Tesla · 5 months ago
Distributed Systems Engineer, Build Infrastructure, Vehicle Software
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$140K/yr - $312K/yr
5+ years expTesla is a leading company in the automotive and energy sector, seeking Engineers to enhance their software development processes. The role involves developing, debugging, and deploying software for a distributed compute system, impacting the speed and reliability of Over-the-Air updates for Tesla vehicles.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleEnergyManufacturingRenewable EnergyTransportation
Responsibilities
Work on building a distributed compute system, running code on hundreds of bare metal & cloud servers
Make code more efficient to run, optimizing resources across the cluster, and speeding up the compute workloads we face
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional software development experience
Excellent knowledge of any modern programming language (Golang, C++, Python, Rust, Ruby, etc.)
Strong Linux knowledge
Experience with distributed compute systems (k8s, Slurm, LSF, etc.) or distributed architectures
Knowledge of messaging services (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis, etc.)
Benefits
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
Company
Tesla
Tesla is an electric vehicle and clean energy company that provides electric cars, solar, and renewable energy solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20.12BKey Investors
Societe GeneraleEuropean UnionPennDOT
2024-10-05Post Ipo Debt· $783M
2023-09-13Grant· $159.6M
2023-08-15Grant· $0.23M
Leadership Team
Vaibhav Taneja
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Zhu
SVP of Automotive
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