Senior Software Engineer, Quora

• This role is great for full-stack generalists who enjoy empowering other developers, eager to learn and execute in different parts of the stack
• Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field, or a completion of coding bootcamp or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of experience working with large scale codebases and systems, particularly web applications and frontend architecture
• 4+ years of experience building APIs that are used by large teams
• 2+ years of experience working with React and GraphQL
• 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

Desirable

• This role will be working on our Poe product
• The Platform team focuses on increasing the productivity of product developers (including engineers, designers, and data scientists) by building tools, frameworks, and abstractions that make their work easier
• This team’s projects range from building reusable component libraries to enhancing debugging tools that improve the development lifecycle. There are many impactful challenges in advancing our frameworks and systems across our modern architecture, supporting both our AI product, Poe, and the core Quora platform
• In this role, you’ll be working with other members of the team across a variety of projects to improve efficiency of product developers, with a focus on supporting the Poe product
• You'll work closely with Poe product teams to understand pain points and build tools to increase their velocity
• You'll be working mainly with Python and modern Javascript frameworks like React, NextJS, GraphQL and Relay
• Develop, maintain, and build tools that make Poe and Quora product developers (engineers, designers, data scientists) more efficient
• Contribute to building and maintaining reusable components used by developers
• Collaborate closely with product teams to identify pain points and understand developer workflow challenges
• Drive proposals and initiatives to address developer challenges and adopt new frameworks

• We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis. This role is a backfill for an existing vacancy