Software Engineer, HR Operations & Systems

The Payroll System is the internal platform Tesla’s payroll operations teams use to run pay cycles, investigate discrepancies, and satisfy audit and SOX obligations. We build the tooling that a real, named group of people opens every morning - short feedback loops, high correctness bar, and no ambiguity about whether the thing we shipped helped. What You’ll Do

• Build and ship features end to end - schema and migration, API, and UI - rather than throwing work over a wall
• Design RESTful APIs in .NET (C#) following our controller to service to repository layering, with dependency injection throughout
• Build data-dense React interfaces in TypeScript: AG-Grid views, TDS components, Jotai and React Query for state and server data
• Work on audit workflows, findings triage, and security group management - features with compliance consequences, where “mostly right” isn’t right
• Write unit and integration tests alongside the code (see test/ - unit and integration suites are part of the definition of done, not a follow-up ticket)
• Participate in code review, both directions

• 5+ years building production backend services in .NET/C#, Python, or Go - with a willingness to work primarily in C#
• Working React and TypeScript experience; comfortable owning a feature’s UI, not just its API
• Solid SQL: can design a table, read an execution plan, and explain why a query got slow
• Testing habits and comfort with Git-based review workflows
• CS fundamentals - data structures and algorithms you can actually reason about, not recite
• Integrating LLM APIs (Azure OpenAI, Claude, or similar) into production backend services

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 $140,000 - $210,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits