Why Culture Matters at Faire
Why Culture Matters at Faire
Why Culture Matters at Faire
We're building a world-class engineering organization that empowers everyone to do their best work, pursue growth, and deliver outsized impact. Engineering culture here means trust, autonomy, craft excellence, and inclusion, reinforced with clear operating principles and investments in people. The bar is high, but so is the support.
We're building a world-class engineering organization that empowers everyone to do their best work, pursue growth, and deliver outsized impact. Engineering culture here means trust, autonomy, craft excellence, and inclusion, reinforced with clear operating principles and investments in people. The bar is high, but so is the support.
Our Leaders
Our Leaders
Our Leaders
Faire Core Values
Faire Core Values
Faire Core Values
We follow these principles to drive how we operate, make decisions, and deliver customer impact.
We follow these principles to drive how we operate, make decisions, and deliver customer impact.
Serve Our Community
Serve Our Community
We’re mission-driven and do what’s best for our customers and for Faire—not just ourselves. Ownership is essential; everyone has a part in building Faire’s success.
We’re mission-driven and do what’s best for our customers and for Faire—not just ourselves. Ownership is essential; everyone has a part in building Faire’s success.
Seek the Truth
Seek the Truth
We value rigorous reasoning, radical transparency, and constructive candor. Curiosity, direct feedback, and continuous improvement are central to our work.
We value rigorous reasoning, radical transparency, and constructive candor. Curiosity, direct feedback, and continuous improvement are central to our work.
Be an Owner
Be an Owner
Every team member is empowered to drive solutions proactively, take initiative, and hold themselves to a high bar. We connect our work to real customer and business impact.
Every team member is empowered to drive solutions proactively, take initiative, and hold themselves to a high bar. We connect our work to real customer and business impact.
Embrace the Adventure
Embrace the Adventure
We celebrate ambition and learning. We tackle new challenges with a growth mindset, move quickly, and see mistakes as opportunities to grow.
We celebrate ambition and learning. We tackle new challenges with a growth mindset, move quickly, and see mistakes as opportunities to grow.
Be Kind
Be Kind
We foster a supportive, collaborative community, recognizing and celebrating each other’s growth and wins.
We foster a supportive, collaborative community, recognizing and celebrating each other’s growth and wins.
High-Performance Culture
High-Performance Culture
High-Performance Culture
Hiring Top Talent
Hiring Top Talent
Consistent high standards in hiring/interviewing, calibration, and closing strategies ensure teams are filled with exceptional colleagues who inspire and elevate each other. Compensation and opportunities align with performance and impact.
Consistent high standards in hiring/interviewing, calibration, and closing strategies ensure teams are filled with exceptional colleagues who inspire and elevate each other. Compensation and opportunities align with performance and impact.
Setting High Standards
Setting High Standards
Clear expectations, proactive feedback, and strong support systems help everyone perform at their best while supporting well-being and avoiding burnout. Recognition is routine, including structured feedback, mentoring, and public shoutouts.
Clear expectations, proactive feedback, and strong support systems help everyone perform at their best while supporting well-being and avoiding burnout. Recognition is routine, including structured feedback, mentoring, and public shoutouts.
Empowerment & Ownership
Empowerment & Ownership
Engineers are given autonomy, context, and the freedom to own their projects—eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy and enabling fast, effective decision-making. Innovation, bold thinking, and risk-taking are embraced and rewarded.
Engineers are given autonomy, context, and the freedom to own their projects—eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy and enabling fast, effective decision-making. Innovation, bold thinking, and risk-taking are embraced and rewarded.
Recognition, Rewards & Growth
Recognition, Rewards & Growth
Faire fosters a culture of candid feedback and ensures above-market compensation for strong performance, with clear career ladders, growth mindsets, and meaningful leadership opportunities.
Faire fosters a culture of candid feedback and ensures above-market compensation for strong performance, with clear career ladders, growth mindsets, and meaningful leadership opportunities.
Learning & Development Programs
Learning & Development Programs
Learning & Development Programs
Internship & Co-op Programs
Internship & Co-op Programs
Faire offers robust co-op and extended internship tracks, providing early-career engineers the opportunity to ship real products, own major projects, and experience mentorship and rapid growth.
Faire offers robust co-op and extended internship tracks, providing early-career engineers the opportunity to ship real products, own major projects, and experience mentorship and rapid growth.
Mentorship Programs
Mentorship Programs
Programs like Bug-Buddies pair engineers with non-engineers and new hires, increasing engineering fluency across the business and supporting onboarding and continuous learning.
Programs like Bug-Buddies pair engineers with non-engineers and new hires, increasing engineering fluency across the business and supporting onboarding and continuous learning.
