Staff Backend Engineer, Faire
CA$184-253k
Offers equity
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
Online wholesale marketplace
Job no longer available
Online wholesale marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$184-253k
Offers equity
More information about location
2-3 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
- You enjoy solving challenging engineering problems related to speed, developer efficiency, and scalable architecture
- You’re experienced working with a variety of cross-functional partners, managing expectations on timelines and scope, while bringing high priority projects from 0 to 1
- You want to be responsible for long-term technical planning across a number of teams
- You’re interested in experimenting with using AI tooling to significantly improve how we drive large-scale refactors and restructures of our code base
- Experience in solving complex scaling and latency problems
- Strong programming skills, including experience with the following
- Kotlin, Java 16
- JUnit, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey
- Relational Databases
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across functions, teams, and seniority levels
- Experience in developing strategy and roadmap, and in leading execution autonomously
What the job involves
- As a Staff Backend Engineer in the Value pillar, you'll be instrumental in accelerating product development and platform reliability
- Your initial focus will be extracting key retailer data from our monolithic codebase into dedicated services, significantly increasing developer velocity
- You'll also partner closely with engineers on our new fulfillment program for Brands
- You'll lead both project planning and hands-on execution, supported by a diverse team of experienced and newly hired engineers, offering a strong balance of product context and fresh perspectives
- Identify new opportunities for our eng-org, overseeing complex multi-phase projects across multiple teams and platforms from concept all the way to implementation
- Optimize backend systems for peak performance and scalability, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, fast, and scalable code
- Develop a strong point of view on how services and data should be organized at Faire in order to support both engineering velocity and website speed
- Mentor fellow engineers, sharing industry best practices in back-end development
Our take
Faire is helping retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores, pairing independent brands with retailers. The company connects two million 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 7 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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