Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Discovery AI Infrastructure & Enablement - Remote

Overview

As a technical leader on the Discovery Infra and Enablement team, you will be responsible for building and scaling the next generation of Search and AI infrastructure at Faire.

In Short

• Build and optimize the next-generation Discovery Search and AI stack.
• Lead the design and productionization of natural language search and intelligent discovery systems.
• Tackle deep technical challenges in query understanding, retrieval efficiency, and multi-stage ranking pipelines.
• Develop infrastructure to support state-of-the-art search algorithms.
• Shape the technical strategy for applied AI in search and discovery.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Product Managers, and ML Engineers.

Requirements

• 8+ years of industry experience building and scaling distributed systems.
• 5+ years working on search, ranking, or query understanding systems at scale.
• Hands-on experience with search frameworks like Elasticsearch and Lucene.
• Expertise in search indexing, retrieval, and ranking pipelines.
• Experience with ML-driven search systems.
• Strong knowledge of latency optimization.
• Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure.
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language (Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python).
• Solid understanding of APIs and distributed data storage.
• Excellent communication skills and a proven track record of technical leadership.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity options.
• Flexible work arrangements including remote work.
• Supportive work culture focused on entrepreneurship.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Health and wellness benefits.
• Collaborative team environment.