Sr. Software Engineer, Full Stack, Tesla Cloud Platform

Tesla•Palo Alto, CA

About The Position

Tesla Cloud Platform (TCP) is Tesla’s internal cloud that powers compute, storage, and networking at global scale across multiple datacenters. As a Full-Stack Software Engineer on the TCP team, you will play a critical role in building the platform that underpins Tesla’s products and services. This includes designing and developing automation systems, APIs, and intuitive user interfaces that enable Tesla engineers to seamlessly provision, manage, and monitor workloads. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of Tesla’s private cloud, ensuring reliability, scalability, performance, and security are at the core of everything we deliver. You will collaborate closely with Site Reliability Engineers, Infrastructure Engineers, and Product Owners to automate away operational toil and deliver a world-class developer experience.

Requirements

2+ years of professional experience in backend development with Go (Golang), including networking and distributed systems programming
Strong experience with web technologies and frameworks such as React, Next.js, and TypeScript for building scalable user interfaces
Hands-on experience with virtualization and containerization platforms such as VMware, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or LXD/LXC
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Puppet)
Solid understanding of observability concepts, monitoring, and troubleshooting distributed systems
Proven ability to design and build highly scalable and reliable architectures
Knowledge of distributed and cloud computing concepts (e.g., networking, load balancing, multi-region deployments)

Responsibilities

Design and implement core services and APIs that power Tesla Cloud Platform, enabling self-service provisioning of compute, storage, networking, and identity
Build intuitive frontends and dashboards (React/Next.js/TypeScript) for customers to manage projects, quotas, and workloads at scale
Develop automation frameworks for lifecycle management of virtual machines, containers, storage volumes, and networking resources
Contribute to the architecture of TCP to ensure it meets strict requirements for performance, scalability, and multi-tenancy across global datacenters
Integrate observability and monitoring features directly into platform services to provide visibility and insight for both customers and operators
Partner with product, networking, and infrastructure teams to extend TCP with new capabilities such as STS credentials, custom images, bucket storage, and vMotion
Continuously improve the developer experience on TCP by reducing friction in onboarding, resource provisioning, and CI/CD integration

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