Who you are

• Availability for meetings and impromptu communication during Quora's “coordination hours" (Mon-Fri: 9am-3pm Pacific Time)
• Currently pursuing a B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field at a Canadian University
• Knowledge of Python or C++, or the ability to learn them quickly Knowledge of integrating and deploying LLMs
• A passion for learning and always improving yourself and the team around you
• Love of the Quora and/or the Poe product
• Prior software engineering internship experience with software engineering or AI systems Proficiency in modern backend frameworks (e.g., FastAPI, Node.js, Django) and frontend libraries (e.g., React, Next.js)
• 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

What the job involves

• This role will be working on our Poe product
• This internship will run for 16 weeks beginning in January
• A Quora internship is not an ordinary internship
• There's no busy work
• Every project that our interns work on is important to the company and its goals
• As a team, we are dedicated to holding high standards, developing a strong and passionate culture, and emphasizing impact
• We value building a culture with strong engineering values and goals because we believe that it is the key to building a great company and product
• Interns play an important role in this, as they work alongside full-time employees as equals, working on the same projects that help drive the company and product forward
• We expect interns to become valuable contributors to the team, as they work hand-in-hand with people ranging from engineering to design to business development
• We also realize that mentorship is important to allow interns to grow and develop skills in areas which they're looking to improve
• For example, every intern will have a full-time engineer as a mentor, and weekly 1:1s with their managers to get feedback and ensure things are going well
• We also emphasize code reviews and hold weekly engineering tech talks to maintain high code quality and to optimize for learning the best engineering practices
• This role will participate in developing cutting-edge LLM applications including but not limited to information retrieval, search and discovery, multi-bot agents, ensuring smooth and engaging user experiences
• Participate in a wide variety of Applied AI activities, including refining and optimizing prompting, incorporating new LLM capabilities (such as function calling, tool use, etc) to improve the outcome of LLM

The application process

• We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis