About Faire
Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined, but individually, they are small compared to these massive entities. 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 that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.
By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. 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.
Role Description
Our engineering team owns the code that makes our marketplace work. 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 minimum viable products, deploy to production multiple times per day, A/B test customer-facing changes, listen to the data, and iterate. The Fall 2025 co-op term for this role will occur between June and October.
Why you’ll love working at Faire
As a Faire co-op, you’ll have the opportunity to:
Learn more by checking out the internships section of Faire’s The Craft blog or watching this video by a former Faire co-op.
Job Responsibilities:
As a Back-end engineer, you'll collaborate with us to:
We're excited about you because you have...
Technologies we use and teach:
We’re looking for exceptional co-op students who love building quality experiences and would jump at the opportunity to take ownership of entire features and help guide teams to improve the quality of their deliveries. You can shadow our world-class engineers (former Google, Square, and Shopify) and learn from the best.
We recognize the value that co-op students bring and we’re looking to help mentor for the future and build lasting relationships that will extend past graduation.
About our selection process
If your application is selected, our Talent Team will reach out to you via email to invite you to:
Step 1: Technical Interview (1 hr)
Meet 1:1 with an experienced engineer and work through a pair programming exercise together. Use this CodeSignal link to prep for the technical interview (this is entirely optional).
If you’re selected to advance beyond the technical interview, our Talent Team will follow up with you via email to invite you to:
Step 2: Phone Call with Recruiter (15 mins)
Chat 1:1 with a Faire recruiter to get your questions answered. Our recruiter will also share some additional details, including what to expect in terms of compensation.
About our work model
This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule. Faire employees will be expected to work two days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Co-op interns must be aligned with the Kitchener-Waterloo or Toronto offices and live within a 56 km radius of one of the offices. You can work on other days, but attendance is required on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Our offices are centrally located at 85 Willis Way in Uptown Waterloo and 420 Wellington Street West in Toronto’s Fashion District.
Competitive Pay & Perks That Go Beyond
At Faire, our co-op salaries range from $32-$52 CAD per hour. But that's just the beginning! Here's what else you can look forward to:
Join us for an experience that's more than just a job- it's a launchpad for your future!
Targeted Degrees and Disciplines:
Targeted Clusters
Theme - Computing: Software
ENG - Electrical and Computer Engineering
ENG - Software Engineering
MATH - Computer Science
Application Documents Required:
Co-op Work History, Résumé, Grade Report
Additional Application Information:
We don't require a cover letter, but please make it easy for us to see any experience you have with Software Development in your resume.
Effective January 2025, Faire employees will be expected to go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 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 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 (https://bit.ly/faire-form)
