Job Description

What to Expect

Come join a small team of experts building the systems that connect Tesla and our customers to their cars, robotaxis, robots, and energy products.

At Tesla, we’re at the forefront of connected innovation providing a suite of rich backend services to our growing fleets. The team operates the UI and services behind developer.tesla.com. We own the platform that enables owners to interact with their cars and developers to build device-connected applications. The platform includes Authentication systems and other back-end services powering vehicles and mobile apps. You will evolve across the tech stack to deliver features to millions of customers and improve our products.

We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer specialized in web services and distributed systems. The platform you build will scale novel functionality to millions of users and devices.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build scalable, high-availability mission-critical systems and APIs
• Improve UI/UX for our Authentication experiences
• Migrate systems to designs with improved maintainability and performance
• Build device-side software to manage security, connectivity, commands and telemetry
• Solve problems using distributed, asynchronous messaging
• Work closely with product, SRE and infrastructure teams

What You’ll Bring

• 3+ years of strong web development experience building highly-reliable, mission-critical software
• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or the equivalent in experience
• Extensive experience with frontend and backend development, with frequent production releases
• Deep knowledge of best practices, information security, and API design principles
• Experience with React or equivalent
• Experience with gathering and building requirements from multiple stakeholders
• Go and Kubernetes a plus

Compensation and Benefits

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
• Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation

$172,000 - $312,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.