Job brief: Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist, Acquisition

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Faire's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-14 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-14.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address Faire's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $246,500 to $339,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Francisco, CA
• Posted: 2026-11-13

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Lead / staff. The title says "Staff".

Must have

• 5+ years of industry experience using machine learning to solve real-world problems.
• Highly recommended: Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, or related STEM fields.

Conditions

• Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday).
• Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year.

Main duties

• Drive AI/ML vision, strategy, and roadmap for Acquisition and Paid Marketing, and act as a pod lead across cross-functional workstreams.
• Optimize paid marketing spend, bidding, and budget allocation across channels such as search, social, and Performance Max.
• Design experiments to measure the incremental impact of paid channels and spend levers, and turn the results into investment decisions.
• Develop keyword, SEO, and AEO intelligence that identifies and prioritizes the search and content opportunities most likely to bring high-value retailers to …
• Build audience and targeting models for retargeting campaigns.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Across Faire's 63 open listings, 32% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Faire hires

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