Software Engineer - Evaluation
At a glance
Mid-level Software Engineering role at pony.ai. Fremont · full-time · $120,000–$200,000 base.
techroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Create algorithms and evaluation measures that support core AI decision-making
- Build data pipelines for ingesting large datasets, processing them in batches and evaluating results
- Develop system-wide tests, metrics and simulation environments across business components
- Design fast backend services and distributed systems for processing real-time events at scale
- Improve LLM workflows with guided reasoning, safeguards and steps to reduce hallucinations
What you bring
- Strong programming ability in C/C++ and Python, alongside sound software design skills
- A solid grounding in mathematics and theoretical computer science, including areas such as linear algebra or graph theory
- A bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in computer science or a related discipline
Who this fits
This mid-level, full-time role is based onsite in Fremont. It suits an engineer interested in building large-scale systems while balancing performance, complexity and cost.
From the employer
Founded in 2016 in Silicon Valley, Pony.ai has quickly become a global leader in autonomous mobility and is a pioneer in extending autonomous mobility technologies and services at a rapidly expanding footprint of sites around the world. Operating Robotaxi, Robotruck and Personally Owned Vehicles (POV) business units, Pony.ai is an industry leader in the commercialization of autonomous driving and is committed to developing the safest autonomous driving capabilities on a global scale. Pony.ai’s leading position has been recognized, with CNBC ranking Pony.ai #10 on its CNBC Disruptor list of the 50 most innovative and disruptive tech companies of 2022. In June 2023, Pony.ai was recognized on the XPRIZE and Bessemer Venture Partners inaugural “XB100” 2023 list of the world’s top 100 private deep tech companies, ranking #12 globally. As of August 2023, Pony.ai has accumulated nearly 21 million miles of autonomous driving globally. Pony.ai went public at NASDAQ in November 2024.
Responsibility
- Design and implement algorithms and evaluation metrics to drive core AI decision-making.
- Build scalable data pipelines and toolchains for large-scale data ingestion, batch processing, and evaluation.
- Design system-level evaluation metrics, testing frameworks, and simulation environments across business components.
- Design and implement high-performance backend services and distributed architectures , capable of handling large-scale real-time event processing.
- Establish and maintain comprehensive system monitoring, fine-grained observability metrics, and automated alerting frameworks to ensure low latency and reliable production operations.
- Build and optimize downstream engineering workflows for Large Language Models (LLMs), programmatically steering model reasoning, establishing guardrails, and mitigating hallucinations to ensure reliable outputs.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in C/C++, Python, and software design
- Strong foundation in mathematics and theoretical computer science, such as linear algebra, calculus, graph theory, computational geometry, combinatorial optimization algorithms, stochastic processes, and complexity analysis.
- Possessing solid engineering discipline, or demonstrating strong interest and potential in building large-scale systems, with the ability to maximize performance while keeping complexity and cost to a minimum.
- BS/MS or Ph.D in Computer Science or a related field
Compensation and Benefits
Base Salary Range: $120,000 - $200,000 Annually
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on many factors, including the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Compensation and this role may be eligible for bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units.
Also, we provide the following benefits to eligible employees:
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (Traditional and Roth 401k)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Free Food & Snacks
Software Engineering work from LinkedIn, X, Reddit and Upwork, in one list.
Each morning you get everything that fits, strongest first.
Software Engineering$120k+
Find me workBy the team behind techroles.