Sr. Software Engineer, Full Stack, Tesla Cloud Platform

2 weeks ago


Palo Alto, CA, United States Tesla Full time
What to Expect

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.

What You'll Do
  • Design and implementcore services and APIsthat power Tesla Cloud Platform, enabling self-service provisioning of compute, storage, networking, and identity

  • Buildintuitive frontends and dashboards(React/Next.js/TypeScript) for customers to manage projects, quotas, and workloads at scale

  • Developautomation frameworksfor lifecycle management of virtual machines, containers, storage volumes, and networking resources

  • Contribute to the architecture of TCP to ensure it meets strict requirements forperformance, scalability, and multi-tenancyacross 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 asSTS credentials, custom images, bucket storage, and vMotion

  • Continuously improve thedeveloper experienceon TCP by reducing friction in onboarding, resource provisioning, and CI/CD integration


What You'll Bring
  • 2+ years of professional experience in backend development withGo (Golang), including networking and distributed systems programming

  • Strong experience withweb technologiesand frameworks such asReact, Next.js, and TypeScriptfor building scalable user interfaces

  • Hands-on experience withvirtualization and containerizationplatforms such asVMware, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or LXD/LXC

  • Familiarity withInfrastructure as Code (IaC)and configuration management (e.g.,Ansible, Puppet)

  • Solid understanding ofobservability concepts, monitoring, and troubleshooting distributed systems

  • Proven ability to design and build highly scalable and reliable architectures

  • Knowledge ofdistributed and cloud computing concepts(e.g., networking, load balancing, multi-region deployments)


Compensation and Benefits Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

  • Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna 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
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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
Expected Compensation $133,440 - $292,800/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.



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