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Sr. Software Engineer, Distributed Systems, Autobidder Platform

Tesla
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/26/2026
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


  • Benefits
    Compensation and 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

    $140,000 - $252,000/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.

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    Salary : $140,000 - $252,000

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