Sr. Backend Engineer, Diagnostics, Vehicle Software

Tesla•Palo Alto, CA

About The Position

At Tesla, Service Engineering exists uniquely at the intersection of firmware/hardware design, service, diagnostics, manufacturing, quality, and reliability. Service Engineering multiplies efforts of service in the areas of diagnostics, repairs, and maintenance, while simultaneously reducing the need for each. Our mission is to ensure that customer's vehicle is diagnosed accurately, reliably and as quickly as possible with the feedback mechanisms to enable continuous improvement of diagnostics. Our vision is to have a diagnostic strategy and software that ensures our vehicles do not have to come to service for diagnosis.  As a Backend Engineer in Service Engineering, you will be responsible for specifying, building, and maintaining the next generation of diagnostic tooling for our vehicles and energy products. You’ll be part of one of our multidisciplinary product teams, where you will build back-end systems, improve observability and reliability of our applications, and work closely with product managers, engineers, operations, and data analysts. 

Requirements

3+ years of backend software development experience 
Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent in experience with evidence of exceptional ability
Experience with high-level programming languages like Python, Ruby, Java, Go or similar 
Experience managing cloud computing environments 
Experience in devops tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Concourse, ArgoCD or similar

Nice To Haves

Experience with generative AI applications is a plus

Responsibilities

Improve diagnostic simplicity, meeting regulatory compliance and building proactive diagnostic systems 
Design and maintain automated release process tools and infrastructure 
Build and maintain our next generation infrastructure using technologies like docker and Kubernetes 
Participate in architectural improvements to support our growing user base

Benefits

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