November 19, 2024

Software Engineer, Distributed Systems, Build Infrastructure

Mid • On-site

$120,000 - $252,000/yr

Palo Alto, CA

What to Expect

Tesla’s continued success depends on Engineers being able to develop, debug, and deploy software quickly. Our web services, tools, and build infrastructure directly impact over 1000 vehicle, energy, and Autopilot Software Engineers. You'll be joining a small team located at the center of the firmware organization called Engineering Productivity, Build and Internal Infrastructure. This unique position exposes us to a wide array of interesting technical challenges and enables us to be the defenders of best practices such as code hygiene, reuse, and maintainability. As the brains of a whole organization, you will work on developer experience, build frameworks and high availability of tools, services, and computational cluster. 

Join us, and in addition to contributing to every Software Developer's efforts, the opportunity arises to push a first PR with personal code to a real Tesla vehicle within the first week (or day). This role directly impacts real-world Tesla customers by enhancing the speed and reliability of Over-the-Air updates, involves making decisions on the products delivered to customers, and plays a part in accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy.

What You’ll Do
  • Work on building a distributed compute system, running code on hundreds of bare metal & cloud servers.  
  • Make code more efficient to run, optimizing resources across the cluster, and speeding up the compute workloads we face  
What You’ll Bring
  • 5+ years of professional software development experience
  • Excellent knowledge of any modern programming language (Golang, C++, Python, Rust, Ruby, etc.) 
  • Strong Linux knowledge 
  • Experience with distributed compute systems (k8s, Slurm, LSF, etc.) or distributed architectures 
  • Knowledge of messaging services (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis, etc.) 
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:

  • Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • LGBTQ+ care concierge services
  • 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
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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

    $120,000 - $252,000/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.