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Software Distributed Systems Engineer

North Holland, Netherlands (On-site)

Software Distributed Systems Engineer

2 Weeks ago • All levels • Backend Development • DevOps • Undisclosed

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Job Description

Tesla seeks Software Distributed Systems Engineers to design, develop, maintain, and operate distributed software systems for its IoT platforms (Powerwall, Megapack, Solar Roof, Supercharger, Autobidder, and Virtual Power Plants). Responsibilities include working with real-time and streaming data, ensuring system scalability, reliability, and security, and collaborating on performance testing at scale. Proficiency in Scala, Akka, Reactive Streams, and experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) are highly desirable. The role involves technical leadership, problem-solving, and contributing to a team emphasizing engineering excellence and collaboration.

Must have:

Large-scale system design and support
Distributed fault-tolerant service development
Strong OS concepts (multi-threading, memory)
Data structures, algorithms, distributed systems
Multi-threading, concurrency, Akka/Scala fluency

Good to have:

Experience with InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes
Cloud infrastructure expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP)

What to Expect

Do you want to work on Tesla's IoT platforms that support Powerwall, Megapack, Solar Roof, Supercharger, Autobidder, and Virtual Power Plants? Do you want to work with functional programming, streaming data, and distributed systems? Do you want to work with Scala, Akka, Reactive Streams, InfluxDB, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes?

Tesla is looking for software engineers to build the cloud services that power these products, driving the worldwide transition to sustainable energy. These platforms provide real-time monitoring, optimization, and control of distributed, renewable-energy assets, including generation, storage, grid services, and electric vehicle charging. You must enjoy thinking in systems and working on challenges related to the availability, reliability, scalability, and security of distributed software systems.

What You’ll Do

Design, develop, maintain, and operate distributed software systems that incorporate real-time and streaming data for the monitoring, aggregation, and control of millions of IoT devices
Characterize complex problems related to the scalability, reliability, performance, and security of production systems
Test the performance, scalability, and reliability of software systems at scale, including developing the services to support this testing
Provide technical leadership, foster collaboration, and drive initiatives to completion
Maintain the values of the team which include engineering excellence, curiosity, a bias for action, self-awareness, inclusivity, and vulnerability

What You’ll Bring

Several years industry experience designing, building and supporting large scale systems in production
Experience building large scale distributed fault tolerant services
Excellent understanding of low level operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale
Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc. Fluency in Akka or Scala preferred
Track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions
Experience with cloud infrastructure - AWS, Azure or Google Cloud

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