Machine Learning Engineer - Recommendation System, Quora (Remote)

Requirements:

• Ability to be available for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's "coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
• 3+ years of professional software development experience in machine learning
• Previous experience building large scale ranking/recommendation systems
• Good understanding of mathematical foundations of machine learning algorithms
• Highly proficient coding ability writing Python, C++ or Golang code
• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with leading large-scale multi-engineer projects
• Flexible and positive team player with outstanding interpersonal skills
• Passion for Quora's mission and goals

What You'll Be Doing:

• Improve our existing machine learning systems using your core coding skills and ML knowledge
• Take end to end ownership of machine learning systems - from data pipelines, feature engineering, candidate extraction, model training, as well as integration into our production systems
• Apply state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms at scale and serving for next-generation ad recommendation systems that directly impact the company’s top line metrics
• Collaborate with ML platform and product engineers to build scalable and efficient machine learning systems in the production environment
• Improve the design of recommender model
• Work with product and business teams on new innovative features for recommender systems to optimize user and advertiser performance
• Identify new opportunities to apply machine learning to different parts of the Ads product to drive value for our users and advertisers

Perks and Benefits:

• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Equity refreshers
• Remote work reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance programs
• Competitive salary range and equity based on location