Software Engineer, Factory Software

What To Expect Tesla's Factory Software team builds the systems that keep our factories running — equipment management, maintenance operations, real-time IoT, construction planning, and supply chain automation across every gigafactory worldwide. The software you build here doesn't sit behind a login screen waiting for clicks. It runs on factory floors, drives real-time decisions, and directly impacts production output.

You'll own features end-to-end: from designing APIs and data pipelines to deploying AI agents that automate manual processes and save thousands of engineering hours per year. You'll ship fast, break through ambiguity, and work alongside manufacturing engineers who depend on what you build every single day.

This is not a typical enterprise software role. This is building the nervous system of Tesla's manufacturing operations — and your work will directly build a world of amazing abundance.

What You'll Do

Design, build, and ship full-stack features across backend services (Go, Rust, C#, TypeScript) and modern frontend frameworks (React, Angular, Next.js)

Architect and implement event-driven systems, real-time data pipelines, and streaming integrations using Kafka, Redis, and WebSockets

Build and deploy AI-powered agents and LLM-based automation workflows that eliminate manual factory processes

Design and optimize data models across PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB for high-throughput manufacturing workloads

Build and maintain APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL) that integrate with factory equipment, ERP systems, and third-party platforms

Deploy and operate services on Kubernetes with full CI/CD pipelines, observability (logging, metrics, tracing), and on-call ownership

Collaborate directly with factory operations, product managers, and hardware teams to solve real manufacturing problems through rapid iteration

Drive engineering quality through code reviews, design docs, testing, and a bias toward simple, maintainable solutions

What You'll Bring

Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Strong proficiency in Go, Rust, Java, C#, TypeScript, or Python — you write clean, performant code and can pick up new languages quickly

Experience building and deploying production backend services with modern cloud-native tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD)

Solid database skills across SQL and NoSQL — query optimization, schema design, and working with large-scale data

Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming systems (Kafka, Redis Streams, or equivalent)

Hands-on experience with LLMs and agentic AI workflows — building AI agents, prompt engineering, tool-use patterns, RAG pipelines, or similar applied AI systems

Familiarity with frontend development (React, Angular, Next.js, or similar) — you can build a full feature, not just an API

Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, API design, and software architecture

Thrive in a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment where you ship often and own outcomes

Clear communicator who works well across engineering, product, and operations teams

Benefits Compensation and Benefits 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

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