Quora · 8 hours ago
Machine Learning Tech Lead - Feed Personalization, Quora (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$256K/yr - $375K/yr
7+ years expQuora is a privately held, remote-first company on a mission to grow the world's collective intelligence. They are seeking an experienced Machine Learning engineer to improve their recommendation systems and advance their machine learning capabilities within the Quora product.
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Responsibilities
Improve our existing machine learning systems 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
Qualification
Required
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
7+ years of professional software development experience in machine learning
4+ years of professional experience building and optimizing Home Feed recommendation systems for social media and user-generated content platforms
Good understanding of mathematical foundations of machine learning algorithms
Previous experience building end-to-end machine learning systems
Good communication and interpersonal skills
BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Preferred
Experience writing Python or C++ code
Experience with leading large-scale multi-engineer projects
Passion for Quora's mission and goals
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision coverage
Equity refreshers
Remote work reimbursement
Paid time off
Employee assistance programs
And more
Company
Quora
Quora is a question-and-answer platform that allows users to ask and answer questions on a wide range of topics.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$301MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzCollaborative Fund,Y CombinatorTiger Global Management
2024-01-09Series Unknown· $75M
2017-04-21Series D· $85M
2014-04-09Series C· $80M
Leadership Team
Adam D’Angelo
CEO
Courtland Showerman
Chief Financial Officer
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