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Data Engineer

| Job Category | Manufacturing | | Location | Sparks, Nevada | | Req. ID | 276473 | | Job Type | Full-time |

What to Expect

We are seeking a skilled and collaborative Data Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will lead the development of data pipelines, data warehousing, and reporting infrastructure to support the growth of Gigafactory Nevada.

As a key member of our team, you will design, build, and maintain large-scale data systems to combine data from various data sources, including manufacturing, internal applications, and other data warehouses. Your work will contribute to our understanding of key business performance indicators, informing data-driven decisions to optimize our strategies and drive decision making for all our products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including service operations, reman operations and quality engineering to maximize quality of our products.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement automated data solutions to support various business teams such as Manufacturing, Field Quality and Remanufacturing

• Design and implement robust data storage and management systems, leveraging relational databases, NoSQL databases, and graph databases to support diverse data needs

• Work effectively with engineers and conducting end-to-end analyses, from data requirement gathering, to data processing and modeling

• Analyze service and vehicle data to extract actionable insights, identify field failure trends, and drive product improvements

• Write, maintain and optimize scripts, processes and jobs that will be used by analytics and reporting solutions

• Architect and implement data pipelines and automation systems to streamline data retrieval, processing, analysis, and visualization, ensuring efficient handling of batch and real time data

• Design and refine data models by following best practices and techniques using most effective approaches for reporting and analytics such as star schema

• Identify slow-running processes and bottlenecks, troubleshoot problems, research and resolve issues

• Stay up to date with latest trends in data engineering, experiment with new tools, services, technologies and real-time processing frameworks

• Set high technical bar not just for yourself but for entire team, leading by example in coding standards, documentation and best practices

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience with a focusing on providing automations and data solutions

• Deep SQL expertise and very good understanding of relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Vertica, etc.)

• Experience in data warehousing, including data modeling (dimensional/star/snowflake), large-scale data processing and enterprise warehouse design and maintenance

• Solid understanding of large language models (LLMs) and their application in enterprise solutions

• Python proficiency with experience improving, refactoring, and building efficient data pipelines and API

• Ability to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliable and scalable deployments

• Proficiency with Docker, Git, and modern engineering best practices

• Experience delivering insights with data visualization and reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.

• Familiarity with distributed systems (Kafka, Spark, Iceberg) and NoSQL/document databases (MongoDB)

• Expertise in scalable ETL and data pipelines and tools such as (SSIS, Informatica, Airflow, Luigi or similar)

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:

• 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

• Tesla is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any factor, including veteran status and disability status, protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

• Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.

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