Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Factory Software
Description For Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Factory Software
Tesla is seeking a highly motivated Staff Software Engineer specializing in backend development for factory software systems. The ideal candidate will join a small, expert team building server-side software for manufacturing cars, superchargers, and energy storage. Key responsibilities include producing high-quality, maintainable code, leading projects from requirements to production, mentoring other engineers, and solving complex problems across the stack. The role requires strong skills in Golang, experience with Kubernetes, and familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD tools. The position involves interfacing with multi-disciplinary teams and participating in on-call rotations. Tesla offers a competitive salary range of $140,000 - $252,000 annually, plus cash and stock awards, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with employer match, and various other perks. The company is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Factory Software
- Consistently produce high-quality code that is maintainable and solves real-world problems
- Lead projects from requirements to architectural design to implementation to testing to production
- Mentor other engineers and ensure the team globally maintains a standard of excellent craftsmanship
- Solve problems at many layers of the stack including debugging packet loss when communicating with PLCs to designing for data consistency in massive globally distributed databases
- Participate in the architecture design process and troubleshooting of live applications with the product teams
- Prioritize building production-critical software systems with sufficient validation, monitoring, and support strategies
- Set up and maintain monitoring, metrics & reporting systems for fine-grained observability and actionable alerting
- Interface with multi-disciplinary teams including Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain
- Take shifts on-call (no more than once every two months)
Requirements For Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Factory Software
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Minimum 4 years of working experience (preferred 6+ years)
- Demonstrated experience implementing large-scale projects in Go, Java, C++, Rust, or similar
- Understanding of core aspects of backend development (including SQL databases, networking, and security)
- Familiarity managing container-based workloads, using Kubernetes or other orchestration software in production (ArgoCD, Helm)
- Familiarity with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and at least one modern frontend framework (React, Angular.js, Svelte, etc.)
- Comfortable with all aspects of rigorous software development and maintenance
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills and proven ability to lead technical initiatives
Benefits For Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Factory Software
- Competitive pay
- Aetna PPO and HSA medical plans with $0 payroll deduction options
- Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Dental and vision plans with $0 paycheck contribution options
- Company Paid Health Savings Account (HSA) Contribution
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- LGBTQ+ care concierge services
- 401(k) with employer match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plans
- 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 (critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, pet insurance)
- Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
- Tesla Babies program
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
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