Faire
The Staff Security Engineer, Bot & Traffic Defence at Faire owns the technical strategy and roadmap for defending the marketplace against automated traffic, including scraping and application-layer DDoS. This role involves building scalable security controls, designing distributed rate limiting, and establishing an ownership model across multiple teams to ensure platform integrity. The position requires leading incident response efforts and developing tooling to help service teams protect their endpoints effectively.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Company Size
1001-5000 employees
Founded
2017
Faire is a wholesale marketplace that connects independent retailers with emerging and established brands and makers, helping stores source curated, often-unique inventory at wholesale prices. The platform provides tools to buy and sell at scale — including flexible net payment terms, risk‑reduction features for first orders, returns protections, data-driven product discovery, and payments/logistics support — to lower inventory risk and streamline ordering. Faire’s mission is to democratize wholesale by giving small brands access to a broad network of retailers and giving retailers an easy way to discover and reorder differentiated products.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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B2B marketplace Faire reaches $5.2 billion valuation
Dec 5, 2025
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