Faire Salary

💰 $176K–$261K salary range

Median: $233K  ·  Based on 47 public Faire job postings  ·  Updated June 19, 2026

This Faire salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Faire

• Principal Applied AI / ML Engineer — $308K–$424K · Algorithms & Data
• Product Leadership, Value Pillar — $304K–$418K · Product
• Senior Staff Engineer - Product Security — $268K–$369K · Engineering
• Senior Staff Data Engineer - Platform Data and Analytics — $268K–$369K · Engineering
• Staff Machine Learning Platform Engineer — $247K–$339K · Algorithms & Data
• Head of Finance Systems & Data — $236K–$325K · Finance
• Senior Engineering Manager - Discovery — $231K–$318K · Engineering
• Staff Backend Engineer - Search FX (Discovery Experience) — $231K–$318K · Engineering
• Staff Product Manager, Pricing — $220K–$303K · Product
• Staff Product Manager, Relationship Growth — $220K–$303K · Product

Faire salary by department

• product: $261K median · $418K top base — Product Leadership, Value Pillar (view JD) (5 roles)
• strategy & analytics: $235K median · $272K top base — GTM Strategy & Operations Senior Lead, Fulfillment (view JD) (5 roles)
• algorithms & data: $233K median · $424K top base — Principal Applied AI / ML Engineer (view JD) (9 roles)
• finance: $195K median · $325K top base — Head of Finance Systems & Data (view JD) (5 roles)
• marketing: $176K median · $286K top base — Head of Retailer Product Marketing (view JD) (5 roles)

Faire salary by seniority

• Senior: $233K median · $318K top base — Senior Engineering Manager - Discovery (view JD) (21)
• Staff: $261K median · $424K top base — Principal Applied AI / ML Engineer (view JD) (13)

Faire salary — lead & management

• Lead: $171K median · $226K top base — Strategic Finance Lead, Fulfillment (view JD) (5)

Faire salary by location

• San Francisco: $235K median · $424K top base — Principal Applied AI / ML Engineer (view JD) (32 roles)
• New York: $176K median · $303K top base — Staff Product Manager, Pricing (view JD) (15 roles)

Remote work at Faire

0% of Faire's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Faire looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: SQL (15) · Python (9) · Kotlin (5) · Java (5) · Airflow (4) · Snowflake (4) · PyTorch (3) · MySQL (3) · AWS (3) · Docker (3).

About Faire

Faire is Series G stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2017 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Faire

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 16 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Associate's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 100% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Faire total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: on-target earnings run about $182K where stated (5 roles). Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Faire hiring activity

Faire has 47 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 47 public job postings with disclosed pay. 32 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (32 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Faire pay?
The median pay is $233K, with a typical range of $176K–$261K, based on 47 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Faire?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Applied AI / ML Engineer, at $308K–$424K base.

Which team pays the most at Faire?
The product team, at a $261K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 47 public Faire job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 19, 2026.

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