Sr. Fullstack Engineer, Robotaxi & Optimus

Join a small team of experts to build and scale the platform that connects Tesla and its customers to every vehicle, Robotaxi, Optimus robot, and energy product. We own remote interactions used by millions of customers like vehicle commands, real-time telemetry, over-the-air updates, phone-as-key, rider profiles, and vehicle sharing. Engineering, service, sales, delivery, and manufacturing teams depend on our systems to move fast.

This role owns the authentication experience used by every Tesla owner, the developer platform at developer.tesla.com, and the other product interfaces built on our backend, such as trip sharing and internal tools. You will work across the stack, from React frontends to Go services, and ship to production frequently. What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and operate scalable, highly available, mission-critical services and APIs

• Own and improve the UI/UX of authentication, the developer platform, trip sharing, and internal tools

• Migrate legacy systems to designs with better maintainability, security, and performance

• Build on distributed, asynchronous messaging at fleet scale

• Gather requirements from stakeholders across Tesla and turn them into shipped features

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 3+ years building highly reliable, mission-critical web applications with frequent production releases

• Strong frontend and backend skills; React or equivalent required, Go a plus

• Deep knowledge of API design, information security, and web development best practices

• Experience gathering and shaping requirements from multiple stakeholders

• Kubernetes experience a plus

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 $172,000 - $312,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits