Internship, Site Reliability Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering (Winter/Spring 2027)

About the role

Tesla is seeking highly motivated software engineering students who are interested in the field of Site Reliability Engineering. Interns in this organization will be part of a collaborative team of engineers who push the boundaries of Tesla products and services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of SRE engineers, architects, and other stakeholders to understand complex application architectures, enabling the implementation of an effective top-down monitoring strategy for holistic service visibility
• Build, maintain, and monitor dashboards for critical infrastructure
• Create and tune alerts for network and hardware so that potential problems are identified, routed, and remediated early
• Facilitate knowledge sharing by creating and maintaining detailed and comprehensive documentation, diagrams, and runbooks
• Respond to and resolve support requests in a timely fashion while managing project timelines and other responsibilities

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field with a graduation date between 2027–2028
• Proficiency in one or more of: Python, Go, Bash/shell, or similar languages used for automation and tooling
• Solid Linux fundamentals (processes, networking, filesystems, permissions) and comfort operating in a command-line environment
• Strong grasp of CS fundamentals and ability to write clear, well-organized, maintainable code
• Eagerness to collaborate cross-functionally (app, platform, and infra teams) while working independently; detail-oriented and execution-focused
• Curiosity about how systems behave in production — reliability, performance, and failure modes
• Kubernetes (deployments, services, debugging pods/clusters)
• Prometheus (metrics, PromQL, alerting)
• and related observability (Grafana, logs, tracing)
• CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, or config management (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions)
• Containers (Docker), cloud basics (AWS/GCP/Azure), or networking fundamentals
• Exposure to SLIs/SLOs, on-call/incident response, or reliability/performance tuning
• SQL or common datastores only as needed to support services (not a primary focus)

Qualifications

• Exposure to SLIs/SLOs, on-call/incident response, or reliability/performance tuning
• SQL or common datastores only as needed to support services (not a primary focus)

Skills

• Python, Go, Bash/shell, or similar languages used for automation and tooling
• Solid Linux fundamentals (processes, networking, filesystems, permissions) and comfort operating in a command-line environment
• Strong grasp of CS fundamentals and ability to write clear, well-organized, maintainable code
• Eagerness to collaborate cross-functionally (app, platform, and infra teams) while working independently; detail-oriented and execution-focused
• Curiosity about how systems behave in production — reliability, performance, and failure modes
• Kubernetes (deployments, services, debugging pods/clusters)
• Prometheus (metrics, PromQL, alerting)
• and related observability (Grafana, logs, tracing)
• CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, or config management (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions)
• Containers (Docker), cloud basics (AWS/GCP/Azure), or networking fundamentals
• Exposure to SLIs/SLOs, on-call/incident response, or reliability/performance tuning
• SQL or common datastores only as needed to support services (not a primary focus)

Benefits

• Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans. Both have an option with a $0 payroll contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
• 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
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

Pay

Expected Compensation $40.00 - $58.00 + 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.