Sr. Fullstack Software Engineer, Distributed Systems, Energy Software

About the role

Tesla is seeking a Full Stack Distributed Systems Engineer to join their Energy Software team. The ideal candidate will have experience in server-side and embedded systems, enjoy solving complex problems, and thrive in an environment with open-ended challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and operate distributed software systems that incorporate real-time and streaming data for the monitoring, aggregation, and control of hundreds of thousands of IoT devices.
• Characterize complex problems related to the scalability, reliability, performance, and security of production systems.
• Test the performance, scalability, and reliability of software systems at scale, including developing the services to support this testing.
• Provide technical leadership, foster collaboration, and drive initiatives to completion.
• Maintain the values of the team which include engineering excellence, curiosity, a bias for action, self-awareness, inclusivity, and vulnerability.

Requirements

• Several years industry experience designing, building and supporting large scale systems in production.
• 3+ years of professional experience utilizing Scala, Java, C# in .NET, or Python to effectively develop and maintain software systems.
• Experience building large scale distributed fault tolerant services.
• Excellent understanding of low level operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale.
• In-depth knowledge of database design and modeling principles and SQL to design and implement efficient and scalable data storage solutions.
• Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc.
• Fluency in Akka or Scala preferred.
• Track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring clear and concise communication of technical concepts and ideas.

Qualifications

• Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.

Skills

• Scala
• Akka
• Reactive Streams
• InfluxDB
• PostgreSQL
• Kubernetes

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Medical plans
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage)
• Vision plans
• HSA Contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Basic Life, AD&D Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time
• Paid Holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $172,000 - $312,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.