Senior Client Platform Engineer, Faire
$174.5-240k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Online wholesale marketplace for retailers & brands
Be an early applicant
Online wholesale marketplace for retailers & brands
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$174.5-240k
+ Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower brands and retailers to strengthen the unique character of local communities.
Role
Who you are
- Have a keen eye for security best practices running a growing, mixed fleet of global endpoints
- Experience developing and deploying device trust
- Knowledge of EDR best practices and triage
- Exceptional customer service skills as you will be a point of escalation for the IT Operations team
- 5+ years managing a large distributed fleet of macOS and Windows devices
- Hands on experience with an enterprise MDM such as Workspace ONE, Jamf, or Fleet
- Proficiency in a shell (bash/zsh) and a scripting language (Ruby, Python, Golang)
- Experience managing endpoints or servers at scale using code-based configuration management such as Chef, Ansible, Puppet, or SaltStack
- Good understanding of Zero Trust or Beyond Corp concepts
- Comfortable with complex projects and able to build proof of concepts quickly
- Understands the importance of security, compliance, and privacy when working with personal data
- Experience using AI coding assistants (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) to build and maintain automation at scale
- Familiarity with the security considerations of AI tools/agents on managed endpoints (or willingness to build this expertise)
What the job involves
- Our Client Platform Engineering team is responsible for the lifecycle and security of corporate endpoints. We support macOS, Windows, Chrome OS, iOS, and Android platforms
- You will work cross-functionally to develop the best endpoint experience for Faire employees while providing world-class support as an escalation liaison for the IT Operations team
- We care about good engineering practices that are secure, tested, and easy to maintain that can scale to thousands of users. As AI tools become part of daily workflows, you'll also help define how we deploy, secure, and govern them across the fleet
- Design, build, and maintain automations across our endpoint management tech stack
- Own patching, OS upgrade campaigns, and application packaging and deployment
- Work closely with partner teams to design the best employee endpoint experience
- Document, teach, communicate, and reinforce procedures and best practices for the IT Team and offer technical mentorship and troubleshooting assistance to junior team members
- Set MDM controls and security posture for AI tools and agents on endpoints
- Evaluate and roll out AI-powered IT tooling, and use AI-assisted automation to accelerate scripting, config management, and troubleshooting
- Leverage AI-assisted automation to accelerate scripting, config management, and troubleshooting workflows
Our take
Faire is helping retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores, pairing independent brands with retailers. The company connects over 500,000 retailers globally to hundreds of thousands of brands across the globe.
In addition to a large catalog, the company attracts smaller retailers by offering net 60-day terms and free returns to boost confident buying at unpredictable times. Faire has seen impressive growth, reporting 300% year-on-year volume growth and a valuation of over $12.6B following its most recent tranche of funding from Shopify.
This investment is funding its continuing expansion into European and Australian markets, while accelerating product development, focusing on its OS for wholesale. It is also hiring talent globally as it takes aim at becoming a kind of Amazon for local and indie brands that want to sell globally.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
109% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
May 2022
$416m
SERIES G
Nov 2021
$400m
SERIES G
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare: Including Health, Dental, Vision and Disability for all our locations.
- Time off: Paid time off, holidays and company-wide "Faire Fundays".
- Parental leave: Generous parental and family leave, as well as fertility support benefits.
- Productivity support: Monthly stipends to help cover work from home connectivity needs.
- Annual learning grant: For personal and professional development, as well as unlimited access to training courses through LinkedIn Learning.
- Thoughtfully designed spaces: All of our offices have been designed with local in mind – from our architects to our coffee blends.
- Fitness and well-being benefits: Including monthly credit towards your wellness-related programmes.
- Mental health benefits: Including free access to Modern Health therapists and resources.
- Charitable matching: Faire will match up to £250 of your charity donations, every year.
- Career planning: Whether you want to grow as a leader, hone your craft or explore a new discipline, our career framework allows space for you to explore.
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Rhodes
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Advisor at Blunt Umbrellas and a Director of Consumer Product at Square.
Marcelo Cortes
(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)Previously a Senior Software Engineer at Google. Prior to that, they co-founded FreePoint Inc.
Jeff Kolovson
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously an Operations Lead at Square. Prior to that, they were a Business Analyst for McKinsey and Co.
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