About the job
About Faire
Faire is a pioneering online wholesale marketplace that champions the belief in localized commerce. Our mission is to empower independent retailers globally, who collectively generate more revenue than giants like Walmart and Amazon, by providing them with the technology, data insights, and machine learning tools they need to thrive. Imagine your favorite local boutique — we connect them with exceptional products from around the world, leveling the playing field against large retail and e-commerce giants. We believe that with the right tools, small businesses can compete effectively in today's market.
By nurturing the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities worldwide. We invite innovative, resourceful, and passionate individuals to join our mission as we lead the shop local movement. If you share our belief in the power of community, we would love to welcome you to ours.
About this Role
Our Engineering organization is responsible for the software that powers our marketplace. The Platform group supports various teams across Faire, including Product Engineering, Data Science, Product Management, Strategy, Analytics, and Finance, ensuring they can perform at their best without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. We empower product engineering teams to develop and operate software with unparalleled speed and quality, emphasizing strong engineering practices, an excellent developer experience, security, testability, ease of maintenance, and scalability to serve millions of users. We are committed to best practices to ensure optimal availability and performance.
This role is ideal for a seasoned technical leader in the data domain, with influence across multiple Platform and Product groups.
Within the Platform group:
- The Data Infrastructure team is tasked with building and managing a secure, reliable, and cost-effective platform for data ingestion, storage, compute, orchestration, and governance.
- The Analytics Platform team focuses on creating effective data warehousing capabilities, essential data assets, and tools designed to expedite data-driven analytics, with a goal of minimizing the time from data acquisition to insights.
Additionally, this role involves influencing and collaborating with all data and analytics functions at Faire. The Product Analytics Engineering (PAE) function enables domain...

