Security Operations Engineer, Pony.ai
$100-160k
Office located in Fremont, CA
Autonomous mobility
Open for applications
Autonomous mobility
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$100-160k
Office located in Fremont, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To accelerate the transition to widespread autonomous mobility everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
- Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in Information Technology, cybersecurity, or working in a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Network Operations Center (NOC)
- Solid understanding of the threat landscape, attacker tactics (e.g., phishing, malware, APTs, DoS attacks), and defensive strategies
- Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python preferred)
- Skilled in security technologies such as SIEM, SOAR, EDR, ID/IPS, access control, vulnerability management, cloud security, and External Attack Surface Management (EASM)
- Experience with cloud security concepts, tools, and best practices across platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with strong attention to detail
- Proven ability to collaborate across teams and foster a customer-focused and security-aware culture
What the job involves
- Collaborate with IT, Infrastructure, HR, Admin and Technical teams to support staff onboarding and offboarding processes
- Continuously monitor security events, threats, and vulnerabilities across systems and networks
- Respond to security incidents, support incident investigations, and escalate issues when necessary
- Perform threat identification, triage, and risk assessments to inform proactive mitigation strategies
- Administration and configuration of tools to log and analyze security and privacy related data
- Implement security policies in tools to automate security and privacy monitoring and analytics
- Analyze security logs to identify anomalies, policy violations, or indicators of compromise
- Identify security and privacy gaps, and propose improvements to strengthen the organization’s overall security framework
Our take
Pony.ai is a driverless vehicle manufacturer and developer based in the US and China. Its AI-driven system, which has been tested by over 1.5M autonomous miles, is designed to navigate complex road scenarios using deep learning models. The company has formed strategic partnerships with major manufacturers, including Toyota, FAW Group, and GAC Group.
Founded by two ex-Baidu employees with extensive experience in autonomous driving, Pony.ai aims to improve road safety, as human error accounts for over 90% of traffic accidents in the US. The company is initially focusing on taxis and long-distance freight trucks, with plans to expand the technology to other vehicle types in the future.
In 2022, Pony.ai made history as the first autonomous driving company to receive a taxi license in China. Since then, the company's success has continued, with its IPO valuing the company at $7.2 billion. Looking ahead, Pony.ai plans to expand its partnerships in China, moving into the business travel and airport pickup markets. It is now a major challenger for Tesla in the domestic autonomous driving market.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2024
$27m
LATE VC
Oct 2023
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $739m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Daily meals and bi-weekly happy hours
- Equity opportunity
- Retirement plans
- Frequent tech talks
Company HQ
Baylands, Fremont, CA
Leadership
James Peng
(Co-Founder & CEO)After a PhD at Stanford, James worked for 7 years as a Google Software Engineer. They spent a further 4 years at Baidu USA as Chief Architect of Autonomous Driving before leaving to co-found Pony.ai in December 2016.
Tiancheng Lou
(Co-Founder & CTO)Received a PhD and B.S. from Tsinghua Univeristy. Began their career at GoogleX, and then became the youngest T10 Engineer at Baidu’s Autonomous Driving Division.
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