Software Engineer, Robotaxi Experience, Vehicle Software

About the role

Software Engineer, Robotaxi Experience, Vehicle Software | Tesla (Vehicle Software)

Location: PALO ALTO, California | Req ID: 263371 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

Tesla is revolutionizing transportation through our Robotaxi fleet, delivering seamless autonomous ride-hailing experiences powered by rapid software innovation. Join a high-impact team of Software Development, Distributed Systems, and Validation Engineers dedicated to building the world’s best autonomous ride-hailing platform.

As a Software Engineer on the Robotaxi Experience team, you will design, prototype, and scale the core infrastructure that powers real-time data processing and distributed systems servicing multiple teams, ensuring exceptional Robotaxi performance and product quality.

You will take ownership of high-impact problem spaces, including but not limited to real-time detection of adversarial scenarios, fleet demand visibility and distribution optimization, and SI-driven customer experience assurance.

In this role, you will architect distributed services, design fault-tolerant and efficient systems, optimize large-scale compute workloads, and build robust data platforms that transform fleet telemetry streams into actionable insights. Your work will ensure that every customer experience is supported by resilient, scalable, and observable infrastructure.

If you are passionate about solving complex, real-world challenges in distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure, this is your opportunity to leave a lasting impact on autonomous mobility at Tesla.

What You'll Do

• Translate interesting real-world problems into system requirements further into robust backend services
• Design and build distributed systems that support Robotaxi fleet experience, real-time data ingestion, simulation workloads
• Make thoughtful data storage decisions and architect efficient, evolvable data schemas that balance flexibility and performance across distributed systems
• Implement observability systems (metrics, logging, tracing) to proactively detect, diagnose, and resolve production issues
• Develop scalable microservices, APIs, data pipelines to transform data into actionable insights and product features

What You'll Bring

• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (Go, Python, C/C++, Java, Ruby, etc.)
• Experience building high-throughput data pipelines and working with data storage in production environments
• Hands-on experience with distributed compute systems (e.g., Kubernetes) and messaging systems (e.g.,Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Strong debugging, analysis and communication skills in cross-functional teams
• Front-end or full stack experience is a plus
• A passion for critical thinking, rapid prototyping, and building systems that operate reliably at scale

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 - $300,000/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.