Senior Backend Engineer, Faire
Ads
$156-214.5k
+ Equity
More information about location
2 days a week in office
Online wholesale marketplace
Be an early applicant
Online wholesale marketplace
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$156-214.5k
+ Equity
More information about location
2 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower entrepreneurs around the world to chase their dreams.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 5+ years in backend systems, including 2+ years working on large-scale ad delivery, auction mechanics, retrieval/ranking pipelines, or pricing optimization systems
- Technical Depth: Proficiency in Kotlin, Java, or similar object-oriented languages; comfort with distributed systems, service design, and performance optimization
- Data Fluency: Experience integrating with ML-driven decision systems, experimentation frameworks, or real-time data pipelines
- Collaboration: Strong communication skills and a track record of partnering with cross-functional stakeholders, from DS to PM, to deliver complex systems
- Mindset: Curiosity and a drive to understand complex market dynamics; passion for applying data and algorithms to real-world business problems
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience
What the job involves
- Faire’s Ads teams are building the next generation of marketplace intelligence — powering personalized discovery and efficient ad delivery for our brands and retailers. Our systems connect the right products with the right buyers through intelligent pricing, auction mechanisms, and large-scale retrieval and ranking pipelines
- As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll take ownership of the core algorithms and infrastructure that shape the way our ads and search systems decide what to show, to whom, and at what price. You’ll collaborate closely with Data Science and Infrastructure teams to improve our marketplace’s economic efficiency and customer experience at scale
- This role offers a rare opportunity to shape both product and technical direction in a fast-moving, high-impact area at Faire
- Design and evolve large-scale retrieval, ranking, and pricing systems to optimize relevance, performance, and marketplace efficiency
- Develop auction-based delivery systems and scoring pipelines that balance advertiser ROI with retailer experience
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Science, Search Infrastructure, and Ads Analytics teams to prototype, evaluate, and productionize machine learning models
- Own critical services within our Kotlin-based backend, driving reliability, scalability, and low-latency performance across billions of ad and search events
- Measure and iterate on system performance, using experimentation and analytics to guide continuous improvement
- Mentor engineers and contribute to team best practices in design reviews, performance tuning, and system architecture
- Technologies We Use and Teach:
- Kotlin, Java, Python
- JUnit, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey
- HTTP, JSON, Protocol Buffers
- MySQL, CockroachDB, Elasticsearch
- AWS
Application process
- Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date
Our take
Faire is a company that helps retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores, pairing independent brands with retailers. The company connects two million retailers globally to tens 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 10 rounds)
May 2022
$416m
SERIES G
Nov 2021
$400m
SERIES G
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare
- All of our offices have been designed with local in mind—from our architects to our coffee blends
- Paid vacation time, holidays, and company-wide “Faire Fundays.”
- Including a monthly credit toward your wellness-related programs
- Generous parental and family leave, as well as fertility support benefits
- Including free access to Modern Health therapists and resources
- Faire will match up to US$250 of your charitable donations, every year
- 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
Leadership
Max Rhodes
(CEO)Was previously an Advisor at Blunt Umbrellas and Director of Consumer Product at Square.
Daniele Perito
(Advisor)Former Director of Security and Risk Engineering at Square, prior to co-founding Faire.
Marcelo Cortes
(CTO)Previously a Senior Software Engineer at Google. Before that, co-founded FreePoint Inc.
Jeff Kolovson
(COO)Was Operations Lead at Square. Before that was a Business Analust for McKinsey and Co.
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