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title: 'Senior Software Engineer, Security at Nectar'
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# Senior Software Engineer, Security at Nectar

- **Company:** Nectar
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA
- **Compensation:** $200k–$300k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-06-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/nectar-social/75d16406-04d0-4abe-9258-1087f48dc321

## 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 Social, 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.

## The Role

We're looking for a Senior Software Security Engineer to own security across our enterprise SaaS platform -- from the design of our deployed applications to the compliance programs that earn the trust of large brands. We handle sensitive social and customer data at scale, and our customers expect enterprise-grade security and rigorous proof of it.

As the first Security engineer, you'll have outsized ownership. You'll secure the products we ship, lead the compliance initiatives that unlock enterprise deals, and build the security foundations the rest of the engineering team relies on as we grow.

## What You'll Be Doing

- Own the security of our deployed applications, including threat modeling, secure design reviews, and finding and fixing vulnerabilities across our services and AI infrastructure
- Lead new compliance initiatives (SOC 2, and frameworks like ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA as we scale), establishing the controls, policies, and evidence to back them
- Own the security side of the sales cycle: complete customer security questionnaires, support enterprise security reviews, and act as our expert in vendor assessments
- Build and run our vulnerability management, secrets management, identity and access, and security monitoring practices
- Manage third-party risk and our penetration-testing program

## What We're Looking For

- 5+ years in security engineering, application/product security, or a related role at a software company
- Strong application and cloud security fundamentals; able to reason about the security of real production systems and AI workloads, not just policy
- Hands-on experience leading or operating a compliance program (SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar) end to end
- Solid programming skills to build security tooling and automation, and to work credibly alongside engineers
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership and autonomy

Bonus Points

- Experience establishing a security and compliance function at an early-stage or rapidly scaling SaaS company
- Familiarity with AWS, Pulumi, Postgres, ClickHouse, Turbopuffer, or Temporal

## What We Offer

- Competitive compensation and early equity
- Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
- ClassPass membership for fitness and wellness classes
- Hybrid schedule: 4 days in office, plus 3 remote flex days per quarter (after your first 3 months)
- Comprehensive stipends: $1,000/month housing stipend for living near the office, $50/month mobile stipend, and commuter benefits (train stipend or Palo Alto parking reimbursement)
- Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
- Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales

## 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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