Staff Software Engineer, Generative AI
$200,000 – $300,000 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Define and own the architectural strategy for Tesla’s GenAI infrastructure, ensuring unparalleled security, scalability, reliability, and high performance across complex distributed systems.
- Architect and build critical backend services, from managing the Tesla inference service and internal chatbots to pioneering an end-to-end evaluation framework for the Agent-as-a-Service platform.
- Partner strategically with ML researchers, product leaders, and hardware platform teams to identify organizational bottlenecks, shape the product roadmap, and architect scalable AI solutions.
- Serve as a technical anchor for the Bottlerocket team, mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, establishing rigorous engineering best practices, and raising the bar for code quality and system design.
- Drive resource coordination and capacity planning with the cluster hardware team to maintain stringent high availability and performance for high-throughput, on-premise models.
Soft Skills
Problem SolvingAttention To DetailMentoring
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- HSA/FSA
- 401k
- Employee Stock Purchase
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Commuter Benefits
- Mental Health
Culture
Cross-Functional TeamsMentorship Program
Requirements
Regions: Us
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About Tesla
Industry: automotive
Size: enterprise
Tesla is an innovative company focused on manufacturing electric vehicles, superchargers, and energy storage solutions.
View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $200,000 – $300,000 USD
Equity: stock awards
Bonus: cash and stock awards