Join Faire as a Product Engineer to build features that empower local independent retailers and brands.
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
You want to experiment with the best AI productivity tools on the market to help accelerate customer impact.
Requirements
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Product Engineer within the Brand pillar at Faire, the individual will focus on developing and enhancing features that facilitate high-quality product listings for independent retailers. Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or JavaScript, along with familiarity in web technologies like React and Next.js, is essential for success in this position. This role is ideal for someone with a couple of years of experience who is entrepreneurial and data-driven, eager to leverage technology to support local businesses. Faire's commitment to innovation and community engagement makes it a dynamic environment for growth.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Faire's career page.
- Faire has 72 other open roles including Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Retailer Growth, Senior Manager, Global Equity, Strategic Finance Lead, Value.
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- Salary band is below the typical range for Fullstack roles (median ~$160,819).
- Pays more than 5% of the 694 salaried AWS roles we track (median $174,458).
Quick facts
- Is the Product Engineer - Brand - Fullstack, Backend or Frontend role remote?
- It's hybrid — Faire expects some on-site time in San Francisco, United States.
- What's the salary range?
- Faire lists CAD 129,500–CAD 178,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Product Engineer - Brand - Fullstack, Backend or Frontend role.
- Where is the role based?
- Faire is hiring for this position in San Francisco, United States.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: TypeScript, AWS, JavaScript, MySQL, Next.js, Java.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Faire targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Product Engineer - Brand - Fullstack, Backend or Frontend role at Faire.
From the original posting
About Faire
Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively represent a multi-hundred-billion-dollar wholesale market that has historically been fragmented and offline. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so businesses can grow and local communities can thrive.
We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.
About the role:
Our mission in the Brand pillar is to make it easy for Brands to create high-quality product listings on Faire, keep them up to date, and get them in front of retailers. Having access to well-curated catalogs of products lets Main Street retailers compete with big-box stores and we’re responsible for the first step in that journey.
As a Product Engineer on the Brand pillar, you will be responsible for planning and building features end-to-end, working alongside product, design, and data to achieve our mission.
You’re excited about this role because…
- You are excited about learning how our customers' businesses work, and what they need in order to succeed
- You are entrepreneurial and data-driven, with a strong product sense
- You effectively balance your excitement for building features with a focus on the long-term maintainability of those features
- You want to use technology to help your local independent retailers and brands succeed
- You want to experiment with the best AI productivity tools on the market to help accelerate customer impact
What you'll do:
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and marketing to contribute significantly to the success of the business or the engineering platform
- Identify and capitalize on new opportunities, overseeing complex multi-phase projects across multiple teams and platforms from concept to implementation
- Build features across multiple stacks, potentially including Backend, Frontend, and Mobile
- Optimize web applications for peak performance and scalability, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, fast, and scalable code
- Mentor fellow engineers on both technical and product judgement
Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience
- Proficient in at least one of Java, Kotlin, or JavaScript.
- Comfortable in agentic coding tools
- Familiar with HTML, CSS, Typescript, and frameworks/libraries like React, Next.js, etc.
- Experience driving product improvements end to end, including deciding what problems are worth solving and how to solve them
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent industry experience
- A love for technology, and an insatiable curiosity for new tools to solve real problems
Technologies we use and teach:
- Kotlin, Java, Javascript
- JUnit, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey
- React, NextJS
- HTTP, JSON, and Protocol Buffers
- MySQL, CockroachDB
- AWS
Salary range:
Canada: the pay range for this role is $129,500 - $178,000 per year.
This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.
Why you’ll love working at Faire
- Move fast: You'll own meaningful problems that serve customers around the globe with the agency to move fast and see your results clearly.
- Equipped to scale: We invest in what matters, including the latest enterprise AI tools, to help you work smarter and get more out of every day.
- Best in class: Our team is full of sharp, kind, and generous colleagues who care about their craft and about helping you grow in yours.
- Real rewards. Competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits designed to support your life inside and outside of work.
- Belonging: We're intentional about building an environment where every Faire employee has equal access to opportunities, growth, and success.
Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.
Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)
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