Software Engineer, Back End, Energy Customer Support

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Software Engineer, Back End, Energy Customer Support

| Job Category | Engineering & Information Technology | | Location | Fremont, California | | Req. ID | 264322 | | Job Type | Full-time |

What to Expect

Join Tesla’s service software team, where you’ll work alongside some of the brightest engineers globally to power critical machine learning models for internal service applications. These applications support Tesla’s service centers, collision centers, global customer relationship management, and insurance claims. As a python developer you’ll tackle complex, ambiguous challenges, transforming them into end-to-end AI solutions that drive Tesla’s mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and implement machine learning models for service and customer support environments using techniques like supervised learning, convolutional neural networks, and tools such as PyTorch and Pandas
• Collaborate with vehicle service operations, energy service operations, and customer support teams to address operational challenges
• Take ownership of production models, ensuring robust alerting systems for rapid issue resolution
• Work with diverse, heterogeneous datasets (text, voice, images, tabular data) to build scalable solutions
• Translate ambiguous problem statements into actionable, end-to-end machine learning models
• Follow agile development practices and maintain high standards for clean, modular, and sustainable code

What You’ll Bring

• In-depth expertise in Python for high-performance, data-intensive applications
• Proficiency with at least one modern deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow)
• Specialized knowledge in areas such as large language models, recommender systems, or operations research
• Strong foundational understanding of statistics for model comparison and performance evaluation
• Real-world experience deploying and maintaining production machine learning systems
• Passion for writing clean, modular, and sustainable code to transition research into production
• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related or equivalent experience

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

• Expected Compensation

• $140,000 - $210,000/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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