Staff Product Designer

The role

You will drive strategy, craft, and end-to-end experiences for Faire's marketplace. You will work alongside partners in research, engineering, product, data, and analytics to solve problems for independent retailers and maker brands.

What you will do

• Define the vision by proactively identifying gaps and influencing roadmap prioritization.
• Lead end-to-end design from deep discovery and rapid prototyping through polished execution and production.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and data teams to explore new paradigms.
• Tell powerful stories that connect design vision to tangible business and customer impact.
• Push Faire’s design system forward by evolving patterns, motion, and visual language.
• Prototype using modern tools to explore new ideas, test assumptions, and accelerate innovation.
• Mentor and elevate other designers by sharing craft, process, and storytelling approach.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience designing complex, high-impact digital products.
• Deep expertise in interaction design, visual craft, and systems thinking.
• Proven ability to lead with vision and influence strategy.
• Ability to connect design direction to business and customer outcomes.
• Comfort exploring and experimenting with new tools and workflows for rapid prototyping and AI-integrated design.
• A portfolio that demonstrates visionary product thinking, strong craft, and clear communication of impact.
• Experience contributing to and evolving large-scale design systems.
• A passion for collaboration, mentoring, and driving a culture of excellence in design.

Nice to have

• A sense of humor!
• First-hand experience and empathy for the small business and entrepreneurial journey if you are a maker or retailer.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off
• Company-wide recharge days
• Paid parental leave up to 16 weeks
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot, including a lifetime reimbursement allowance
• Mental health support and coaching through Modern Health
• Stipends to support professional development, wellness, and work from home needs
• Employer-sponsored retirement plan

About the company

Faire is a technology wholesale platform that uses tech, data, and machine learning to connect independent retailers with maker brands. The company was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square.