Sr. Mobile Application Software Engineer, Tesla App

About the role

Sr. Mobile Application Software Engineer, Tesla App | Tesla (Energy Engineering)

Location: Palo Alto, California | Req ID: 279036 | Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

We're on a mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy, and we need your help. As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer on the Tesla App team, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of the electric grid and making renewable energy accessible to everyone.

The Tesla App is the heartbeat of our ecosystem, seamlessly connecting Solar, Powerwall, Home Charging, and Vehicle products to revolutionize how the world uses energy.

With the Tesla App, we tell the story of the future of the grid. Our goal is to make the concepts of renewable energy friendly, simple, and understandable for everybody, while also offering surprising depth for power users. For example, with Charge Stats our feature for evaluating the cost of charging your Tesla vehicle—we help owners understand the basics of EV charging, along with the money saved by switching to an EV.

We support utility grids worldwide with our Virtual Power Plants to unlock extra value for Powerwall owners and that improve the stability of the grid for everyone. Our app home screen features rich 3D visuals that show what your home is doing in real time—drawing the wires to show you what your home is powered by right now and how much power you're using.

And at the end of the year, Tesla Recharged summarizes your system's impact in an art-directed story-based experience.

The Tesla App is built with TypeScript, React Native, and the Godot 3D Engine. We partner closely with our hardware, firmware, software, and cloud teams as we build sophisticated products and shape the future of the electric grid. We move quickly with an emphasis on data contracts via protocol buffers to build synchronously with other teams.

Our team thrives on unbreakable work ethic, empathetic vibes, and collaborative spirit—fueled by creativity, passion, and a relentless drive to pioneer in an ever-evolving tech frontier.

What You'll Do

• Architect and deliver secure, lightning-fast, and visually stunning features for Tesla's Solar, Powerwall, and Vehicle owners—building together cross-functional teams and owning the app implementation from feature concept to launch
• Craft pixel-perfect front ends in TypeScript, React Native, Swift, and Kotlin to create cross-platform app experiences
• Engineer robust back-ends in Go and Python, building for scale and rapid response times, and forge pragmatic protobuf contracts with firmware and software partners
• Dive into cutting-edge challenges like battery control, local hardware communication, energy telemetry visualization, and value optimization—applying your expertise to make a tangible impact on the world
• Champion excellence in code, processes, and tools: keep them secure, speedy, and elegant, while elevating other teams to match our standards and foster a killer work environment
• Harness first-principles thinking to streamline workflows, slash timelines, and deliver customer experiences faster
• Release your first code to production in your first week

What You'll Bring

• 3-5+ years of experience shipping secure, fast, and pixel-perfect mobile apps for iOS and Android, with a strong preference for experience building cross-platform apps with React Native
• Excellent knowledge of any modern programming language (TypeScript, Golang, Swift, Scala, Rust, C++, etc.)
• Professional or personal experience in one of the following domains is preferred: renewable energy (solar, batteries); IoT, Matter, or Home Energy Management Systems; Utility Rate Plans and Tariffs; novel UI and data visualization concepts; 3D video games on mobile platforms; cross-platform UI design system packages
• Passion for Tesla’s mission of accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy

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.