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About the role

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Staff Database Engineer, Database Engineering

What to Expect

As part of the innovative Database Infrastructure Engineering team, you will work on building and supporting the systems that will fix the World’s energy problems. You will make data systems run fast and run reliably so that our vehicles run as efficiently as possible. In this role, you will build the next generation data platform to deliver database related services on demand while reducing our infrastructure footprint. You will support the current fleet through observability, monitoring, automating, as well as building resilient, reliable, and scalable databases and tools. This position is available in the Bay Area, CA; Austin, TX.

What You’ll Do

Respond to issues within the Service Level Objective during your assigned on-call rotation
Troubleshoot broken systems and services issues and also build new systems
Document the services we run and how to manage them
Monitor, measure and improve the performance and state-awareness of our systems
Locate and deprecate unused services
Re-deploy, reschedule services that under-utilize their planned resources every quarter
Complete, Update or Polish 4 Runbook/SOPs/Design Documents

What You’ll Bring

Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or proof of exceptional skills in related field
10+ Years experience in database/Streaming technologies
Expertise in supporting at least one of the technologies like PostgreSQL and MySQL
Expertise in caching technologies like Redis
Expertise in writing software in python/ Shell/ Ansible (or) any other, to improve the reliability, scalability and performance of Tesla's infrastructure
Expert in database and SQL tuning and expert troubleshooter
Strong Shell, Python and SQL scripting to automate DB related jobs
Familiarity with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, consul, Splunk
Proven ability to work independently or as an integral member of a team and has excellent communication and documentation skills
Familiarity with low level debugging tools such as strace, tcpdump, gdb, lsof and netstat

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
$200,000 - $300,000/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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