Senior Backend Engineer - Developer Productivity

Overview

About the role :

Imagine a world where every engineer at Faire can ship code faster, deploy confidently, and test seamlessly—because of the tools you build. Our Developer Productivity team makes that vision a reality, and we're looking for a backend engineer to help take it even further. In this role, you will directly lead initiatives that streamline our engineers development lifecycle. Your work will remove bottlenecks, improve reliability, and enable engineers across Faire to build at incredible speed.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain high-quality features for internal developer tooling.
• Identify pain points in engineering workflows and design both immediate fixes and long-term improvements.
• Experiment with LLMs and AI-powered automation to redefine how engineers write, test, and deploy code.
• Enhance the reliability and speed of local development environments, CI / CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
• Contribute to the platform roadmap, using data-driven insights to set priorities and measure impact.

What we’re looking for

Salary and location

Salary range :

Canada : the pay range for this role is $156,000 - $195,000 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.

Work policy

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.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

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 (https : / / bit.ly / faire-form)

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