About Faire Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively represent a multi‑hundred‑billion‑dollar wholesale market that has historically been fragmented and offline. At Faire, we’re using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so businesses can grow and local communities can thrive.

Help Build The Engine Behind Faire’s Growth Faire is building the operating system for local retail. Every day, hundreds of thousands of independent retailers and brands rely on Faire to discover products, grow their businesses, and compete with large marketplaces. Growth is a company‑level priority at Faire because every improvement in acquisition, activation, conversion, retention, and expansion directly impacts the success of local entrepreneurs around the world.

We’re hiring a

Staff Software Engineer

to help lead the technical vision and evolution of Faire’s

Growth Platform

– the communication systems, targeting capabilities, experimentation infrastructure and developer tooling that power growth across the company.

This is not just a builder role, you will

set technical direction, shape strategy, and lead complex, cross‑functional initiatives

that accelerate Growth teams across multiple product areas. You’ll partner deeply with Product Engineers to translate ambiguous opportunities into scalable platform systems.

What You’ll Do





Lead the design and evolution of Faire’s Growth Platform capabilities, including communication and messaging infrastructure, targeting systems, developer tooling, and reusable growth primitives

Partner closely with internal platform users to understand pain points, improve developer experience, and create highly usable self‑serve growth tooling

Architect scalable systems that enable teams to rapidly launch, validate, and scale growth initiatives

Build frameworks and abstractions that reduce the cost and complexity of launching new growth initiatives

Influence product and business strategy through deep technical insight and a solid understanding of growth levers

Improve developer productivity and organizational efficiency by evolving platform tooling, frameworks, and operational processes

Mentor and guide engineers across teams, raising the bar for technical quality, systems thinking, and business impact

Operate as a cross‑team technical leader, aligning multiple stakeholders and driving execution across organizational boundaries

We’re Excited About You Because You

Have 8+ years of professional software engineering experience

Have experience building high‑scale platforms, infrastructure, or reusable systems that enabled other engineering teams to move faster





Demonstrate strong internal customer empathy and a track record of building platforms or tooling with high adoption and strong developer experience

Have strong experience in either:

Backend development (e.g., Kotlin, Java, C#, APIs, databases, distributed systems)

Frontend development (e.g., React, TypeScript/JavaScript, modern UI frameworks, performance optimization)

Have consistently led large, ambiguous, cross‑functional initiatives with measurable impact

Have strong experience with experimentation, A/B testing, and data‑driven product development

Think in terms of systems, leverage, and long‑term scalability, not just feature delivery

Are comfortable defining technical direction in loosely defined problem spaces

Demonstrate strong product and business acumen, connecting engineering decisions to growth outcomes

Have a track record of mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your immediate team

Are highly autonomous, strategic, and execution‑oriented in fast‑moving environments

Have a strong foundation in computer science fundamentals or equivalent industry experience

Technologies We Use & Teach

Backend: Kotlin, Java, JUnit, Hibernate, Guice, Jersey, MySQL, CockroachDB, AWS

Frontend: React, TypeScript/JavaScript

Infrastructure & Data: HTTP, JSON, Protocol Buffers, experimentation frameworks, analytics tooling

Salary Range Canada: the pay range for this role is $190,500 - $262,000 per year. This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. 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

📌 Staff Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Faire
📍 Toronto