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Faire

Staff Backend Engineer - Search FX (Discovery Experience)

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about 3 hours ago
Toronto, Canada
Staff+

Base Salary

$191k - $262k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define the end-to-end architecture for Faire's search and discovery experience.
  • Integrate LLM-powered capabilities into the product.
  • Build high-scale, low-latency systems for product navigation.
  • Collaborate with Data Science, Product, and Design teams on ranking models.
  • Mentor team members and foster a culture of engineering excellence.
  • Lead the design of composable grids and intent-aware routing.
  • Leverage LLMs to improve query understanding accuracy.
  • Drive initiatives to increase retrieval candidates while maintaining latency.
  • Develop AI-driven features to enhance search sessions.
  • Ensure reliability and observability of the search funnel.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 3+ years as a technical leader on complex projects.
  • Strong user-first mindset with the ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.
  • Experience with machine learning and gen-AI systems in search.
  • Knowledge of search/query processing frameworks like Elasticsearch.
  • Strong programming skills in Kotlin or Java.
  • Ability to contribute to team strategy and influence organizational roadmap.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year.
  • Equity and benefits eligibility.
  • Opportunity to work in a mission-driven company focused on empowering entrepreneurs.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAWSBuildkiteDatadogElasticsearchJavaKotlinKubernetesRedis

Categories

AI & MLBackend