Join Faire as a Senior Product Engineer to enhance our payment systems and improve retailer experiences.
Posted by employer 16 hours ago
First seen on Joblaze 8 hours ago
Last verified on the company career page 7 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
What you'll build
- Own critical services in Kotlin-based payments and backend systems
- Collaborate with Product and Design to improve retailer-facing experience
- Partner with Risk and Data Science to integrate eligibility signals
- Measure and iterate on program performance using experimentation
- Mentor engineers and help set the bar for design reviews
Must have
- 5+ years in backend systems
- Proficiency in Kotlin or similar object-oriented languages
- Strong grounding in distributed systems
- Comfort designing systems where correctness matters
- Strong communication skills
Nice to have
- Experience in payments, credit, or lending
- Experience partnering with Risk and Data Science
Practical constraints
- Hybrid employees go into the office 3 days per week
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Product Engineer will manage essential services within Faire's Kotlin-based payment systems, focusing on features like KYB/KYC verification and credit limit calculations. The position requires strong backend development skills, particularly in Kotlin, along with experience in payments or lending systems. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in distributed systems and a collaborative mindset, making them well-suited for a senior engineering role in a fast-paced environment. Faire's commitment to local retail and community support underlines the importance of this position.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze September 23, 2026. Last confirmed on Faire's careers page September 23, 2026.
- Starts above 68% of 28 comparable senior backend roles in Canada that list AWS we track (median $108,843 across 10 companies). See AWS salary trends
- AWS appears in 43.1% of 65 comparable senior backend roles in Canada; JUnit appears in 1.5% of 65 comparable senior backend roles in Canada.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Product Engineer - Value role remote?
- It's hybrid — Faire expects some on-site time in Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON.
- What's the salary range?
- Faire lists CAD 156,000–CAD 214,500 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Product Engineer - Value role.
- Where is the role based?
- Faire is hiring for this position in Kitchener-Waterloo, ON; Toronto, ON.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, CockroachDB, DynamoDB, Guice, HTTP, Hibernate.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Faire targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Product Engineer - Value role at Faire.
From the original posting
About Faire
About this role
Faire Pay is Faire's own payment method for retailers - think of it like a Faire-specific credit card - giving retailers discounts, payment flexibility, and predictable due dates on their wholesale purchases. Instead of paying for every order separately, retailers on Faire Pay get a single monthly statement, a transparent path to more time to pay when they need it, and savings on every order. We’re building a compelling reason for retailers to keep coming back to Faire, while managing real credit risk responsibly.
As a Senior Engineer (L4), you'll collaborate with us to:
- Own critical services in our Kotlin-based payments and backend systems that power Faire Pay — KYB/KYC verification and third-party integrations, credit limits, monthly statements, interest and fee calculation — with an emphasis on performance, accuracy, and compliance
- Collaborate with Product and Design to improve the retailer-facing experience, from enrollment and checkout through statements and repayment
- Partner with Risk and Data Science to integrate eligibility, underwriting, and limit-assignment signals, keeping those pipelines reliable as the product evolves
- Measure and iterate on program performance using experimentation and analytics, driving adoption and healthy repayment behavior
- Mentor engineers and help set the bar for design reviews, testing, and operational excellence on a system that moves real money
Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years in backend systems; experience in payments, credit, or lending is a strong plus
- Technical Depth: Proficiency in Kotlin or similar object-oriented languages; strong grounding in distributed systems, service design, and data consistency
- Precision & Compliance: Comfort designing systems where correctness, auditability, and compliance matter
- Collaboration: Strong communication skills and a track record of partnering cross-functionally
- Data Fluency: Experience partnering with Risk and Data Science on risk models, underwriting pipelines, or experimentation frameworks
- Mindset: Curiosity about financial products and a drive to balance a great retailer experience with sound risk management
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
Technologies We Use and Teach
- Kotlin, Java
- JUnit, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey
- HTTP, JSON, Protocol Buffers
- MySQL, CockroachDB, DynamoDB
- AWS
Salary range
Canada: the pay range for this role is $156,000 - $214,500 per year.
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.
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