)
  - 50M users engaged across customer brands
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Google Ventures, True Ventures, Menlo Ventures (led Series A); official data partnerships with Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Reddit, X.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew 185.7% YoY (52 employees as of mid-2026)
  - Operating in 6 countries (US, Pakistan, UK, Philippines, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Ukraine)
  - 22 active job postings (up 1000% YoY)
  - Customers include e.l.f. Beauty, Liquid Death – fast-growing disruptor brands

## Competitive Advantages
- **Ex-Meta/Instagram/Twitter founding team** who understand social platforms from the inside.
- **Official API partnerships** with major social networks – enabling real-time access to all conversations, not just tagged mentions.
- **Closed-loop revenue attribution** – a unique ability to tie social interactions directly to purchases, differentiating from pure listening or engagement tools.
- **Brand voice control** with human-in-the-loop validation, ensuring AI agents sound exactly like the brand’s best community manager.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale autonomous community management** – moving from manual moderation to AI-driven, real-time engagement across all channels.
- **Expand enterprise adoption** – targeting large ecommerce and retail brands with SOC 2 Type II compliance, SSO, and role-based access.
- **Deepen integrations** – with CRM, email/SMS marketing (Klaviyo, Attentive), and analytics platforms to close the loop from social signal to purchase.
- **Continue building the "agentic marketing system"** – collapsing the traditional stack of social intelligence, community, influencer, CX, and analytics into one platform.

## Why Work Here
- **Hyper-growth environment**: 185% headcount growth YoY, fresh Series A funding, and a product already at meaningful scale (10M+ conversations/week).
- **Remote-first culture**: Team spans 6 countries (US, Pakistan, UK, Philippines, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Ukraine); strong remote collaboration practices.
- **Engineering-led DNA**: 33% of employees are in technical roles; founders are former Meta/Instagram engineers.
- **Early-stage impact**: Opportunity to shape product and culture from the ground up – 22 open roles across engineering, sales, marketing, and design.
- **Notable perks**: SOC 2 Type II compliance from day one, premium support, and a "brand voice studio" that gives engineers a direct line to customer experience.
- **Career growth**: Fast promotion cycles typical of high-growth startups; alumni have gone to Amazon, True Ventures, and other top tech companies.

## Sources
1. [nectarsocial.com](https://www.nectarsocial.com/)
2. [linkedin.com/company/nectar-ai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nectar-ai)
3. [pitchbook.com/profiles/company/538850-89](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/538850-89)
4. [menlovc.com/perspective/nectar-social-rewriting-the-modern-marketing-playbook](https://menlovc.com/perspective/nectar-social-rewriting-the-modern-marketing-playbook/)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/nectar-social](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nectar-social)

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