Staff Search Product Engineer

Architect search, personalization, and Gen-AI experiences at Faire, with Kotlin or Java expertise and a hybrid schedule in Kitchener-Waterloo or Toronto.

As a Staff Engineer on Faire’s Search FX team, you will shape retailer-facing discovery surfaces. You will define technical direction across retrieval, ranking, personalization, and high-performance backend systems. The work includes partnering with Data Science, Product, Design, and client engineers to advance search experiences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define end-to-end architecture for search and discovery
• Integrate LLM-powered natural language search capabilities
• Build low-latency systems across millions of products
• Unify retrieval, ranking, and personalization systems
• Mentor engineers on technical decisions and excellence

Requirements:

• Seven-plus years of professional software engineering experience
• Three-plus years leading complex cross-team technical projects
• Experience deploying machine learning and Gen-AI search systems
• Knowledge of traditional, semantic, and hybrid search frameworks
• Strong Kotlin or Java programming skills

Bring search architecture, AI/ML, and technical leadership to Faire’s retailer discovery experience across Kitchener-Waterloo or Toronto.