What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Web Frontend Software Engineer position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
What to Expect
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
Compensation and Benefits
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
As a Sr. Web Frontend Software Engineer, you'll lead the frontend development of internal project management applications supporting infrastructure projects and operations. The position will be working with both development and validation teams in Fremont, CA. The employee in this position will build intuitive, high-performance web interfaces and tools that the Construction organization will utilize, including project accounting, labor management, financial reporting, and insight and analytics tools driving value for users. This position will lead product improvement and drive a culture of excellence, making the best possible product for a wide range of use cases.
What You'll Do
- Internal Applications - Design and develop high-performance frontend applications to support various functions across project management-oriented operations, designing the highest performing technical solutions from first principles
- Business Insight - Deeply understand the business needs, how users perceive application use, and how the tools and workflows should be used to provide Tesla the best value
- Provide outstanding fast-response customer support, ensuring trust and reliability in applications is consistently improving and exceeding users' expectations
- Develop and invent new ways to drive more efficient workflows within the business, constantly looking for ways to simplify and then automate
- Critique and review organization-wide applications and data tools, providing tangible constructive feedback
- Mentor, coach, and support junior team members on Tesla culture, software development technologies and techniques, building a scalable framework for entire org and Company-wide impact
- Review end-to-end processes and internal team deployment workflows for improvements and functions to ensure constant team improvements, and communicate effectively on those impacts with quantifiable results for the business
- Identify & action additional areas of opportunity and means for knowledge sharing practices across software and data-oriented teams
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or the equivalent in experience
- 3 years in frontend web application development (mid-level preferred), building scalable web applications with API integration (REST/GraphQL)
- Proficiency in TypeScript: Strong grasp of types, interfaces, generics, and advanced features
- Expertise in React: Hooks component patterns, state management (Redux/Context), React Router, performance optimization
- Cypress Testing: E2E and component testing, API mocking, CI/CD integration
- JavaScript (ES6 ): Async/await, promises, modern features
- HTML/CSS: Semantic HTML5, Flexbox/Grid, responsive design, CSS-in-JS or preprocessors
- ESLint/Prettier, Jest/React Testing Library
- Web performance optimization (Core Web Vitals, lazy loading)
- Animation libraries, monorepos (Nx/Turborepo), backend basics (Node.js)
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
Expected Compensation
$120,000 - $396,000/annual salary cash and stock awards benefits
Pay 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.
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Salary : $120,000 - $396,000