Senior Engineering Manager

About This Role

Our engineering organization builds the software that powers Faire’s marketplace, connecting independent retailers with brands they love. We’re looking for a seasoned engineering leader to guide two teams focused on delivering an exceptional retailer experience. You’ll lead teams that shape the end‑to‑end journey for retailers, from discovering and sourcing products to managing inventory and getting the most value from our platform.

You’ll partner closely with product, design, and data leaders to define the long‑term vision for how retailers find success on Faire. We care deeply about good engineering practice and love to write software that is secure, tested, easy to maintain, and capable of scaling to millions of users. Our teams build minimum viable products, deploy to production multiple times per day, A/B test customer‑facing changes, listen to the data, and iterate quickly to deliver value.

As a leader, you’ll foster a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement. You’ll mentor engineers, influence technical strategy, and ensure our systems and teams continue to evolve to meet the needs of our growing community of retailers.

• Directly manage a cross‑functional team of engineers.
• Partner with product management and design on team strategy and road‑mapping.
• Lead scoping and sprint planning within your teams.
• Understand, triage and assign defects to be solved along with feature work.
• Identify and scope infrastructure or tooling changes to impact efficiency and/or quality.
• Dive into the architecture, designs and code in order to lead your team effectively.
• Lead contributor and owner of process and team structure decisions.
• Directly impact our ability to grow quickly while improving operational efficiencies.

• A passion for programming and solving problems with code.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• A strong technical background and you are still capable of using it every day.
• A love for technology, and an insatiable curiosity for new tools to tackle real problems.
• A track record of leading teams to higher levels of contribution.
• A track record of assisting team members to achieve higher levels of impact in their careers.
• Capable and willing to write software for a couple of months as part of your onboarding.
• Still willing and able to get your hands dirty with software design, code creation, tooling, etc.

• Postgraduate degree in management or business.
• Strength and experience in running engineering teams using metrics.
• Have led through other managers.

Canada: the pay range for this role is $184,000 - $253,000 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.

Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Effective starting in January 2026, employees will be expected to go into the office on a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). Additionally, hybrid in‑office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.

Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.

• 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…