E453 Chen Peng, Head of Data at Faire

Today's guest is Chen Peng, Head of Data at Faire. Founded in 2017, Faire is the online wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers and brands around the world. The company's vision is to help small businesses come together to compete on a more level playing field with the likes of Walmart and Amazon. Today, Faire is the online marketplace where retailers discover their next bestsellers from independent brands across the globe.

The data team at Faire is currently a 70+ person full-stack team including data engineering, analytics engineering, machine learning engineering, and data science. They own data warehouse, ETL pipelines, experimentation platform, ML platform, data discovery & quality tooling. The team also work on various ML & optimization systems related to search & recommendation, paid placement, financial underwriting, lead scoring, marketplace dynamics, incentives & pricing, etc.

In the episode, Chen will talk about:

Faire’s B2B ecommerce marketplace for wholesale,

Day-to-day life of the data team,

An overview of how they are applying AI in the platform,

Why Faire is a great place to work, and

What excites him for the future of the organization