Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers focused on the retailer-facing discovery surface, fostering a culture of craft, ownership, and continuous learning.
Drive the integration of Algo and AI/LLM-powered capabilities into the discovery
Champion observability and quality across the discovery stack, building the right instrumentation to understand user behavior and proactively improve the experience.
Drive cross-functional collaboration across relevance, ML, infrastructure, and product engineering to deliver cohesive, end-to-end discovery improvements.
Requirements
At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe.
experience in wholesale: one that feels less like a search engine and more like a trusted merchant with an encyclopedic knowledge of what's in stock and what will sell.
In this role, you will partner closely with product, design, and machine learning teams to craft search and discovery experiences that are fast, relevant, and deeply personalized.
You bring a strong point of view on what great search UX looks like, you believe AI is transforming how people find things, and you're excited to build at that frontier.
You will own a critical part of the discovery experience, spanning search, recommendations, and Gen-AI
This role sits at the center of some of Faire’s most important product and technical challenges: building high-scale, low-latency systems that help retailers navigate millions of products with speed, relevance, and trust, while pushing the frontier of AI-powered discovery.
As a leader in Discovery, you will shape not only team execution, but also the longer-term technical and organizational direction of discovery at Faire — influencing strategy across product engineering, ML, and infrastructure.
Enable rapid experimentation across discovery surfaces, working closely with ML teams to iterate on ranking, surfacing, and personalization.
experience building search or discovery products end-to-end, with a strong appreciation for the interplay between UX, relevance, and infrastructure.
Are genuinely excited about AI-powered discovery — you've worked with LLMs, semantic search, or conversational interfaces and believe they're reshaping how people find things.
Have a user-first mindset: you think deeply about search UX, query understanding, and how small UI decisions drive big differences in retailer satisfaction and conversion.
Have a strong background in building and shipping consumer or B2B product features at scale, with
experience collaborating closely with product and design.
Enjoy working across disciplines — with relevance engineers, ML practitioners, product managers, and designers — to deliver experiences that are greater than the sum of their parts.
experience in engineering roles, with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership positions. Demonstrated
experience working on search, discovery, recommendations, or related product domains — either on the UX/product side or the relevance/infrastructure side (ideally both).
Hands-on familiarity with AI and ML-powered product development, including
experience integrating or shipping LLM-based features, semantic search, or personalization systems.
Experience driving cross-functional initiatives and aligning engineering roadmaps with product and business priorities.
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.
Experience
Qualifications: 8+ years of
Benefits
San Francisco: The salary range for this role is $231,000 - $318,000 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.
Real rewards. Competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive
Contact
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Additional details
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.
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: The Discovery
Experience team at Faire sits at the intersection of search, evaluate, and personalization — shaping how retailers find the products they love.
Our mission is to build the most intuitive, intelligent, and delightful discovery
We're looking for an experienced leader to lead our Discovery Experience team.
experience that drives a meaningful share of marketplace engagement, conversion, and retailer success.
You’ll help unify retrieval, ranking, personalization, and UX into a cohesive system, while enabling fast experimentation and measurable business impact. What You'll Do: