Staff Applied AI / ML Scientist - Search

About this role

As a Staff Applied AI / ML Scientist on the Search Group, you’ll drive the technical vision, ML algorithm strategy, and system design powering one of the most critical levers for customer value and company growth—Search. You’ll lead the advancement of real-time Search and Recommendation systems behind our next-generation shopping experiences.

You’ll operate at the forefront of algorithms—combining large language models, natural language processing, query understanding, deep learning, transformer-based sequential modeling, graph neural networks, and structured behavioral data to return hyper-relevant, personalized products and brands for user queries.

This is a rare opportunity to own end-to-end personalization in a high-scale, multi-modal environment—while mentoring talented scientists and engineers.

What you’ll do

• Own the next-generation Search engine, integrating LLMs, query understanding, dense vector retrieval, deep personalization embeddings, multi-stage ranking, and reinforcement learning to serve personalized product feeds.
• Design and productionize natural language search and discovery systems, enabling intelligent agents to generate relevant collections, explain search results, and assist retailers in browsing, filtering, and evaluation.
• Lead model development and GPU-based deployment efforts, leveraging frameworks like Triton to scale inference reliably and efficiently.

Qualifications

Great to Have

Salary Range

Canada : The pay range for this role is $196,000 CAD to $269,500 CAD per year.

This role is eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, market demands, and location. The pay range may change in the future.

Effective January 2025, employees will be expected to work in-office 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Hybrid roles may allow remote work up to 4 weeks per year. Some positions may require onsite attendance 5 days a week.

Applications will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

Faire provides equal employment opportunities and is committed to accessibility and reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. To request accommodations, please fill out our form at https : / / bit.ly / faire-form .

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