What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Software Engineer, Payments 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.
Tesla is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Payments team, focused on building and scaling payment processing systems that keep the lights on for the company. This involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, finance, engineering and operations, to gather requirements and develop solutions aimed at reducing friction points for internal/external customers. You will operate in various segments of payments, involving fraud, disbursements and visibility. In this role you will also prototype with new technologies (ex, LLMs, Agents, Temporal, etc.) and champion their usage to ease developer cognitive load and system operations.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient payment processing systems for Tesla's products and services
- Develop and maintain API integrations with third-party payment processors, banks, and other financial institutions
- Implement best practices in security, data privacy, and compliance to ensure the protection of sensitive customer data
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure solutions align with system design, operational needs and end-user impact
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the overall growth and development of the engineering team
- Stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in the payments/software engineering industry to identify new opportunities and drive innovation.
- Contribute to system architecture and design, especially where AI, automation and operational scale intersect
- Develop workflows that leverage AI to improve operations (support, on-call, etc.)
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 5 years of work experience as a software engineer or in a related role
- Well versed in Go
- Solid CS fundamentals and experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, Argo, etc), containerization (Docker, K8s, etc) and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
- Experience with large language models, AI agents, prompt engineering, and AI platforms (e.g. OpenAI, HuggingFace, LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.)
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)
- 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
$195,200 - $292,800/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 : $195,200 - $292,800