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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.
This role will be working on our Poe product.
About the Team and Role:
The Monetization team on Poe is focused on building innovative features around how users purchase access to a variety of AI language models (LLMs) on our platform through subscriptions and direct purchases, as well as how we pay our creators. Our mission is to create seamless, user-friendly experiences for both subscribers and creators, creating a sustainable marketplace that benefits both users and creators.
We are seeking a talented Full Stack Engineer to join our team in developing new monetization features for Poe. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to build critical systems that power subscriptions, direct purchases, bot pricing models, and creator monetization tools. Your work will directly impact how millions of users interact with and purchase access to various LLMs and how creators monetize their expertise and AI models on the platform.
As a senior engineer on the team, you'll collaborate closely with designers, product managers, data scientists, and other engineers to conceptualize, build, and iterate on monetization features from end to end. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical skills who wants to make a significant impact on a rapidly growing AI platform while working on challenging problems at the intersection of technology and business.
Responsibilities:
Design, build, and maintain robust backend and frontend systems for Poe's monetization features, including subscription management, LLM access purchasing flows, and creator payment systems
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand the user-problems and translate them into scalable technical solutions
Build intuitive and elegant user interfaces for complex monetary transactions
Develop and optimize payment processing systems, ensuring security, reliability, and compliance with financial regulations
Create tools that empower creators to set pricing, monitor revenue, and understand their monetization performance
Participate in technical design reviews and contribute to architectural decisions
Mentor other engineers and contribute to engineering best practices across the organization
Minimum Requirements:
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on full-stack development
Strong experience in at least one of: frontend development (React, TypeScript) or backend systems (Python)
Experience building and maintaining production systems that handle financial transactions
Solid understanding of database design, API development, and web application architecture
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, especially important when working with monetary systems
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Preferred Requirements:
Passion for AI technology and creating business models that support AI innovation
Experience with payment processing systems, subscription management, or financial technology
Knowledge of financial compliance requirements and best practices for handling monetary transactions
Experience with GraphQL and modern frontend frameworks (React, NextJS)
Understanding of data analysis and metrics tracking for business and financial systems
Prior experience working on consumer-facing products with monetization components
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 $229,559 - $267,615 USD + equity + benefits.
Canada candidates only: For Canada based applicants, the salary range is $222,703 - $278,168 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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