Sr. Fullstack Software Engineer, Distributed Systems, Energy Software

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Sr. Fullstack Software Engineer, Distributed Systems, Energy Software

| Job Category | Engineering & Information Technology | | Location | Palo Alto, California | | Req. ID | 259430 | | Job Type | Full-time |

What to Expect

Do you want to work on Tesla's IoT platforms that support Powerwall, Megapack, Solar Roof, Supercharger, Autobidder, and Virtual Power Plants? Do you want to work with functional programming, streaming data, and distributed systems? Do you want to work with Scala, Akka, Reactive Streams, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes?

Tesla is seeking a highly motivated Full Stack Distributed Systems Engineer to join our dynamic Energy Software team. In this role, you will be a member of the team that owns the software stack for our 350,000 rooftop solar systems, adding sought after functionality to empower the Service teams to keep our fleet of IoT solar devices healthy and connected in addition to modernizing years-old services written in various languages. The ideal candidate will have some experience in both server-side and embedded systems, enjoy being empowered to solve end-to-end problems, and thrive in ambiguity and open-endedness. You must enjoy thinking in systems and working on challenges related to the availability, reliability, scalability, and security of distributed software systems.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, maintain, and operate distributed software systems that incorporate real-time and streaming data for the monitoring, aggregation, and control of hundreds of thousands of IoT devices
• Characterize complex problems related to the scalability, reliability, performance, and security of production systems
• Test the performance, scalability, and reliability of software systems at scale, including developing the services to support this testing
• Provide technical leadership, foster collaboration, and drive initiatives to completion
• Maintain the values of the team which include engineering excellence, curiosity, a bias for action, self-awareness, inclusivity, and vulnerability

What You’ll Bring

• Several years industry experience designing, building and supporting large scale systems in production
• 3+ years of professional experience utilizing Scala, Java, C# in .NET, or Python to effectively develop and maintain software systems
• Experience building large scale distributed fault tolerant services
• Excellent understanding of low level operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale
• Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
• In-depth knowledge of database design and modeling principles and SQL to design and implement efficient and scalable data storage solutions
• Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc. Fluency in Akka or Scala preferred
• Track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear and concise communication of technical concepts and ideas

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

• $172,000 - $312,000/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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