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QuoraPosted 3 weeks ago

Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform, New Grad - Quora (Remote)

$97,600–$139,000 year

RemoteUnited States or Canada

Full TimeEntry LevelSmallTECH

Job Summary

Build and maintain the core infrastructure powering Quora's ML platform, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance for models ranging from Large Recommendation Models to Large Language Models. Develop distributed systems and GPU model serving tools to optimize latency, throughput, and cost while contributing to PyTorch-first standardization and ML ecosystem modernization. Improve developer velocity by creating tooling that helps ML engineers develop, test, and deploy models more efficiently, and participate in the team's on-call rotation to resolve production issues. This role focuses on the intersection of Machine Learning, Distributed Systems, and GPU Serving performance, with no prior ML infrastructure experience required. You will join a team of senior engineers working on Quora's ranking infrastructure across serving reliability, ML engineer enablement, business impact, and cost efficiency.

Required Qualifications

  • Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's "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

Desired Qualifications

  • 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

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