Sr. Site Reliability Engineer, IT Manufacturing

As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll take part in the design, development, and deployment of applications/tools to automate/enhance ITMFG processes and to better manage manufacturing systems. In this role, you'll be expected to take ownership of and develop solutions for complex problems, while closely collaborating with ITMFG support teams. You'll be expected to move projects along at an aggressive pace and ensure the developed solutions are secure and scalable across our factories globally.
ITMFG is directly involved in supporting and solving a diverse set of problems daily. Your contributions will directly support Tesla's mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy.

Responsibilities

• Identify requirements and develop/build new tools/applications from scratch
• Know your app! Seek to understand all aspects - business and technical - of the applications on which you work so that you can be the most effective
• Continue to learn and apply relevant software development practices, patterns, tools, and technologies
• Design and develop high quality, scalable, and distributed web application and/or backend services
• Design efficient/cohesive database schemas
• Create Jenkins-pipeline/GitHub-Actions and configure application for Kubernetes deployments
• Work with asynchronous tasks and implement mechanisms of caching
• Design easy-to-use web interfaces following Tesla design heuristics
• Utilize rest-API to communicate with backend application
• Follow Tesla's high standards for security-best practices in all development

Requirements

• Ability to identify tasks which require automation and to automate them
• Familiar with network terminology/infrastructure (i.e., switches, gateways, firewalls, TCP/IP, VLAN, etc.)
• Ensuring security guidelines at every step of the development process
• Design and development experience with applications that require high availability, concurrency, multi-tenancy, scalability
• Detail-oriented, can identify and fix bugs, and write quality code that runs efficiently
• Proficiency in Python or Golang (react/frontend dev is a plus)
• Experience with web-frameworks like Django, Flask, FastAPI
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with SQL, Kafka, Redis
• Background in observability (I.e Splunk, Grafana, MetricsQL) is a plus

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:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical 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 Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services
• 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
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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$104,000 - $348,000/annual salary, depending on level + 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.