Faire · 1 week ago
Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist - Search
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$224K/yr - $308K/yr
7+ years expFaire is an online wholesale marketplace that empowers independent retailers globally. As a Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist on the Search Group, you will drive the technical vision and system design for Search and Recommendation systems, enhancing customer value and company growth.
E-CommerceMarketplaceRetailRetail TechnologyWholesale
Responsibilities
Own the next-generation Search engine, integrating LLMs, query understanding, dense vector retrieval, deep personalization embeddings, multi-stage ranking, and reinforcement learning to serve personalized product feeds with <100ms latency
Design and productionize natural language search and discovery systems, enabling intelligent agents to generate relevant and personalized collections, explain search results, and assist retailers in browsing, filtering, and evaluation
Lead model development and GPU-based deployment efforts, leveraging frameworks like Triton to scale inference reliably and efficiently
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience building large-scale ML systems, including 3+ years in search, recommendation, or ads ranking
Hands-on experience with deep learning libraries (e.g. PyTorch) and vector search infrastructure (e.g. Faiss, ScaNN, Pinecone)
A strong track record of productionizing models that blend LLMs (e.g. BERT, GPT-class) with structured features to drive personalization
A product-focused mindset and a bias toward execution—you move quickly from paper to prototype to production
Strong Python skills, deep respect for system reliability and ownership, and experience operating in high-stakes environments
Excellent communication and cross-functional influence—you raise the technical bar beyond your immediate team
Preferred
Contributions to open-source ML libraries or peer-reviewed publications in ML/AI
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related STEM field
Benefits
Equity
Benefits
Company
Faire
Faire is a marketplace and wholesale platform that helps retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (19)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.71BKey Investors
WCM Investment ManagementShopifySequoia Capital
2025-11-17Secondary Market
2023-09-27Corporate Round
2022-05-10Series G· $416M
Leadership Team
Max Rhodes
Co-founder and CEO
Daniele Perito
Board Member & Co-Founder
Recent News
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