pony.ai
Senior Software Engineer - Evaluation
$120K–$220K
Fremont, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Education
- Pursuing a BS/MS or Ph.D in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Builds data and backend infrastructure, evaluation systems, and LLM workflows for autonomous-driving operations.
What you'll do
- Design and build data processing pipelines and toolchains for large-scale collection, processing, curation, and evaluation.
- Develop high-performance backend services, distributed architectures, monitoring, and real-time event processing.
- Create system-level evaluation metrics, testing frameworks, simulation environments, and reliable downstream LLM workflows.
What they ask for
- Strong programming skills in C/C++, Python, and software design.
- Strong foundation in mathematics and theoretical computer science.
- Experience in large data set processing and familiarity with real time systems.
- Pursuing a BS/MS or Ph.D in Computer Science or a related field; solid experience in a fast-paced and structured engineering environment.
Nice to have
- Full stack experience including both front end and back end.
- Statistics analysis experience.
Pay
USD $120,000 - $220,000 Annually (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, Python, Large Language Models (LLMs)
AI focus
Build and optimize downstream LLM workflows, programmatically steer model reasoning, establish guardrails, and mitigate hallucinations to ensure reliable outputs.
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