Quora is a privately held, \"remote-first\" company. This position can be performed remotely from anywhere in the US or Canada. Join us on this journey to create a positive impact and make a significant change in the world. This role will be working on our Quora product.
🏢 About Quora
Quora’s mission is to grow the world's collective intelligence. We have two platforms: Quora, a global knowledge sharing platform, and Poe, a cloud workspace where millions of users run multiple AI agents. We have a culture rooted in transparency, idea-sharing, and experimentation.
🎯 The Role
Our ML team is small and highly collaborative, working on challenging problems that impact hundreds of millions of Quora users. We're building the next generation of AI-powered systems to improve content quality and safety across Quora. As a Machine Learning Engineer (New Grad), you'll work alongside experienced engineers to design, evaluate, and deploy these systems in production.
✅ Key Responsibilities
Design, build, and deploy LLM-powered agents to detect and address spam, harassment, and other policy-violating content at Quora's scale
Develop agentic workflows to automate complex tasks, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our content and user moderation systems
Design and improve ML systems that adapt to evolving abuse patterns and new challenges
Evaluate agent performance through offline evaluations, online experiments, and production monitoring, balancing accuracy, reliability, latency, and cost
Investigate failure cases, experiment with new approaches, and iterate on solutions to improve system performance
Identify new opportunities to apply ML and LLMs to content quality and safety across Quora
Collaborate with experienced engineers and take ownership of projects from early development through production
📌 Required Qualifications
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field, completed or in progress
Strong understanding of mathematical foundations of Machine Learning algorithms
Coursework, research, or project experience with LLM applications or transformer models
Strong knowledge of Python
A passion for learning and always improving yourself and the team around you
Able to start full-time in early 2027
⭐ Desirable Experience
Previous software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, open-source contribution or coding competition
Hands-on experience building and evaluating LLM agents, in projects, research, internships, or production
Regular use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Codex
Coursework or projects in natural language processing (NLP)
Genuine interest in content safety and quality
Passion for Quora's mission and goals
🎁 Benefits
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.
🛂 Visa & Eligibility
Please visit careers.quora.com/eligible-countries for details regarding employment eligibility by country.
