Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Search jobs in United States
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Faire · 1 week ago

Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist - Search

positionSan Francisco, CA
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$192K/yr - $264K/yr
date4+ years exp

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace that empowers independent retailers through technology and data. The Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist will shape the technical vision and machine-learning strategy for the Search group, focusing on enhancing real-time Search and Recommendation systems.

E-CommerceMarketplaceRetailRetail TechnologyWholesale
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Responsibilities

Contribute to our next-generation Search engine by integrating LLMs, query understanding, dense-vector retrieval, deep personalization embeddings, multi-stage ranking, and reinforcement learning to serve personalized product feeds with sub-100 ms latency
Design and productionize natural-language search and discovery systems so that intelligent agents can generate relevant and personalized collections, explain search results, and assist retailers with browsing, filtering, and evaluation
Lead model development and GPU-based deployment efforts, leveraging frameworks like Triton to scale inference reliably and efficiently
Share best practices around model development, agent-workflow evaluation, and MLOps, and help teammates level up through code reviews and technical guidance

Qualification

Large-scale ML systemsDeep learning librariesLLMs integrationPythonMLOpsCross-functional influenceProduct-focused mindsetCommunication

Required

4+ years of experience building large-scale ML systems, including 2+ 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 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 that raise the technical bar beyond your immediate team

Preferred

Contributions to open-source ML libraries or peer-reviewed publications in ML/AI
Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related STEM field

Benefits

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Company

Faire

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Faire is a marketplace and wholesale platform that helps retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores.
dateFounded in 2017
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
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https://www.faire.com

H1B Sponsorship

Faire has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (19)
2024 (8)
2023 (14)
2022 (26)
2021 (9)
2020 (4)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1.71B
Key Investors
WCM Investment ManagementShopifySequoia Capital
2025-11-17Secondary Market
2023-09-27Corporate Round
2022-05-10Series G· $416M

Leadership Team

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Max Rhodes
Co-founder and CEO
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Daniele Perito
Board Member & Co-Founder
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Recent News

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CPGIO adds five retail marketplaces as brand partners
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CPGIO Expands Digital Retail Footprint with Strategic Marketplace Launches Across Nordstrom, Chewy, Lowe's, Faire, and Best Buy
2025-12-30
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B2B marketplace Faire reaches $5.2 billion valuation
2025-12-07
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