Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Company Name: Tesla Job Url: https://www.tesla.com/careers/search/job/259429?source=Indeed Job Description: What to Expect In this role, you will develop and maintain distributed, highly available, low-latency services that power the real-time Autobidder platform. This platform provides automated data ingestion, forecasting, optimization, market bidding, monitoring, and real-time energy dispatch for a growing fleet of large industrial battery sites powered by Tesla Megapacks, as well as Tesla Virtual Power Plants (VPPs). You will play a key role in scaling our infrastructure to support hundreds of gigawatt-hours globally, ensuring performance, resilience, and fault tolerance at scale. In addition to working on the real-time platform, you will help building out our offline data platform for model training and simulations.  Our team is comprised of engineers who are passionate about distributed systems, scaling, and functional programming, working primarily with Scala, Akka, Kubernetes, and Python. We collaborate closely with algorithm engineers and market operations to rapidly iterate and improve the platform. This role offers the opportunity to make a direct impact in the sustainable energy space while tackling complex engineering challenges.  What You’ll Do Design, develop, maintain, and operate highly available distributed software systems  Design and develop offline tooling and simulation platforms  Develop systems and tooling that enable market operations at various levels of automation  Collaborate with algorithms engineers and trading analysts to deliver Autobidder solutions in new markets  Collaborate with algorithm engineers to design solutions around new algorithmic trading strategies  Contribute to a culture of operational and engineering excellence  Learn fast and have a bias for taking action What You’ll Bring A passion for sustainable energy  Proven ability to define and develop products  Proven ability to develop and operate resilient systems, embedded and/or cloud  Excellent knowledge of any modern programming language (Scala, Golang, C++, Python, Rust, etc.) Comfortable in a Linux environment  Proven ability to work across the stack in a fast-paced environment  Proven ability to collaborate and design software solutions with multiple stakeholders  Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience  Bonus: familiarity with building ETL pipelines, model training workflows, and productionizing models for low latency operations 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 an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any factor, including veteran status and disability status, protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. 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. For quick access to screen reading technology compatible with this site click here to download a free compatible screen reader (free step by step tutorial can be found here). Please contact ADA@tesla.com for ADA related questions or to request ADA accommodations. Privacy is a top priority for Tesla. We build it into our products and view it as an essential part of our business. To understand more about the data we collect and process as part of your application, please view our Tesla Talent Privacy Notice .