Requirements:
- Ability to be available for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's "coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
- 2+ years of full-time product development experience building consumer or enterprise web products (internships excluded)
- Excellent Python, Java, or C++ development skills
- Knowledge of backend storage systems such as MySQL, HBase, Memcached, or Redis
- Knowledge of frontend technologies such as React, Javascript, Typescript
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems
Preferred Requirements:
- 2+ years of industry experience in online advertising, or related areas in monetization & marketing
- 1+ years of experience building with open-source data infrastructure technologies, such as Kafka, Airflow, and Spark
- 1+ years of frontend experience with frontend technologies, such as React, Javascript, Typescript
- Love of the Quora products
Responsibilities:
- Drive projects from ideation to production using the full technology stack
- Architect, design, and implement features for our mission-critical online ad platform at massive scale with data-driven iteration
- Identify high impact features that achieve engineering and revenue goals, and be able to explain rationale for your decisions
- Work with designers, fellow engineers, and data scientists to prototype and implement functionality and analyze impact
Perks and 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. US and Canada salary ranges and benefits specifics are provided. We value diversity and inclusivity.