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Staff Front-end Engineer - Discovery

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San Francisco, CA
Senior level
San Francisco, CA
Senior level
The Staff Front-End Engineer will optimize web performance, enhance frameworks, collaborate across teams, and lead technical direction at Faire.
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About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined, but individually, they are small compared to these massive entities. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.

By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role:

Faire is revolutionizing wholesale by empowering local retailers and independent brands to compete with major e-commerce platforms. Our engineering team builds robust, scalable, and performant solutions that support millions of users. We are passionate about creating exceptional user experiences and driving innovation in the wholesale marketplace.

We’re seeking a Staff Front-End Engineer to lead the charge in building the future of Discovery experiences at Faire. You will work on optimizing the speed and scalability of our website, enhancing front-end frameworks, and shaping the future of how Faire builds performant, maintainable, and cutting-edge web applications. 

This role is critical to ensuring Faire delivers lightning-fast, seamless experiences for our customers.

You’re excited about this role because…

  • Drive Web Performance Optimization: You'll take ownership of front-end performance, ensuring Faire’s website meets and exceeds industry benchmarks for speed and responsiveness.
  • Shape Framework Development: Build and enhance reusable front-end frameworks and tools to accelerate development and improve maintainability across teams.
  • Leverage Cutting-Edge Technologies: Work extensively with Next.js, React, and modern web development practices to create robust, scalable, and performant solutions.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Data Scientists, and other Engineers to deliver impactful results across the business.
  • Be a Technical Leader: Provide mentorship, set technical direction, and define best practices for front-end engineering at Faire.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional experience in front-end engineering, with a deep understanding of React and JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Knowledge of Next.js is a bonus.
  • Proven experience optimizing large-scale web applications for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
  • Hands-on experience with performance tools and techniques (e.g., Lighthouse, Webpack, RUM, profiling tools).
  • Expertise in developing reusable UI frameworks, libraries, and tools.
  • Familiarity with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, Zustand) and modern CSS frameworks (e.g., Tailwind CSS).
  • Strong understanding of web fundamentals: HTTP, browser rendering pipelines, and web performance metrics.
  • Strong leadership skills and the ability to work with others in a closely collaborative team environment

Salary range:

San Francisco: The pay range for this role is $205,500 - 282,500 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Faire employees will be expected to go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, effective the week of January 13, 2025. Additionally, in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year.
Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

  • We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.
  • We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
  • We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
  • We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs.  To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)

Top Skills

JavaScript
Lighthouse
Next.Js
React
Redux
Tailwind Css
Typescript
Webpack
Zustand
HQ

Faire San Francisco, California, USA Office

100 Potrero Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States, 94103

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