Staff Backend Engineer - Bot Creator Ecosystem, Poe

Quora is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to join their Poe product team, focusing on the Bot Creator Ecosystem. This remote-first position offers an opportunity to work at the forefront of AI technology, helping shape the future of Poe, Quora's rapidly growing AI platform. The role involves building abstractions and tooling to accelerate bot onboarding, collaborating with leading LLM providers, and improving external APIs to support a thriving developer ecosystem.

The position is part of the Creators team, where you'll have direct impact on how creators build and scale on Poe. As a staff engineer, you'll be responsible for driving feature planning and backend implementation while contributing to fast-paced, cross-functional product cycles. The role requires expertise in Python programming and experience with large-scale systems.

Quora offers a competitive compensation package ranging from $183,647 to $267,615 USD for US-based candidates, plus equity and comprehensive benefits. The company maintains a strong culture of transparency, idea-sharing, and experimentation, allowing teams to celebrate success and grow together through meaningful work.

The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of experience with large-scale codebases, strong technical leadership abilities, and a passion for API design and developer experience. You'll work during Quora's coordination hours (9am-3pm Pacific Time) and collaborate with cross-functional teams including design, product, data science, and QA.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about AI, emerging technologies, and building platforms with global reach. The role offers the chance to work remotely while contributing to Quora's mission of growing and sharing the world's knowledge through both their main platform and the innovative Poe AI product.