Senior Staff 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.

About this role:

Faire operates at serious scale — a global marketplace handling real money movement, sensitive business data, and the financial futures of hundreds of thousands of independent retailers and brands. Security here isn't a compliance checkbox. It's a core part of how we build, and how we grow.

What you'll own:

• Set the long-term technical direction for application security at Faire, establishing scalable, developer-friendly frameworks and principles that enable secure development across all product areas.
• Lead the design and implementation of high-impact, reusable frameworks for security use cases such as authentication, authorization, secrets management, and data protection.
• Architect and automate security controls within our development and deployment pipelines — enabling proactive prevention, detection, and remediation of vulnerabilities at scale.
• Partner with senior engineering and platform leaders to influence system design, threat models, and architecture decisions that strengthen Faire's overall security posture.
• Drive strategic cross-functional initiatives, collaborating with Platform, Infrastructure, Risk, and Compliance teams to integrate security deeply into our technical and operational foundations.
• Mentor and guide engineers across the organization, raising the bar for secure software design, technical rigor, and security-first thinking.
• Lead complex investigations and incident response efforts, ensuring rapid, effective remediation and continuous improvement of our security systems.
• Stay ahead of emerging threats and technologies, incorporating modern security practices and automation into Faire's engineering ecosystem.