Staff Backend Software Engineer - Core Product, Poe (Remote)

[Quora is a privately held, "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-5, Claude 4.1, Grok 4, Veo 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.

This role will be working on our Poe product.

About the Team and Role:

We are seeking a talented, self-starter Backend 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 and repeat feature (https://shorturl.at/1J0Af) which allows you to get multiple response from a bot

• a Canvas App feature (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/poe-platform_introducing-poe-apps-a-new-easy-way-to-activity-7300201666232913920-u8O7) which enables users to generate interactive websites within Poe and publish them as a new app for users outside Poe

As a senior 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 backend 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

• Participate in on-call responsibilities to ensure Poe provides a reliable and high quality product

Minimum Requirements:

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

• 6+ years of experience working with large-scale codebases and systems, particularly web applications

• 5+ years of experience in Python or a similar programming language

• A passion for learning and always improving yourself and the team around you

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

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Requirements:

• Passion for Poe and Quora's products and mission

• Passionate about API design, the developer ecosystem and overall developer experience

• Passion for code quality and designing elegant systems

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. This role is a backfill for an existing vacancy.

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 Toronto and Vancouver based applicants, the salary range is $236,940 - $276,220 CAD + equity + benefits. For all other locations in Canada, the salary range is $221,144 - $257,806 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.

Please note: AI technology may assist in sorting applications and recording interview notes, but all decisions are made by a member of our team.

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