Tesla · 1 month ago
Backend Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform, AI Infrastructure
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$132K/yr - $390K/yrTesla is seeking a Software Engineer within the Autopilot AI Infrastructure team to enhance their machine learning platform. The role involves developing scalable infrastructure solutions to support AI research for Autopilot and Optimus, while collaborating closely with the research team and managing backend systems.
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Responsibilities
Develop and deploy solutions to scale our infrastructure effectively in response to rapidly growing demands
Drive implementation of best practices and monitoring systems to proactively detect and address issues in our production environment
Work across the stack on tools and infrastructure empowering the machine learning team to be effective. This ranges from developing/running model training and evaluation code to back-end infrastructure to occasional front-end work
Coordinate required resources with the team managing the cluster hardware to maintain high availability
Work closely with the research team to understand requirements and priorities
Qualification
Required
Expertise in designing scalable and durable distributed systems
Strong knowledge of Python/Go and Linux
Experience working with diverse backend infrastructure components (SQL / NoSQL databases, caching, message brokers, event streams, monitoring etc.)
Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and setting up CI/CD flows
Preferred
Knowledge of front-end development in React / strong product sense
Knowledge of machine learning, computer vision, or neural networks
Experience working with HPC clusters
Benefits
Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible 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 (90 day waiting period)
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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.
Founded in 2003
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20.12BKey Investors
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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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