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Faire

faire.com · B2B · Faire is the platform connecting thousands of brands and retailers worldwide.

72open roles
25new in 30 days
18closed in 30 days
1remote-eligible
acceleratinghiring velocity

What they're building

Search and discovery, including the Compass retailer assistant strong signal

Today: "We make it easy for you to discover new products and connect with brands that make your store stand out." (faire.com)

Roles: Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Search Ranking · Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist - Search · Staff Product Manager, Search Ranking · Senior Engineering Manager - Discovery · Staff Product Engineer - Search FX (Discovery Experience) · Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Compass

Requirements mention: dual encoders · ANN serving · LLM-based query understanding · deep personalization embeddings · agentic AI · OpenAI Agents SDK

Inference: Faire is staffing what its postings call a 'next-generation Search engine' for personalised product feeds. Within the same Discovery pillar it is staffing Compass, described as 'an always-present, context-aware retailer assistant'.

Advertising products and ad formats strong signal

Today: "one of our fastest-growing revenue lines" (Strategy & Operations Senior Associate posting)

Roles: Strategy & Operations Senior Associate · Product Engineer - Ads · Staff Product Engineer - Ads Formats · Senior Product Analytics Engineer - Ads

Requirements mention: ad tech · customer-facing reporting · measurement products · Airflow · DBT

Inference: the four ads roles span go-to-market, brand-facing tools, ad serving and analytics. The Ads Formats posting names video and brand creative as new formats.

Data platform: moving production data to analytics moderate signal

Today: The data behind a marketplace 'connecting thousands of brands and retailers worldwide' (faire.com)

Roles: Staff Data Infrastructure Engineer

Requirements mention: change data capture · streaming ingestion · lakehouse architectures · data contracts · data quality

Inference: the Data Platform group is building pipelines from production databases into analytical stores, with the same Staff role posted for the US and Canada.

In-house marketing systems moderate signal

Today: Retailer and brand acquisition through paid and owned marketing channels (Marketing postings)

Roles: Growth Platform, Marketing Engineer

Requirements mention: AI coding agents · LLMs · React · Next.js

Inference: marketing is building its own self-serve audiences, attribution and landing-page systems. The role description calls these 'systems that marketing does not currently build'.

Security: bot defence and enterprise security strong signal

Today: A public wholesale marketplace and catalog that faces scraping and automated traffic (Bot & Traffic Defence posting)

Roles: Staff Security Engineer - Bot & Traffic Defence · Senior Detection and Response Engineer · Senior Enterprise Security Engineer · Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise AI

Requirements mention: bot detection signals · TLS and HTTP fingerprinting · endpoint detection and response platform · AI governance and security · LLM guardrails

Inference: Faire is hiring for bot and scraping defence (in San Francisco and Canada) and for security controls around its internal AI adoption.

Fulfilled by Faire brand onboarding strong signal

Today: "Fulfilled by Faire, which handles inventory, warehousing, and shipping for brands" (Strategy & Analytics Director posting)

Roles: Brand Operations Lead, Fulfillment · Fulfillment Operations Specialist · Strategy & Analytics Director

Requirements mention: 3PL · warehouse receiving operations · brand onboarding · onboarding enablement

Inference: brand onboarding and inbound roles are being added as Fulfilled by Faire scales. The Brand Operations Lead posting describes it as 'scaling from roughly 1% to 20% of GMV'.

Where the headcount is going

DepartmentOpen
Algorithms & Data16
Engineering12
Marketing7
Strategy & Analytics6
People4
Product4
Brand Partnerships3
Security3
Brand Success Management2
Information Technology2
Customer Support2
Finance2

Algorithms & Data (16 roles) and Engineering (16 roles) are the largest departments among 81 open roles, San Francisco is the top location (30 roles alone), and 5 of London's 7 roles are in Brand Partnerships sales.

Who they need

Seniority: Mostly senior (46 senior, 14 staff, 5 director, 5 manager, 6 mid, 1 principal, 1 VP, 1 junior, 2 intern).

Skills named most: Kotlin, SQL, Python, Java, AWS, machine learning, experimentation, A/B testing, Spark, Airflow, Snowflake, React

Locations: San Francisco, CA alone (30 roles); New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA (20); Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON (13); London, UK (7); 2 remote roles, one tied to Remote - Canada and one to Remote - US.

How to use this

If you're applying: Hiring is speeding up: 35 roles opened in the last 30 days against 14 in the prior 30, and none closed. The Search/Compass, Ads, Data Platform and Security postings carry the most detailed requirement lists, so match your skills to the exact requirements before applying.

If you're selling or recruiting: The deepest hiring is in Algorithms & Data (16) and Engineering (16), and 5 of the 7 London roles are Brand Partnerships sales roles covering DACH, French- and Spanish-speaking markets. The Ads, Fulfilled by Faire and Compass teams are named, active hiring areas to open conversations with. On the finance side, the Director, Global Equity and Head of Finance Systems & Data postings both cite public company readiness, and the Principal Product Manager, Financial Products posting covers Faire Pay, net payment terms and brand financing.

