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Tesla Looking for Software Engineer, Distributed Systems at Palo Alto, CA Full Time


What To Expect
The Role

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 besides helping every software developer, you will:

  • Push your first PR with your own code to a real Tesla vehicle in your first week (or day!)
  • Impact real world Tesla customers with faster and more reliable Over-the-Air updates
  • Make decisions on the real-world products delivered to customers
  • Help accelerate world’s transition to sustainable energy!

    • We are a distributed team and hire in multiple locations:

  • Palo Alto, CA  
  • Bellevue, WA  
  • Austin, TX  

    • What You’ll Do

    • You will work on building a distributed compute system, running code on hundreds of bare metal & cloud servers. 
    • Your focus will be on making code more efficient to run, optimizing resources across the cluster, and speeding up the compute workloads we face

    What You’ll Bring

    • 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.)

    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

    $104,000 – $348,000/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.

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    • Job Title: Tesla Looking for Software Engineer, Distributed Systems at Palo Alto, CA
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