Staff Software Engineer, Automation, Vehicle Ownership Applications

We are looking for experienced software engineer with experience in building frameworks to test product programmatically and build tools to monitor health. This position will support ownership related applications, which includes supercharging, robotaxi, tesla roaming initiatives, upgrades, subscriptions, tesla electric, tesla external APIs, AI agents and other enterprise workflows. This is backend orchestration team focused on building distributed systems to power customer facing interfaces including mobile app, vehicle and third-party platforms.

Responsibilities

• In this role, your job responsibilities will include integrating with our Core services team, writing automation for new and existing features, as well triaging and maintaining automation across multiple products
• Build the infrastructure to test the product programmatically, measure code coverage and automate test cases. Recognize areas for automation and convert them into efficient automated workflows for testing
• The position demands a self-motivated individual with strong technical and communication skills who can contribute in a cross-functional team environment
• You will be passionate about testing the services, developing automation frameworks and tools for validating core components that are part of the platform
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Product Managers, and Developers to understand product requirements, and translate them into a robust test strategy
• Promote software engineering best practices by using your code as the example, along with participation in code reviews, building tools, and documentation
• Be nimble and react quickly to changing business conditions and priorities and leverage your existing skills while learning and implementing new technologies
• Write backend integration tests for RESTful APIs, develop Python frameworks and libraries to help support automated test case development
• Provide technical leadership, driving and performing engineering best practices to initiate, plan, and execute large-scale, cross-functional, and company-wide critical programs
• Guide scalability, stress, and performance testing for products and document test results and recommendations

Requirements

• Degree in Compuer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
• 6+ years of experience writing automation tests for RESTful APIs
• Experience in one of these Java, .NET CORE, Python, Golang and dependency injection.
• Extensive knowledge of writing automation tests for RESTful APIs
• Working knowledge of continuous deployment, feature toggles, logging, metrics, monitoring, and alerting
• Database experience (MySQL, SQL Server) and good knowledge in query optimization
• Expert knowledge of REST APIs and Microservice architecture, experience with Docker and Kubernetes; Queue processing experience (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with distributed systems spanning multiple regions, with complex interdependencies

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

$195,200 - $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.