Applied AI Software Engineer, Factory Software
About the role
We are seeking an Applied AI Software Engineer to join a small, high-performing team building AI agents that work alongside the people who run our factories.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship production AI agents that help manufacturing engineers diagnose, decide, and act on the factory floor
- Develop deep domain understanding of the manufacturing processes each agent supports, and find the authoritative truth source for every data input
- Build the harness around the model, including tool definitions, retrieval, context assembly, and guardrails, so agents produce trustworthy, verifiable answers
- Write and iterate on prompts and tool instructions that make agents behave reliably
- Evaluate agent behavior rigorously by building eval sets and automated graders that measure answer quality and catch regressions before they ship
- Integrate agents with real manufacturing data systems including SQL and columnar databases, message streams, and live equipment interfaces
- Lead projects end to end, from gathering requirements with domain experts through architecture, implementation, testing, and production deployment
- Collaborate closely with manufacturing engineers and product partners to ensure each agent solves the real problem and earns user trust
- Maintain high engineering standards across version control, code review, CI/CD, monitoring, and logging for the services engineers rely on during their shift
Requirements
Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping and maintaining production systems
Proficiency in one or more modern languages such as Go, Python, C#, or JavaScript, including front-end frameworks such as React or Angular, with the ability to pick up others as the work demands
Experience with SQL databases such as Postgres or MySQL, and familiarity with columnar stores such as ClickHouse and streaming systems such as Kafka
Hands-on experience building agents with a modern agent development framework such as Google ADK or LangGraph
Practical experience working with LLMs, including prompt engineering, harness engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
The curiosity and persistence to develop deep domain understanding and to find the truth source of data rather than assuming it
Sound judgment for evaluating when an agent's output is correct and trustworthy, and the rigor to measure it
Strong communication skills and the ability to give and receive technical feedback in a collaborative environment
Proficiency in rigorous software development practices including version control, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related or equivalent experience
Skills
Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping and maintaining production systems
Proficiency in one or more modern languages such as Go, Python, C#, or JavaScript, including front-end frameworks such as React or Angular, with the ability to pick up others as the work demands
Experience with SQL databases such as Postgres or MySQL, and familiarity with columnar stores such as ClickHouse and streaming systems such as Kafka
Hands-on experience building agents with a modern agent development framework such as Google ADK or LangGraph
Practical experience working with LLMs, including prompt engineering, harness engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
The curiosity and persistence to develop deep domain understanding and to find the truth source of data rather than assuming it
Sound judgment for evaluating when an agent's output is correct and trustworthy, and the rigor to measure it
Strong communication skills and the ability to give and receive technical feedback in a collaborative environment
Proficiency in rigorous software development practices including version control, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging
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
- 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
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
- Commuter benefits
- Employee discounts and perks program
Pay
$140,000 - $210,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits