Quora
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendation Systems - Quora (Remote)
$220K–$321K
Remote - Multiple Locations +4 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- Remote - Multiple Locations
United States
Ireland
Canada
& 13 other countries - Experience
- 6+ years in professional software development in machine learning; 4+ years in Home Feed recommendation systems. Preferred: 6+ years writing Python or C++.
- Education
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science.
About the job
Own the technical direction and development of Quora’s recommendation systems, including feed retrieval and ranking, while advancing AI-driven content understanding and recommendation surfaces.
What you'll do
- Lead recommender projects across candidate generation, retrieval, ranking, re-ranking, and optimization; own ML systems end to end.
- Improve engagement and content quality through online experiments, and set technical direction for feed recommendations.
- Partner across teams, mentor engineers, and shape AI-assisted development practices.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of professional software development experience in machine learning.
- 4+ years building and optimizing Home Feed recommendation systems for social media and user-generated content platforms.
- Deep knowledge of recommender systems and machine-learning mathematical foundations; experience leading large-scale ML projects end to end with measurable outcomes.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science; availability during coordination hours (Mon–Fri, 9am–3pm Pacific Time).
Nice to have
- 6+ years writing Python or C++; hands-on experience deploying and running generative models at scale.
- Experience with notifications, email/digest recommendations, or growth and lifecycle modeling; publications at RecSys, KDD, NeurIPS, or ICML.
Pay
$219,989 - $320,613 USD base salary; $282,469 - $329,337 CAD base salary; $263,638 - $307,381 CAD base salary
Tools
Python, C++, LLMs
AI focus
Integrate LLMs and generative models into content understanding and ranking; apply AI-assisted development to increase shipping velocity.
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