Senior Software Engineer, Deep Learning

Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer, Deep Learning role is onsite in Fremont, CA. The base salary range is $140,000–$280,000 annually. Pony.ai develops autonomous mobility technologies and services, including Robotaxi, Robotruck, and personally owned vehicle business units. The engineer develops and deploys deep learning systems for autonomous driving, translating real-world challenges into machine-learning problems and building models that can operate within vehicle runtime constraints. This work supports the company’s development and commercialization of autonomous mobility.

What you'll do

• Design software architecture, systems, modules, evaluation metrics, specifications, and test and regression frameworks
• develop large-scale foundation models
• frame real-world problems as machine-learning problems
• apply deep learning, reinforcement learning, and imitation learning
• scale models to data pipelines and real-time vehicle use
• develop and deploy vision-language and large language models
• optimize models for runtime constraints.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior software engineer

deep learning

fremont ca

pony.ai

autonomous driving

machine learning

foundation models

vision-language models

large language models

c++

python

$140k–$280k annually

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision care
• traditional and Roth 401(k)
• life insurance
• paid time off and public holidays
• family leave
• short- and long-term disability
• and free food and snacks.

Why this role

The role includes work on foundation models, vision-language models, and large language models for autonomous driving.

About the employer

pony.ai is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.