Data Engineer

What to Expect

We are seeking a skilled and collaborative Data Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will lead the development of data pipelines, data warehousing, and reporting infrastructure to support the growth of Gigafactory Nevada.

As a key member of our team, you will design, build, and maintain large-scale data systems to combine data from various data sources, including manufacturing, internal applications, and other data warehouses. Your work will contribute to our understanding of key business performance indicators, informing data-driven decisions to optimize our strategies and drive decision making for all our products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including service operations, reman operations and quality engineering to maximize quality of our products.

What You'll Do

Design and implement automated data solutions to support various business teams such as Manufacturing, Field Quality and Remanufacturing

Design and implement robust data storage and management systems, leveraging relational databases, NoSQL databases, and graph databases to support diverse data needs

Work effectively with engineers and conducting end-to-end analyses, from data requirement gathering, to data processing and modeling

Analyze service and vehicle data to extract actionable insights, identify field failure trends, and drive product improvements

Write, maintain and optimize scripts, processes and jobs that will be used by analytics and reporting solutions

Architect and implement data pipelines and automation systems to streamline data retrieval, processing, analysis, and visualization, ensuring efficient handling of batch and real time data

Design and refine data models by following best practices and techniques using most effective approaches for reporting and analytics such as star schema

Identify slow-running processes and bottlenecks, troubleshoot problems, research and resolve issues

Stay up to date with latest trends in data engineering, experiment with new tools, services, technologies and real-time processing frameworks

Set high technical bar not just for yourself but for entire team, leading by example in coding standards, documentation and best practices

What You'll Bring

5+ years of experience with a focusing on providing automations and data solutions

Deep SQL expertise and very good understanding of relational databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Vertica, etc.)

Experience in data warehousing, including data modeling (dimensional/star/snowflake), large-scale data processing and enterprise warehouse design and maintenance

Solid understanding of large language models (LLMs) and their application in enterprise solutions

Python proficiency with experience improving, refactoring, and building efficient data pipelines and API

Ability to design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliable and scalable deployments

Proficiency with Docker, Git, and modern engineering best practices

Experience delivering insights with data visualization and reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.

Familiarity with distributed systems (Kafka, Spark, Iceberg) and NoSQL/document databases (MongoDB)

Expertise in scalable ETL and data pipelines and tools such as (SSIS, Informatica, Airflow, Luigi or similar)

Compensation and Benefits

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

Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.