Sr. Distributed Systems Engineer, Fleetnet, Vehicle Software

What to Expect

Come join a small team of engineers building the platform that connects Tesla to its vehicles, Robotaxis, Optimus robots, and energy products.

We own the backend behind every remote interaction with Tesla devices, from vehicle commands to real-time telemetry and over-the-air updates. Our systems deliver features like phone-as-key, cloud profiles, and vehicle sharing to millions of customers.

Our platform is at the core of Tesla's Robotaxi service, powering the ride-hailing experience for customers and the fleet orchestration behind it. We also serve as the foundation that engineering, service, sales, delivery, and manufacturing teams across Tesla depend on to move fast.

We're looking for a software engineer with distributed systems experience who wants to build at fleet scale.

What You'll Do

Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and APIs for vehicle connectivity, device commands, telemetry, and firmware delivery

Build and scale the systems powering Robotaxi and Optimus

Contribute to authentication and the developer platform (developer.tesla.com)

Take strong ownership of the systems you build, from design through production

Work closely with product, SRE, and infrastructure teams

What You'll Bring

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering or the equivalent in experience

3+ years building and operating production distributed systems

Strong experience with Go, or deep experience in another systems language and ready to learn

Solid understanding of the technologies you work with and their tradeoffs

Track record of end-to-end system ownership

Experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis, or similar infrastructure

Web security fundamentals

You take initiative: see a problem, understand the context, fix it

You value consistency in how you build software, same patterns across services, same approach to tooling and deployment

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

Expected Compensation

$140,000 - $312,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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.