Staff Software Engineer, Digital Products Engineering

Digital Products Engineering is responsible for Tesla's customer facing website which serves customers in over 60 countries, helping users understand and purchase our groundbreaking products, and keep track of their orders through delivery.

Tesla's Digital Product Engineering team is seeking an exceptional Software Engineer, with experience in backend development, who will be responsible for building information systems to support Tesla's rapid growth while providing a seamless and intuitive customer experience. Candidate will be part of core services team at tesla, which owns backend orchestration of both Vehicle and Energy Products (storage/solar/charging) entire journey from Order, Purchase, Delivery/Installation and Ownership.

The ideal candidate is flexible, motivated and a self-starter with a strong desire to improve efficiency, scalability and make an impact with contributions to a cross-functional team. This is a fast paced, highly rewarding opportunity to make a direct impact on our mission of transitioning the world to sustainable energy.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and support applications and systems under the team's scope, including Vehicle and Energy order processing, Product Installation and Ownership experience, and features accessible through mobile app, etc.
• Be flexible and quick to respond to changing business priorities and requirements
• Own feature development and projects through design, development, testing, release and production
• Write clean, maintainable, performant, and well-tested code to implement new features and fix bugs
• Write unit tests, integration tests, and work with QA to coordinate timely regression for new features
• Monitor live system metrics, respond to alerts, and troubleshoot production issues
• Investigate and understand existing system technical functionality and propose technical improvements
• Communicate changes in project estimates, dependencies, and blockers with affected stakeholders quickly
• Understand and improve the scalability, maintainability, availability, and visibility of applications
• Work with technologies such as Go, C#, .Net core, MySQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, GraphQL, Javascript, Docker, Kubernetes

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent industry experience
• Expert knowledge of REST APIs
• Experience writing code in object oriented languages
• Experience with microservices, or service oriented architecture
• Experience with databases (either SQL or NoSQL)
• Good unit testing and integration testing practices
• Experience with message queue architecture
• Experience with Mysql, PostgreSQL
• Experience or Knowledge on open source technologies such as Kafka, Debezium, Elasticsearch, etc.

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

$164,480 - $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.