Staff Software Engineer, Backend, Factory Software

Tesla•Austin, TX

About The Position

We are looking for a highly motivated Software Engineer specializing in server-side software and backend development to join the Material Flow System team. You will join a team building server-side software for the systems that control the material movement inside the Warehouses, yards, trucks and within the factory. The ideal candidate will have a passion for building world-class software and a track record of success creating scalable software systems. You will need strong software engineering skills, excellent interpersonal communication, and experience accepting and giving meaningful feedback on technical designs and pull requests. You should have proven experience using Golang as your main programming language and be comfortable with synchronization primitives, locks, channels and concurrent programming. A successful candidate should also be familiar with Kubernetes concepts, authoring k8s manifests, defining deployments, services etc. Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD tools is a great plus, such as: GitHub workflows, Helm charts, ArgoCD or Jenkins.

Requirements

Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or the equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability
Minimum 6 year of working experience (preferred 8+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)
Experience with distributed architectures and systems
Database experience (MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
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 (version control, code reviews, CI/CD, monitoring, logging, etc.)
Excellent interpersonal communication skills and proven ability to lead technical initiatives from conception to production

Responsibilities

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
Participating in the architecture design process and troubleshooting of live applications with the product teams
Prioritize building production-critical software systems that have 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

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