Senior Software Engineer - Product Security

About Faire

Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively represent a multi-hundred-billion-dollar wholesale market that has historically been fragmented and offline. 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 businesses can grow and local communities can thrive.

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 the role:

Our Engineering organization owns the software that makes our marketplace work. Our Product Security team enables product engineering teams to develop and deploy secure software that makes that happen. We care about good engineering practice and love to write software that is secure, tested, easy to maintain, and can scale to millions of users. We build scalable, reusable frameworks; consult with product teams; listen to the data; and iterate.

As a Senior Software Engineer, Product Security, you'll collaborate with us to:

• Build performant and scalable frameworks for security use cases such as authentication and data access into our Kotlin services.
• Collaborate with foundational teams such as Risk, DevOps, and IT to assess and improve access controls and audit trails throughout the software development lifecycle and beyond.
• Consult with product teams to identify and address product security vulnerabilities and risks during the design and build phase.
• Promote a culture of security awareness and understanding among managers, engineers, and other stakeholders on secure coding practices, security best practices, and emerging threats.
• Build security features within the product to protect our customers and their data.

We're excited about you because you have:

• A passion for programming and solving security problems scalably with code and automation
• A familiarity in both writing and reviewing code in OOP languages such as Java, Python, or Typescript
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent industry experience
• A thorough understanding of web application security principles and common vulnerabilities, including OWASP Top 10
• Experience working in modern cloud computing environments such as AWS or GCP

Technologies we use and teach:

• Kotlin, Typescript, Python
• AWS, OCI, Terraform, Kubernetes
• JSON, and Protocol Buffers
• MySQL, DynamoDB, CockroachDB

Salary range:

Canada: the pay range for this role is $160,000 - $222,000 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 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and 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. 

Why you’ll love working at Faire

• Flexible paid time off, plus company-wide recharge days
• Paid parental leave up to 16 weeks
• Comprehensive health coverage, with options varying by location
• Fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot, including a lifetime reimbursement allowance
• Mental health support and coaching through Modern Health
• Stipends to support your professional development, wellness, and work from home needs
• Employer-sponsored retirement plan, dependent on country of employment

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 (

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