Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ranking - Quora (Remote)

Quora is a remote-first company focused on growing the world's collective intelligence through its Quora knowledge-sharing platform and Poe AI workspace. The Senior Machine Learning Engineer will develop and advance ranking models for Quora's feed, notifications, and digest emails, owning machine learning systems end to end and collaborating with other engineers to build efficient algorithms and systems.

Responsibilities:

• Improve our existing machine learning ranking models using your core coding skills and ML knowledge
• 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
• 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

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional experience working on recommendation or ranking models
• 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
• 5+ years of experience writing Python or C++ code
• Experience with generative recommendation systems
• Experience with user behavior or user sequence modeling, transformers, or long sequence modeling applied to ranking
• Experience with leading large-scale multi-engineer projects
• Flexible and positive team player with outstanding interpersonal skills
• Passion for Quora's mission and goals