Fullstack Engineer, Privacy Tools & Vehicle Data

About the role

Fullstack Engineer, Privacy Tools & Vehicle Data | Tesla (Vehicle Software)

Location: PALO ALTO, California | Req ID: 278031 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

Tesla vehicles are software-defined; they generate millions of data points that power features like Full Self-Driving, the touchscreen interface, and the Mobile App that doubles as your key.

Tesla is committed to transparency about vehicle data and to putting customer privacy first. We practice Privacy by Design: we collect vehicle data only in limited circumstances like safety-critical events or with the owner’s explicit direction or consent and design our vehicle systems to honor that commitment. Whether owners are reviewing available vehicle operation data, understanding what happened during a safety-critical event, or exercising their privacy rights, Tesla is dedicated to supporting them through it all.

Our team builds the privacy systems and investigation tools that make this possible. We develop platforms that fulfill vehicle owner data requests, generate visual reports that help owners understand vehicle behavior during safety critical events, and support stakeholder teams in making Tesla vehicles even better and safer.

You'll work at the intersection of privacy compliance, vehicle telemetry, and safety; building tools that turn CAN signals into customer-facing reports and much more.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy full-stack features for our core web applications; from backend APIs to frontend UI
• Contribute to tools that support data transparency and help interpret safety critical event data
• Build and maintain reliable data pipelines and APIs
• Create intuitive interfaces that visualize complex datasets for diverse audiences; vehicle owners, engineering, and legal
• Partner with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new capabilities
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and improve system reliability over time

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Proven experience building and shipping full-stack web applications in production
• Strong Python skills, with experience in web frameworks such as Flask or Django
• Solid experience with modern JavaScript and React for building interactive UIs
• Working knowledge of both SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB) databases
• Interest in data visualization and user-centered product design
• Strong problem-solving skills, sense of ownership, and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners
• Experience building data pipelines, analytics platforms, internal tools, or experience visualizing time-series data a plus
• Exposure to privacy, security, or compliance workflows and familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as CCPA, or GDPR a nice to have

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
• Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

Expected Compensation$140,000 - $252,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefitsPay 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.