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Open roles (72)

TitleDepartmentLocationPosted
Head of WorkplacePeopleSan Francisco, CA2026-10-23
Europe Strategy & Operations DirectorSalesLondon, UK2026-10-23
Staff Product Manager, IncentivesProductNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-10-23
Brand Success ManagerBrand Success ManagementNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-10-21
AV EngineerInformation TechnologySan Francisco, CA2026-10-19
Senior Software Engineer - Product SecurityEngineeringKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-10-19
Personalization Product LeadProductNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-10-16
Senior HRBP & Strategic Projects LeadPeopleLondon, UK2026-10-14
Head of Paid MarketingMarketingNew York City, NY2026-10-09
Strategy & Operations Senior AssociateStrategy & AnalyticsSan Francisco, CA2026-10-09
Head of Paid MarketingMarketingSan Francisco, CA2026-10-08
Customer Experience Associate (3 Month Fixed-Term Contract)Customer SuccessKitchener-Waterloo, ON2026-10-08
Account ExecutiveBrand PartnershipsNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-10-07
Senior Manager, Global Procurement & SourcingPeopleSan Francisco, CA2026-10-07
Sales EngineerBrand PartnershipsNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-10-06
Applied AI/ML Scientist, Intern - Winter 2027Algorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-10-06
Senior Brand Success Manager - Bilingual (Korean/English)Brand Success ManagementLos Angeles, CA; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-10-05
Staff Security Engineer - Bot & Traffic DefenceSecuritySan Francisco, CA2026-10-05
Staff Data Infrastructure EngineerEngineeringKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-10-01
Staff Data Infrastructure EngineerEngineeringNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-10-01
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Search RankingAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-09-29
Staff Security Engineer - Bot & Traffic DefenceSecurityKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-09-29
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Marketplace QualityAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-09-25
Strategy & Analytics Senior Director, DiscoveryStrategy & AnalyticsNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-09-25
Strategy & Operations Senior AssociateCustomer SupportSan Francisco, CA2026-09-24
Director, Global EquityAccountingRemote - US (remote)2026-09-23
Senior Analytics Engineer - Retailer GrowthAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-09-22
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Retailer GrowthAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-09-22
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Listing QualityAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-09-22
Product Engineer - AdsEngineeringToronto, ON2026-09-22
Staff Product Manager, Search RankingProductNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-09-21
Senior Finance Analytics EngineerFinanceNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-09-21
Growth Platform, Marketing EngineerMarketingToronto, ON2026-09-18
Fulfillment Operations SpecialistCustomer SupportChicago, IL2026-09-18
Senior Product Marketing ManagerMarketingSan Francisco, CA2026-09-18
Senior Product Marketing ManagerMarketingNew York City, NY2026-09-18
Growth Platform, Marketing EngineerMarketingNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-09-18
Senior Counsel, Regulatory & ProductLegalSan Francisco, CA2026-09-18
Senior Counsel, Privacy & ProductLegalSan Francisco, CA2026-09-18
Staff Product Engineer - BrandEngineeringKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-09-14
Senior Product Analytics Engineer - AdsAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-09-12
Staff Applied Scientist, LTV ModelingAlgorithms & DataNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-09-11
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Brand GrowthAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-09-11
Strategy & Operations Senior Lead, Brand GrowthStrategy & AnalyticsSan Francisco, CA2026-09-08
Senior Detection and Response EngineerSecuritySan Francisco, CA2026-08-28
Senior Client Platform EngineerInformation TechnologySan Francisco, CA2026-08-28
Global Safety & Security LeaderPeopleSan Francisco, CA2026-08-27
Staff Applied AI/ML ScientistAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2026-08-25
International Strategy and Operations LeadCorporateLondon, UK2026-08-13
Staff Engineer - Experimentation PlatformEngineeringKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-08-07
Staff Engineer - Experimentation PlatformEngineeringSan Francisco, CA2026-08-07
Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist - SearchAlgorithms & DataNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-07-31
Product Engineer - Brand - Fullstack, Backend or FrontendEngineeringKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-07-28
Principal Product Manager, Financial ProductsProductNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-07-13
Strategy & Analytics Lead - Multiple OpeningsStrategy & AnalyticsNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-07-07
Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist - SearchAlgorithms & DataKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-07-02
Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist - SearchAlgorithms & DataNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-07-02
Strategy & Analytics DirectorStrategy & AnalyticsNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-06-29
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Compass Algorithms & DataKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-06-26
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Compass Algorithms & DataNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-06-26
Staff Product Engineer - Ads FormatsEngineeringToronto, ON2026-06-25
Head of Retailer Product MarketingMarketingSan Francisco, CA2026-06-05
Head of Finance Systems & DataFinanceNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-05-28
Senior Engineering Manager - DiscoveryEngineeringSan Francisco, CA2026-05-25
Senior Account Executive Bilingual (German/English)Brand PartnershipsLondon, UK2026-04-27
Staff Product Engineer - Search FX (Discovery Experience)EngineeringNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-04-24
Staff Product Engineer - Search FX (Discovery Experience)EngineeringKitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON2026-04-24
Lead Product DesignerDesignNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-03-02
Staff Product Designer DesignNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-03-02
Strategy & Analytics Senior Lead - Multiple OpeningsStrategy & AnalyticsNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2026-01-29
Senior Technical Recruiter, AI/MLTalentSan Francisco, CA2025-10-21
Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - RetailerAlgorithms & DataSan Francisco, CA2025-04-10