Senior Engineering Manager - Discovery

Faire
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Mentoring","Collaboration"]

Lead and shape the Discovery Experience team building fast, relevant, AI-powered search and discovery features for retailers. Partner with product, design, and ML to drive low-latency, high-scale systems, mentor engineers, and align technical direction with Faire’s growth strategy and marketplace priorities.

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3 months ago

Senior Engineering Manager - Discovery

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Job Summary

Lead and shape the Discovery Experience team building fast, relevant, AI-powered search and discovery features for retailers. Partner with product, design, and ML to drive low-latency, high-scale systems, mentor engineers, and align technical direction with Faire’s growth strategy and marketplace priorities.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and execute the technical vision for Faire's discovery experience, spanning search UX, recommendations, and AI-powered discovery.
  • •Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers focused on the retailer-facing discovery surface.
  • •Drive the integration of AI/LLM-powered capabilities into the discovery experience, from natural language search to personalized results.
  • •Partner with product and design to raise the bar on search UX, ensuring an intuitive and accessible experience for retailers.
  • •Enable rapid experimentation across discovery surfaces, iterating on ranking, surfacing, and personalization with ML teams.

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of experience in engineering roles, with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership positions.
  • •Demonstrated experience working on search, discovery, recommendations, or related product domains.
  • •Hands-on familiarity with AI and ML-powered product development, including experience integrating or shipping LLM-based features, semantic search, or personalization systems.
  • •Strong product sensibility and communication skills, with the ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical direction.
  • •Experience driving cross-functional initiatives and aligning engineering roadmaps with product and business priorities.
Experience:8+ yearsSearchDiscoveryAIMLEcommerce
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationMentoringCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:LLMSemantic searchMachine learningAPIs

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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