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# Senior Software Engineer - Evaluation

- **Company:** Pony Corporation
- **Location:** Fremont, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Batch Processing, Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Distributed Systems, Graph Theory, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Computational Geometry, Big O, Software Engineering, Real Time Systems, Large Language Models, Backend, Build Management, Information Technology, Low Latency, Optimization Algorithms, Modeling and Simulation, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 21, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/7cc8b0a1-6f10-406d-ac79-b2e34ff35d88/senior-software-engineer-evaluation

## About the Role

* 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.
 * Pursueing a BS/MS or Ph.D in Computer Science or a related field
 * Experience in large data set processing and familiarity with real time systems
 * Solid experience in a fast-paced and structured engineering environment
 * Full stack experience including both front end and back end is preferred
 * Statistics analysis experience is preferred

## Description

* Design and build end-to-end data processing pipelines and toolchains to support large-scale data collection, batch processing, curation, and multi-dimensional evaluation.
 * Design and implement high-performance backend services and distributed architectures , capable of handling large-scale real-time event processing.
 * Collaborate across complex business components to lead the design of targeted system-level evaluation metrics, testing frameworks, and advanced simulation environments.
 * Leverage and improve industry-leading, open-source distributed technologies to continuously advance infrastructure capabilities and processing efficiency.
 * Drive critical architectural decisions and technology selection, ensuring rigorous standards for security, stability, scalability, and high performance.
 * 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.