Remote ML Engineer — LLMs, Moderation & Safety

Quora; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Equity refreshers

Remote work reimbursement

Paid time off

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Quora is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer (New Grad) to join our ML team building next-generation AI-powered systems for content quality and safety. The role involves designing, evaluating, and deploying LLM-based agents and agentic workflows at scale, partnering with experienced engineers, and learning rapidly on real-world challenges.

The position leverages Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Spark, and Kubernetes, with a focus on innovation and responsible AI.

Qualifications

• Availability for meetings during Quora's coordination hours (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time).
• Strong understanding of mathematical foundations of Machine Learning algorithms.
• Coursework, research, or project experience with LLM applications or transformer models.
• Strong knowledge of Python.
• Able to start full-time in early 2027.

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

Skills

Python

ML fundamentals

LLM concepts

Communication skills

Education

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Spark

Kubernetes

Job description

Quora is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer (New Grad) to join our ML team building next-generation AI-powered systems for content quality and safety. The role involves designing, evaluating, and deploying LLM-based agents and agentic workflows at scale, partnering with experienced engineers, and learning rapidly on real-world challenges.

The position leverages Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Spark, and Kubernetes, with a focus on innovation and responsible AI.