2 days ago
Base Salary
$107k - $153k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy LLM-powered agents to detect and address spam, harassment, and other policy-violating content.
- Develop agentic workflows that automate complex content and user moderation tasks.
- 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 while balancing accuracy, reliability, latency, and cost.
- Investigate failure cases, experiment with new approaches, and improve system performance.
- Identify opportunities to apply ML and LLMs to content quality and safety.
- Collaborate with experienced engineers and own projects from early development through production.
Requirements
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, completed or in progress.
- Strong understanding of the mathematical foundations of machine learning algorithms.
- Coursework, research, or project experience with LLM applications or transformer models.
- Strong knowledge of Python.
- Availability for meetings and communication during Quora’s coordination hours, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Time.
- Ability to start full-time in early 2027.
- Preferred qualifications include software engineering experience through an internship, work experience, open-source contribution, or coding competition; hands-on LLM agent experience; regular use of Claude Code or Codex; NLP coursework or projects; and interest in content safety and quality.
Benefits
- Remote-first work from eligible locations in the US or Canada.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Equity refreshers and a flexible equity program in eligible countries.
- Remote work reimbursement.
- Paid time off and employee assistance programs.
- Benefits are country-specific and may vary.
- Final candidates undergo identity verification and a comprehensive background check before onboarding.
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About Quora
Quora builds a global Q&A platform where people share and discover knowledge, and Poe, a multi-model AI chat app that lets users and creators build and monetize bots. Its business model includes advertising and subscriptions such as Quora+ and Poe. Privately held, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, it serves a worldwide audience with hundreds of millions of monthly visitors.