Staff Software Engineer, Core Services

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer towork onRobotaxi and Charging primarily. Youwill own the technical direction, write production code, andmaylead a team of engineers while scaling the system to support more complex flows. The ideal candidate combines deepexpertiseinbackend systemswith hands-on distributed systems experience, strong product instincts, and an AI-forward mindset.

This position is based inFremont, CA. What You'll Do

• Own the technical direction and design forbackend services integrating with internal and external platforms
• Lead and grow a team of engineers: mentoron systems thinking, review technical approaches, and set the bar for quality
• Write production code in Go - this is a hands-on technical leadership role, not a management position
• Drive architectural decisions across thecore servicesstack: Go,REST,gRPC, Kafka,Elasticsearch, Click house, MySQL, and Kubernetes
• Identifyopportunities to apply AI and machine learning toprice optimization algorithms for Robotaxi, other products

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with4+ years focused onbackend distributed systems
• Demonstrated experience building andoperatingdistributed systems in production-event-driven architectures, message brokers, service decomposition, and the operational realities of running them
• Strongproficiencyin Go; working familiarity with the broader stack:REST, Dotnet,gRPC, Kafka, SQL (MySQL), Docker, Kubernetes, anddotnet
• Experience shipping systems into real production environments, not just research or simulation
• Track recordof technical leadership: setting architectural direction, mentoring engineers, and driving technical decisions across teams
• Strong product sense with the ability to understand user pain, domain constraints, and independently drive toward a better product
• Experience with real-time or near-real-time systems-you understand latency, throughput, and reliability constraints
• An AI-forward mindset with a drive to incorporate AI-driven approaches into product development, whether that is ML forpriceoptimization, LLMs for tooling, or AI-assisted development workflows

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• 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

Expected Compensation $200,000 - $300,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Tesla'score services team buildssystemsthat orchestrate customer flows for robotaxi, charging, over the air updates, subscriptions, electric, lease/loan, roaming in charging, NACS and other ownership related products for both B2C and B2B customers. These systems are production-critical and directlyimpact customer experience, revenue and need to beoptimizedforuptime, and scalability.