Compliance Specialist

at Faire

San Francisco, United States

About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined, but individually, they are small compared to these massive entities. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.

By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role

Faire is hiring a Compliance Specialist to help power the next chapter of our payments, credit, and marketplace growth. You’ll streamline compliance processes, reduce operational risk across our products and collaborate with banking partners to support seamless onboarding. Partnering closely with Faire’s Product, Engineering, and Operations teams, you’ll sharpen our BSA/AML, sanctions, KYB and lending frameworks, craft forward‑looking controls, and steward recurring compliance activities. Success in this role calls for an individual who has a builder’s mindset, deep familiarity with lending and payments compliance practices, and the ability to confidently develop and deliver complex project plans with a high degree of autonomy.

What you’ll do

Develop, maintain and enhance compliance policies, processes, and other resources across BSA/AML, sanctions, KYB, and fair lending
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Ops teams to map compliance requirements for new features, products, and partnerships
Support escalations from Faire’s Risk Ops teams on issues related to BSA/AML transaction monitoring, suspicious activity investigations, and sanctions/PEP screening
Oversee due diligence and onboarding with prospective financial partners, drive issue resolution, and response
Coordinate timely and accurate responses to auditors and regulators on compliance matters
Strengthen program oversight by advancing testing, monitoring, and reporting frameworks and driving remediation of findings
Monitor global regulatory developments and translate changes into actionable program updates for internal stakeholders
Tackle other high‑priority initiatives within the Legal Team as business needs evolve

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in financial services compliance, including AML, KYB, sanctions, or related areas; fintech, marketplace, or lending experience a plus
Familiarity with the bank partnership model, including diligence and onboarding processes
Able to design and execute complex project plans with a high degree of autonomy and with a focus on creative data driven problem solving, operational efficiently and scale
Excellent communication and analytical skills, time management / prioritization skills, as well as an impeccable attention to detail
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively with internal stakeholders, build relationships, influence without authority and achieve buy in
Professional certifications (e.g., CAMS, CRCM) are a plus

Salary

San Francisco: the pay range for this role is $193,000 to $265,500 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Effective starting in January 2026, employees will be expected to go into the office on 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. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.

Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.
We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)