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FaireStaff Product Engineer - Ads Formats
Faire operates a global technology wholesale marketplace that utilizes data science, machine learning, and technology to link independent retailers with brands worldwide. The company aims to…
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Faire operates a global technology wholesale marketplace that utilizes data science, machine learning, and technology to link independent retailers with brands worldwide. The company aims to empower local entrepreneurs and level the retail playing field. Within this ecosystem, the Ads Supply team scales the advertising sector by broadening ad placement locations, methods, and creative formats. As a Staff Product Engineer focused on Ads Formats, the professional will serve as a…
Job Description
Faire operates a global technology wholesale marketplace that utilizes data science, machine learning, and technology to link independent retailers with brands worldwide. The company aims to empower local entrepreneurs and level the retail playing field. Within this ecosystem, the Ads Supply team scales the advertising sector by broadening ad placement locations, methods, and creative formats.
As a Staff Product Engineer focused on Ads Formats, the professional will serve as a technical leader responsible for constructing low-latency, high-scale serving and rendering infrastructure for advanced ad formats across multiple devices and surfaces. This position involves working full stack alongside Product and Design teams to unify ad rendering and experimentation pipelines. Candidates should possess extensive software engineering experience, expertise in ad format systems, and a strong product focus to define architectural strategies and mentor engineering colleagues.
Responsibilities
- Design the end-to-end architecture for next-generation ad formats, establishing a unified serving layer that maintains speed and reliability.
- Build automated systems for ad format serving, optimization, and A/B testing.
- Develop framework-level solutions to accelerate the delivery of new ad formats.
- Prototyping and experimenting with novel ad format concepts based on user behavior and advertiser needs.
- Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science teams to deliver comprehensive technical solutions.
- Promote engineering best practices concerning scalability, cost management, and operational excellence.
- Mentor and upskill fellow engineers while fostering an environment of technical ownership.
Requirements
- Over 7 years of professional software engineering experience
- At least 3 years of experience functioning as a technical leader for complex, cross-functional projects
- Extensive background in building and scaling user-facing content delivery systems or ad formats
- Proficiency in system design and programming for high-performance, low-latency, and highly available backend systems
- Experience utilizing modern AI tooling in daily development workflows
- Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business challenges into clear technical and product strategies
Qualifications
- Experience with cross-platform development
- Prior background building or running creative serving infrastructure for digital advertising, including interactive or video creative
- Familiarity with machine learning and generative AI applications within advertising, such as retrieval, ranking, and optimization
Core Skills
Benefits
- Equity options
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Access to enterprise AI tools
- Flexible remote work provisions for up to 4 weeks per year for hybrid schedules
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What is the employment type for this position?
The posting specifies that this is a full-time position.
What is the remote work policy for this role?
The role follows a hybrid on-site model where employees work in the office three days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day chosen by the employee. Hybrid staff are also permitted to work remotely for up to four weeks each year.
What is the salary range for this job?
For candidates located in Canada, the annual pay range is $190,500 to $262,000, and the position is also eligible for equity and benefits. The posting notes that actual base pay depends on transferable skills, experience, location, and market demand.
Does the posting specify the exact office location?
The specific office location is not stated in the source text, though Faire mentions having headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, alongside offices in Toronto, London, and New York.
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