Faire

Senior Engineering Manager - Discovery

San Francisco, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$231k-$318kDetected 2 days ago

Machine LearningLLMsA/B TestingLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

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.
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.
You'll help unify retrieval, ranking, personalization, and UX into a cohesive system, while enabling fast experimentation and measurable business impact.

Drive the integration of Algo and AI/LLM-powered capabilities into the discovery experience - from natural language search to intelligent query understanding and personalized results.
Partner with product and design to raise the bar on search UX, ensuring the experience is intuitive, accessible, and optimized for how retailers actually shop.
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.
Have experience building search or discovery products end-to-end, with a strong appreciation for the interplay between UX, relevance, and infrastructure.
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.
Move fast: You'll own meaningful problems that serve customers around the globe with the agency to move fast and see your results clearly.

8+ years of experience in engineering roles, with at least 3+ years in engineering leadership positions.
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.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Demonstrated experience working on search, discovery, recommendations, or related product domains - either on the UX/product side or the relevance/infrastructure side (ideally both).

Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local.
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San Francisco: The salary range for this role is $231,000 - $318,000 per year.
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.
Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year.
The salary range for this role is $231,000 - $318,000 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Define and execute the technical vision for Faire's discovery experience, spanning search UX, recommendations, and AI-powered discovery, ensuring every retailer can effortlessly find what they're looking for.
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers focused on the retailer-facing discovery surface, fostering a culture of craft, ownership, and continuous learning.

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