Quora · 1 month ago
Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure, Quora (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$156K/yr - $225K/yr
4+ years expQuora is a remote-first company dedicated to growing the world's collective intelligence through its platforms, Quora and Poe. The Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure will be responsible for designing and implementing scalable data architectures and improving system efficiency while collaborating with various teams to enhance data usage across the company.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable and efficient data architectures, meeting data needs from data scientists, engineers and business partners
Identify and implement improvements to system’s cost efficiency, reducing data storage and processing costs
Bring your expertise to help model structured & unstructured data. Own these data models at a high level & be a data consultant for partner teams
Champion best practices on system usages and hold high-quality code standards
Participate in the team’s oncall rotation, helping solve timely reliability incidents
Qualification
Required
Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
Must have 4+ years of experience working in Data Infrastructure
Flexibility for working and owning different Data Engineering systems. Open to working on the areas with highest priority for the company at a given time
Operational mindset with ability to do Problem diagnosis, Root cause analysis, Performance tuning and Incident Management
Proficiency in Python and SQL query design
Proficiency with big data processing frameworks, like: Hive, Spark and Trino
Experience building data-intensive applications (high velocity/high volume)
Experience with SQL/NoSQL data store & data lake operations
Preferred
Hands-on experience with AWS technologies like S3, EC2, RDS, EKS, or in Apache Iceberg
Flexible and positive team player with good interpersonal skills
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision coverage
Equity refreshers
Remote work reimbursement
Paid time off
Employee assistance programs
Company
Quora
Quora is a question-and-answer platform that allows users to ask and answer questions on a wide range of topics.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$301MKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzTiger Global ManagementBenchmark
2024-01-09Series Unknown· $75M
2017-04-21Series D· $85M
2014-04-09Series C· $80M
Leadership Team
Adam D’Angelo
CEO
Courtland Showerman
Chief Financial Officer
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