Senior Remote Machine Learning Engineer

Quora is a privately held, 'remote-first' company This position can be performed remotely from multiple countries around the world. Quora’s mission is to grow the world's collective intelligence. Poe : a platform providing millions of global users with one place to chat, explore and build with a wide variety of AI language models (bots), including GPT-5.4, Claude-Opus-4.6, Gemini-3.1-Pro, Nano-Banana-Pro, Veo-3.1, and more. As AI capabilities rapidly advance, Poe provides a single platform to instantly integrate and utilize these new models.
Behind these products are passionate, collaborative, and high-performing global teams. As a remote-first company, our engineers have a high degree of flexibility and autonomy. We are looking for an experienced Machine Learning engineer to join our growing distribution team, working on recommendation systems such as feed, notifications, and Quora’s famous digest emails and A2A. At Quora, we use machine learning in almost every part of the product and recommendation systems play an important role in connecting users with content.
As a ranking modeling expert, you will have a unique opportunity to have high impact by advancing our ranking model and by applying latest machine learning techniques. Improve our existing machine learning ranking models using your core coding skills and ML knowledge
Identify new opportunities to apply machine learning to different parts of the Quora product
Work with other machine learning engineers to implement algorithms and systems efficiently
Take end-to-end ownership of machine learning systems - data pipelines, candidate extraction, feature engineering, model training, as well as integration into our production systems
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “ coordination hours ' (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)

• Good understanding of mathematical foundations of machine learning algorithms
• Previous experience building end-to-end machine learning systems.
• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

5+ years of experience writing Python or C++ code

• Experience with leading large-scale multi-engineer projects
• Flexible and positive team player with outstanding interpersonal skills
• At Quora, we value diversity and inclusivity and welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including marginalized or underrepresented groups in tech, to apply for our job openings. Quora offers a wide range of benefits including medical/dental/vision coverage, equity refreshers, remote work reimbursement, paid time off, employee assistance programs, and more. For US based applicants, the salary range is $189,507 - $274,603 USD + equity + benefits.

For Toronto and Vancouver based applicants, the salary range is $248,526 - $288,100 CAD + equity + benefits. For all other locations in Canada, the salary range is $231,958 - $268,893 CAD + equity + benefits.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
AI technology may assist in sorting applications and recording interview notes, but all decisions are made by a member of our team.