Growth & Community
Growth & Community
Broad support for internal and external tech talks, book clubs, workshops, and engagement with the wider engineering ecosystem.
Broad support for internal and external tech talks, book clubs, workshops, and engagement with the wider engineering ecosystem.
Focus on Employee Experience
Focus on Employee Experience
Intentionally designed onboarding, buddy and mentorship programs, engagement surveys, regular retros and feedback loops, and celebration of wins through channels like #eng-shoutouts and company-wide meetings.
Intentionally designed onboarding, buddy and mentorship programs, engagement surveys, regular retros and feedback loops, and celebration of wins through channels like #eng-shoutouts and company-wide meetings.
Community & Team Building Events
Community & Team Building Events
Community & Team Building Events
Regular Office Events & Social Hours
Regular Office Events & Social Hours
Weekly happy hours in all of our office locations, movie nights featuring tech classics with full concession stands, interactive workshops including cocktail and mocktail making, candle-making classes led by Faire customers, and charcuterie board competitions.
Weekly happy hours in all of our office locations, movie nights featuring tech classics with full concession stands, interactive workshops including cocktail and mocktail making, candle-making classes led by Faire customers, and charcuterie board competitions.
Customer Connection Events
Customer Connection Events
Customer breakfast events and panels; Local retailer visits where teams experience our marketplace firsthand; Live markets where we invite our customers to visit our office or offsite locations; attendance at regional tradeshows.
Customer breakfast events and panels; Local retailer visits where teams experience our marketplace firsthand; Live markets where we invite our customers to visit our office or offsite locations; attendance at regional tradeshows.
Seasonal Celebrations
Seasonal Celebrations
Summer celebrations featuring DJ sets, food trucks, games, and team bonding activities; Fall Oktoberfests and seasonal fair-themed events with games, prizes, and local food; Women's History Month programming including panels, keynote speakers, and themed happy hours; Holiday Parties - and more!
Summer celebrations featuring DJ sets, food trucks, games, and team bonding activities; Fall Oktoberfests and seasonal fair-themed events with games, prizes, and local food; Women's History Month programming including panels, keynote speakers, and themed happy hours; Holiday Parties - and more!
Team Offsites & Retreats
Team Offsites & Retreats
Multi-day team offsites featuring skill-building workshops, collaborative activities, and team bonding experiences; Learning-focused retreats that combine professional development with hands-on experiences; Cross-functional gatherings and team dinners that bring different departments together.
Multi-day team offsites featuring skill-building workshops, collaborative activities, and team bonding experiences; Learning-focused retreats that combine professional development with hands-on experiences; Cross-functional gatherings and team dinners that bring different departments together.
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Black Faire Folk (BFF) - Fostering and promoting an inclusive space to celebrate the diversity of black employees at Faire
• Black Faire Folk (BFF) - Fostering and promoting an inclusive space to celebrate the diversity of black employees at Faire
• Faire Fusion - A tight-knit community that provides support and mentorship, while celebrating the diverse spectrum of cultures represented in the AAPI community at Faire
• Faire Fusion - A tight-knit community that provides support and mentorship, while celebrating the diverse spectrum of cultures represented in the AAPI community at Faire
• Faire Femmes - A community dedicated to eliminating bias and cultivating a space where women and non-binary individuals are empowered to grow and drive meaningful impact
• Faire Femmes - A community dedicated to eliminating bias and cultivating a space where women and non-binary individuals are empowered to grow and drive meaningful impact
• Fairents - A community of parents supporting one another in their professional ambitions and journeys as parents
• Fairents - A community of parents supporting one another in their professional ambitions and journeys as parents
• Femmes Code - Empowering women and non-binary individuals in technical roles to succeed by providing mentorship, community, and professional development.
• Femmes Code - Empowering women and non-binary individuals in technical roles to succeed by providing mentorship, community, and professional development.
• Flaire - An inclusive LGBTQ+ community empowering everyone to express their whole selves at work
• Flaire - An inclusive LGBTQ+ community empowering everyone to express their whole selves at work
• Hue - Providing an inclusive space where people of color and their allies can feel comfortable being themselves and talk to others who get it
• Hue - Providing an inclusive space where people of color and their allies can feel comfortable being themselves and talk to others who get it
• Somos - Empowering and uplifting Latinx/Hispanic Faire Folk by strengthening members' connection to each other, other Faire folk, and the broader Faire community
• Somos - Empowering and uplifting Latinx/Hispanic Faire Folk by strengthening members' connection to each other, other Faire folk, and the broader Faire community
• South Asian Faire Folk - A space for all South Asians or those who have a connection to South Asian culture to connect over shared experiences
• South Asian Faire Folk - A space for all South Asians or those who have a connection to South Asian culture to connect over shared experiences
