Description[Quora is a privately held, "remote-first" company. This position can be performed remotely from multiple countries around the world. Quora’s mission is to grow the world's collective intelligence. Poe: a cloud workspace where millions of users run multiple AI agents on shared context and tools. Behind these products are passionate, collaborative, and high-performing global teams. As a remote-first company, our engineers have a high degree of flexibility and autonomy. We are looking for an experienced machine learning engineer to join our distribution team, working on recommendation systems such as feed, notifications, and Quora's famous digest emails. At Quora, we use machine learning in almost every part of the product and recommendation systems play an important role in connecting users with content.As a ranking modeling expert, you will own and advance the second-phase ranking model behind feed and digest, one of the highest-leverage surfaces at Quora, by applying the latest machine learning techniques. 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 efficientlyMinimum Requirements:-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-Positive understanding of mathematical foundations of machine learning algorithms-Previous experience building end-to-end machine learning systems-Good communication and interpersonal skills-BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical fieldPreferred Requirements:-5+ years of experience writing Python or C++ code-Experience with generative recommendation systems-Experience with user behavior or user sequence modeling, transformers, or long sequence modeling applied to ranking-Experience with leading large-scale multi-engineer projects-Flexible and positive team player with outstanding interpersonal skills-Passion for Quora's mission and goalsAt 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. 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. For US based applicants, the salary range is $189,507 - $274,604 USD + equity + benefits.-For Toronto and Vancouver based applicants, the salary range is $243,330 - $282,076 CAD + equity + benefits. For all other locations in Canada, the salary range is $227,108 - $263,271 CAD + equity + benefits.-In equity-eligible countries, we currently also offer a flexible equity program where a portion of equity compensation may be taken as cash.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.AI technology may assist in sorting applications and recording interview notes, but all decisions are made by a member of our team.

📌 Senior Remote Machine Learning Engineer (Ottawa)
🏢 Devconnectplatform
📍 Ottawa