Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join Quora's Platform team as a full-stack engineer with a front-end focus and contribute to the development and improvement of the Poe product. Work closely with other team members to enhance the efficiency of product developers by building tools, frameworks, and abstractions. Collaborate with Poe product teams to identify pain points and create solutions to accelerate their workflow. Utilize modern JavaScript frameworks like React, NextJS, GraphQL, and Relay, while also working with Python. This role offers the opportunity to build reliable, performant products and empower other developers. The position is remote-first and can be performed from multiple countries.

Requirements

• 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 completion of a coding bootcamp or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of experience working with large-scale codebases and systems, particularly web applications and front-end architecture
• 4+ years of experience building APIs that are used by large teams
• 2+ years of experience working with React and GraphQL
• Experience with NextJS, Relay, or similar modern web frameworks

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and expand tools that make Poe and Quora product developers (engineers, designers, data scientists) more efficient, with a focus on front-end capabilities
• Contribute to building and maintaining reusable UI components and front-end abstractions used by developers
• Collaborate closely with product teams to identify pain points and understand developer workflow challenges
• Drive proposals and initiatives to improve front-end development workflows, adopt new frameworks, and standardize practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience and strong interest in building tools to support other developers, or improving client-side performance (e.g., reusable front-end components, front-end testing/debugging frameworks)
• Contributions to open-source projects that demonstrate front-end infrastructure or tooling expertise
• Interest in working full-stack and learning new parts of the stack as needed
• Passion for building reliable, performant consumer internet products

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Equity refreshers
• Remote work reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance programs