Staff Software Engineer, Payments

Tesla • Fremont, CA

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About The Position

Tesla is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Payments team, focused on building and scaling payment processing systems that keep the lights on for the company. This involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, finance, engineering and operations, to gather requirements and develop solutions aimed at reducing friction points for internal/external customers. You will operate in various segments of payments, involving fraud, disbursements and visibility. In this role you will also prototype with new technologies (ex, LLMs, Agents, Temporal, etc.) and champion their usage to ease developer cognitive load and system operations. Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient payment processing systems for Tesla's products and services
Develop and maintain API integrations with third-party payment processors, banks, and other financial institutions
Implement best practices in security, data privacy, and compliance to ensure the protection of sensitive customer data
Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure solutions align with system design, operational needs and end-user impact
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the overall growth and development of the engineering team
Stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in the payments/software engineering industry to identify new opportunities and drive innovation.
Contribute to system architecture and design, especially where AI, automation and operational scale intersect
Develop workflows that leverage AI to improve operations (support, on-call, etc.)

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of work experience as a software engineer or in a related role
• Well versed in Go
• Solid CS fundamentals and experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, Argo, etc), containerization (Docker, K8s, etc) and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Experience with large language models, AI agents, prompt engineering, and AI platforms (e.g. OpenAI, HuggingFace, LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient payment processing systems for Tesla's products and services
• Develop and maintain API integrations with third-party payment processors, banks, and other financial institutions
• Implement best practices in security, data privacy, and compliance to ensure the protection of sensitive customer data
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure solutions align with system design, operational needs and end-user impact
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the overall growth and development of the engineering team
• Stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in the payments/software engineering industry to identify new opportunities and drive innovation.
• Contribute to system architecture and design, especially where AI, automation and operational scale intersect
• Develop workflows that leverage AI to improve operations (support, on-call, etc.)

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees