Remote ML Engineer: Ranking & Feed Systems Expert

Quora; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Quora, a remote-first company, is seeking an experienced machine learning engineer to join our distribution team. You will work on recommendation systems, ranking models, and digest emails, with ownership of models from data pipelines to production integration.

The role emphasizes experimentation, autonomy, and impact on Quora's product. Remote work is supported from multiple countries, and coordination hours are Pacific Time.

Qualifications

• Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's coordination hours (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time).
• 3+ years of professional experience working on recommendation or ranking models.
• Good understanding of mathematical foundations.

Responsibilities

• Improve our existing machine learning ranking models using your core coding skills and ML knowledge.
• Take end-to-end ownership of machine learning systems - data pipelines, candidate extraction, feature engineering, model training, as well as integration into our production systems.
• Identify new opportunities to apply machine learning to different parts of the Quora product.
• Work with other machine learning engineers to implement algorithms and systems efficiently.

Skills

Machine learning engineering

Ranking models

Data pipelines

Feature engineering

Model training

Production systems

Job description

Quora, a remote-first company, is seeking an experienced machine learning engineer to join our distribution team. You will work on recommendation systems, ranking models, and digest emails, with ownership of models from data pipelines to production integration.

The role emphasizes experimentation, autonomy, and impact on Quora's product. Remote work is supported from multiple countries, and coordination hours are Pacific Time.