Staff Full Stack Software Engineer - Core Product, Poe (Remote)

[Quora is a "remote-first" company**.* This position can be performed remotely from multiple countries around the world. Please visit* careers.quora.com/eligible-countries for details regarding employment eligibility by country.]

About Quora:

Quora’s mission is to grow and share the world’s knowledge. To do so, we have two knowledge sharing products:

• Quora: a global knowledge sharing platform with over 400M monthly unique visitors, bringing people together to share insights on various topics and providing a unique platform to learn and connect with others.

• Poe: a platform providing millions of global users with one place to chat, explore and build with a wide variety of AI language models (bots), including GPT-4, Claude 3, Gemini Pro, DALL-E 3 and more. As AI capabilities rapidly advance, Poe provides a single platform to instantly integrate and utilize these new models.

Behind these products are passionate, collaborative, and high-performing global teams. We have a culture rooted in transparency, idea-sharing, and experimentation that allows us to celebrate success and grow together through meaningful work. Join us on this journey to create a positive impact and make a significant change in the world.

About the Team and Role:

We are seeking a talented, self-starter staff software engineer to contribute core product features to Poe, a platform for making the power of state-of-the-art AI accessible to all people. In this role, you'll have the thrilling opportunity to build cutting-edge features from scratch that will serve millions of people every day.

The Core Product team is an iterative and fast-moving team responsible for Poe’s core messaging and bot discovery experiences. For example, some recent launches include:

• a multi-bot chat feature (https://quorablog.quora.com/Multi-bot-chat-on-Poe) which allows you to compare answers from recommended bots with a single click and bring any bot to the conversation by @-mentioning it

• a Previews feature (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/poe-platform_were-excited-to-introduce-previews-a-new-activity-7216108217527934976-BHdi) which enables users to generate interactive websites within Poe

As a senior, full-stack member of the team, you will plan, develop, and polish new features that will improve the interaction experience with generative AI models and the bot ecosystem, and take shared ownership of the cross-functional product development cycle.

If you're a team player with strong technical skills, a passion for AI, and an eagerness to learn emerging technologies, we'd love to hear from you. With Poe's rapid growth trajectory, your work will have a significant impact on shaping how users interact with and learn from generative AI technology.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with designers, product, data scientists, QA, and other engineers to implement and deliver interactive, intuitive AI-powered user experiences on Poe

• Lead a group of engineers to drive a project from start to finish

• Iterate quickly on projects, from ideation to implementation and launch, using the full web technology stack

• Be a champion for both user experience and for sustainable, scalable code practices

• Represent engineering in strategic planning and cross-functional prioritization sessions

• Coach top technical talent to help establish and grow the team and mentor new hires

Minimum Requirements:

• Ability to be available for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)

• 6+ years of full-time professional full-stack experience building user-facing consumer web products (excluding internships)

• 5+ years of professional experience with React, Typescript, and GraphQL

• 5+ years experience in Python or similar programming language

• Professional experience leveraging backend storage systems such as MySQL, MyRocks, Memcached, or Redis

Preferred Requirements:

• Passion for Poe and Quora’s products and mission

At Quora, we value diversity and inclusivity and welcome individuals from all backgrounds, including marginalized or underrepresented groups in tech, to apply for our job openings. We encourage all candidates who share a passion for growing the world’s knowledge, even those who may not strictly meet all the preferred requirements, to apply, as we know that a diverse range of perspectives can have a significant impact on our products and our culture.

Additional Information:

We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis.

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. Benefits are country-specific and may vary. For more information on benefits, visit this link: https://www.careers.quora.com/benefits

There are many factors that will determine the starting pay, including but not limited to experience, location, education, and business needs.

• US candidates only: For US based applicants, the salary range is $183,647 - $267,615 USD + equity + benefits.

• Canada candidates only: For Canada based applicants, the salary range is $222,078 - $277,387 CAD + equity + benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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