Staff Software Engineer, Ads - Quora (Remote)

Quora is a privately held, remote-first company focused on growing the world's collective intelligence. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to work on their advertising platform, driving projects from ideation to production and collaborating with cross-functional teams to build data-intensive applications for advertisers.

Responsibilities:

• Drive projects from ideation to production using the full technology stack
• Architect, design, and implement features for our mission-critical online ad platform at massive scale with data-driven iteration
• Identify high impact features that achieve engineering and revenue goals, and be able to explain rationale for your decisions
• Work with designers, fellow engineers, and data scientists to prototype and implement functionality and analyze impact

Requirements:

• Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's 'coordination hours' (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
• 6+ years of full-time product development experience building consumer or enterprise web products (internships excluded)
• 2+ years of industry experience in online advertising or related area
• Excellent proficiency with Python or similar programming language
• Knowledge of backend storage systems such as MySQL, HBase, Memcached, or Redis
• Knowledge of frontend technologies such as React, Javascript, Typescript
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems
• 1+ years of frontend experience with frontend technologies, such as React, Javascript, Typescript
• Love of the Quora products