Job Description

Do you want to build the app that powers the ecosystem of Tesla Solar, Powerwall, and Vehicle products and help accelerate the world\'s transition to sustainable energy?

We\'re looking for senior software engineers like you to bring your talent to our team and build the Tesla app together with us.

The Tesla App is used by everyone that interacts with Tesla products. Our team builds the core end-user app experience for Tesla\'s Energy Products: Solar, Powerwall, Megapack, and Home EV Charging.

The goal of our app is to make the concepts of renewable energy friendly, simple, and understandable for everybody, while also offering surprising depth for our power users. For example, with [Charge Stats](https://www.tesla.com/support/tesla-app/charge-stats)\xe2\x80\x94our feature for evaluating the cost of charging your Tesla vehicle\xe2\x80\x94we help owners understand the basics of EV charging, along with the money saved by switching to an EV. Our [app\'s home screen](https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/powerwall/mobile-app/mobile-app-overview) also features rich 3D graphics that show what your home is doing in real time\xe2\x80\x94drawing the wires to show you what your home is powered by right now and how much power you\'re using. We also help support utility grids worldwide with our [Tesla Virtual Power Plant](https://www.tesla.com/support/energy/tesla-virtual-power-plant-pge-2022) products that improve the stability of the grid people who don\'t yet own Tesla own products, and unlock extra value for those who do.

The Tesla App is built with TypeScript, React Native, and the Godot 3D Engine. We partner closely with our hardware, firmware, software, and cloud teams as we build sophisticated products and shape the future of the electric grid. We move quickly with an emphasis on data contracts via protocol buffers to build synchronously with other teams.

Besides a rock-solid work ethic, a bias for empathetic communication, and a team-oriented personality, our team members demonstrate creativity, passion, and a desire to break new ground in a constantly shifting technology landscape.

• Build the secure, intuitive, fast, and beautiful app for Tesla\'s Solar, Powerwall, and Vehicle owners.
• Quickly take on new concepts ranging from controlling battery storage to visualizing energy telemetry and value, and apply your knowledge to leave the world better than you found it
• Push your first PR with your own code to the Tesla app in your first week
• Form protobuf data contracts with partner teams for the pragmatic implementation of scalable features designed in concert with engineering, product, and design teams
• Own a portion of the Tesla app and care about its overall quality and performance, write documentation, and review code contributed by team members building in your space
• Obsess over keeping processes, code, and tooling as safe, fast, and beautiful as our app, and bring other teams up to our high standards, so we enjoy our work experience while we build something our users love.
• Use first principles thinking to continually optimize processes and practices, for the purpose of providing better experiences for customers, faster

• 3-5+ years of experience shipping secure, fast, and pixel-perfect mobile apps for iOS and Android, with a preference for experience building cross-platform apps with React Native.
• Excellent knowledge of any modern programming language (TypeScript, Golang, Swift, Kotlin, Scala, Rust, C++, etc.).
• Passion for Tesla\xe2\x80\x99s mission of accelerating the world\xe2\x80\x99s transition to sustainable energy.
• Professional or personal experience building products or experiences in one of the following domains is nice to have:

- Renewable energy

- IoT or Matter apps

- Novel UI and data visualization concepts

- 3D video games on mobile platforms

- React C++ Turbo Modules

- Cross-platform UI design system packages

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 + 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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