Tesla · 1 month ago
Internship, Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure, AI (Summer 2026)
Palo Alto, California
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$100K/yr - $150K/yr
Start in 2026 SpringTesla is seeking an intern for their Core Infrastructure team within the AI department. The role involves designing and implementing backend infrastructure for AI workflows, managing distributed compute clusters, and collaborating with other teams to develop future features.
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Responsibilities
Design & bring up AI Agentic workflows that spans across all stages of development from triaging issues to shipping features
Design & implement backend infrastructure to handle iteration and batch processing of inference, simulation, and evaluation workloads based on real-world sensor data
Influence architectural decisions with focus on security, scalability, reliability and high performance
Setup & maintain monitoring, metrics and reporting systems for fine-grained observability/actionable alerting
Work closely with the other Autopilot teams to design & implement backend components required for future features/processes
Qualification
Required
Proficiency with Python and/or Golang
Familiarity with PyTorch
Experience with Linux especially in networking, virtualization and filesystems
Experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and deployment tools like Ansible or similar
Experience with concurrency programming
Experience with data stores like PostgreSQL and Redis
Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant field of study with a graduation date between December 2026 - August 2027
Preferred
Familiarity with Bazel
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 an option with a $0 payroll contribution
Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
Company Paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-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
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
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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