Staff Backend Engineer - Ads Formats

Faire
Toronto, Ontario, New York, San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Kotlin","Java 16","Hibernate","Guice","Jersey","Elasticsearch","FAISS","Redis","DynamoDB","Protocol Buffers","HTTP","JSON","AWS","Kubernetes","Buildkite","Datadog"]

Lead and build high-scale, low-latency backend systems to render premium ad formats across multiple surfaces. Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and other engineering teams to unify creative serving, formats, and rendering, while setting technical direction, driving experiments, and mentoring engineers in a fast-growing ads platform at Faire.

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Staff Backend Engineer - Ads Formats

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Job Summary

Lead and build high-scale, low-latency backend systems to render premium ad formats across multiple surfaces. Partner with Product, Design, Data Science, and other engineering teams to unify creative serving, formats, and rendering, while setting technical direction, driving experiments, and mentoring engineers in a fast-growing ads platform at Faire.
Location: Toronto, Ontario, New York, San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define end-to-end architecture for next-generation ad formats with a unified serving layer that is fast, scalable, and reliable across surfaces and devices.
  • •Design highly automated systems for ad format serving, optimization, and A/B testing to maximize business outcomes.
  • •Build framework-level solutions to accelerate shipping of new formats and deepen understanding of users.
  • •Conceptualize, prototype, and run experiments on new ad format ideas based on market trends and advertiser needs to drive real business impact.
  • •Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Science, and other engineering teams to deliver cohesive, high-impact solutions while maintaining strong ownership and product sense.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityBenefits

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years as a technical leader driving complex, cross-team projects.
Experience:7+ yearsAdvertisingRetail tech
Skills:KotlinJava 16HibernateGuiceJerseyElasticsearchFAISSRedisDynamoDBProtocol BuffersHTTPJSONAWSKubernetesBuildkiteDatadog
Languages:English
Tech Stack:KotlinJavaHibernateGuiceJerseyElasticsearchFAISSRedisDynamoDBProtobufHTTPJSONAWSKubernetesBuildkiteDatadog

Company Brief

Faire
Operates a wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers with emerging and established brands, providing ordering, logistics, and payment solutions to help small businesses discover and stock unique products.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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