Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads - Quora (Remote)
Core
Optimizing Quora's advertising product by improving ads ranking, targeting, and auction dynamics to drive revenue and user experience.
Role type
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Ads Ranking)
Builds
Production ML systems for ad targeting, ranking, and auction dynamics serving 300M+ monthly unique visitors
Domain
Advertising technology, Recommendation systems, Deep learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Ads ranking model development, CTR/CVR prediction and calibration, Deep learning (PyTorch/TensorFlow), Python, Feature engineering, Model evaluation, A/B experimentation, Data pipeline ownership
Preferred skills
Feature interaction networks, Attention-based user-sequence models, Multi-task learning, Generative recommender systems, Bidding and auction mechanics understanding
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Python
Responsibilities
Develop and improve ads ranking models with prediction objectives and feature interactions; Own end-to-end ML systems from data pipelines to production deployment; Evaluate deep learning advances within latency and cost constraints; Partner with product and engineering teams to define objectives and measure revenue impact; Identify new ML opportunities across the Ads product
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
