# Senior Applied ML/AI Scientist - Search at Faire

- Company: Faire
- What the company does: Backed by Founders Fund, Lightspeed and Norwest.
- Company website: https://faire.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $211K to $291K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/faire/jobs/8660923002?gh_jid=8660923002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/faire-senior-applied-ml-ai-scientist-search-2/

## About the role

As a Senior Applied AI/ML Scientist on the Search team, you will help shape the technical vision, machine-learning algorithm strategy, and system design behind one of our most important growth levers: Search (the primary tool used by customers on any e-commerce site). You will advance real-time search and recommendation systems that power next-generation shopping experiences.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of industry experience building large-scale ML models with business impact and shipping ML solutions to production, including 3+ years in search, recommendation, or ads ranking
- A Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related STEM field
- Strong programming skills (Python, Java, or equivalent) and hands-on experience with deep-learning libraries (e.g., PyTorch) and big data technologies (e.g., Spark)
- A product-focused mindset and a bias toward execution—moving quickly from research papers to prototypes and production
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong cross-functional influence that raise the technical bar beyond your immediate team

Tags: Algorithms & Data