Our team owns Quora's ML platform and ranking infrastructure across four areas: serving reliability, ML engineer enablement and developer velocity, business impact, and cost efficiency. We want to empower all ML engineers at Quora to be as impactful as they can be in solving different ML problems at scale.
As a Software Engineer (New Grad) on this team, you'll work at the intersection of machine learning, distributed systems, and GPU serving performance — and your work will have an enormous impact on Quora's long-term success.
No previous ML infrastructure experience is required for this role. You'll be joining a team of senior and staff engineers, learning this stack from the people who built it, with a dedicated mentor and strong technical guidance — and you'll be shipping to production in your first few weeks.
Stack: Python, Go, C++, PyTorch, Kubernetes/EKS, NVIDIA Triton, Ray, AWS
- 🚀 Excited to see our MLP team's amazing work in action? Check out some of the incredible projects they've completed below! 👇✨
- https://quoraengineering.quora.com/Migrating-from-x86-to-AWS-Graviton-A-Journey-in-Cost-Optimization-and-Performance
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/quora-3x-faster-machine-learning-25-lower-costs-with-nvidia-triton-on-amazon-eks/
https://quoraengineering.quora.com/Building-a-Service-Mesh-in-a-Hybrid-Environment
https://quoraengineering.quora.com/Building-Embedding-Search-at-Quora
https://quoraengineering.quora.com/Feature-Engineering-at-Quora-with-Alchemy
RESPONSIBILITIES
Help build and maintain the core infrastructure that powers Quora's ML platform, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance
Build and improve the distributed systems that serve our ML models in production, from Large Recommendation Models (LRMs) to Large Language Models (LLMs)
Work on GPU model serving, optimizing latency, throughput, and cost to support larger and more capable models
Contribute to platform initiatives such as PyTorch-first standardization and ML ecosystem modernization
Improve ML developer velocity by building tooling that helps ML engineers develop, test, and deploy models more efficiently
Modernize our feature store so ML engineers can get new features into production faster
Participate in the team's on-call rotation, helping resolve production issues as you grow your knowledge and ownership of the platform
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's "coordination hours https://quora.com/coordination_hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
A 2025 or 2026 graduate with or pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Genuine interest in large-scale distributed systems, infrastructure, and machine learning
Knowledge of Python, Go, or C++, or the ability to learn them quickly
A passion for learning and always improving yourself and the team around you
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS
Previous software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, open-source contribution, or coding competition
Coursework or hands-on experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud technologies like AWS
Experience with low-level performance work of any kind: profiling, benchmarking, optimization
Passion for Quora's mission and goals
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. We encourage all candidates who share a passion for growing the world’s knowledge, even those who may not strictly meet all the preferred requirements, to apply, as we know that a diverse range of perspectives can have a significant impact on our products and our culture.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis. This role is a backfill for an existing vacancy.
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. Benefits are country-specific and may vary.
There are many factors that will determine the starting compensation, including but not limited to experience, location, education, and business needs.
US candidates only: For US based applicants, the salary range is $97,600 - $139,000 USD + equity + benefits.
Canada candidates only: For Toronto and Vancouver based applicants, the salary range is $125,320 - $142,783 CAD + equity + benefits. For all other locations in Canada, the salary range is $116,965 - $133,264 CAD + equity + benefits.
In equity-eligible countries, we currently also offer a flexible equity program where a portion of equity compensation may be taken as cash.
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.
To ensure a secure hiring process, all final candidates will undergo identity verification and a comprehensive background check prior to onboarding.
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