Senior Software Development Engineer (Multiple Positions) AUS297764

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Position range in Travis County $75k - $139k Per Year

Senior Software Development Engineer (Multiple Positions) AUS297764

TESLA INC

Occupation: Software Developers

Location: Austin, TX - 78725

Positions available: 5

Job #: 16910502

Source: WorkInTexas

Posted: 8/22/2025

Updated: 8/25/2025

Expires: 9/26/2025

Web Site: WorkInTexas

Onsite / Remote: Work onsite all of the time

Job Type: Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Agency Job ID: AUS297764

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Work Onsite

Full Time

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

60 Month(s)

Schedule

Full Time

Job Type

Regular

Duration

Permanent Employment

Hours

40 Hours Per Week

Shift

Day Shift

Public Transit

Available

Benefits

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Senior Software Development Engineer (Multiple Positions), Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX:

Design, build and support highly available Kafka, Elasticsearch and RabbitMQ clusters to support middleware platforms. Lead and manage Kafka components service-based clusters at multiple data centers. Lead onboarding of streaming applications based on Kafka. Conduct performance and failover testing to measure and improve platform KPIs. Resolve production issues including platform tuning, optimization, and recovery. Perform installation, upgrades, capacity planning, migration across multiple data centers for messaging platform. Proactively monitor and fix middleware platform availability and performance issues. Build tools in Scala and Python for Kafka observability. Build automation scripts using ansible for DB and middleware services. Implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery solution to maximize platform availability during planned or unplanned outages. Use/Develop database automation tools to automate repetitive tasks. Respond appropriately to emergency support situations and produce quick and effective solutions to platform technical problems under high pressure. Participate in an on-call rotation and other duties as defined by management.

Full time employment, Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related and 5 years of progressive post-bachelors related work experience. Alternatively, will accept a Masters degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related and 3 years of related work experience.

Must have 3 years of experience with one of the following messaging and streaming technologies: Kafka, Redpanda or RabbitMQ;

Must have 3 years of experience with one of the following search technologies: Elasticsearch, or Opensearch;

Must have 3 years of experience with one of the following programming languages: Java, Python, Scala, Bash, C, C++, Rust, or Go;

Must have 3 years of experience with one of the following Monitoring and Integration technologies: Prometheus, Grafana, or Consul;

Must have 3 years of experience with one of the following database technologies: MySQL, PostgreSQL, or ScyllaDB

Must have 3 years of experience with one of the following automation technologies: Jenkins, or Ansible.

Any suitable combination of education, training, or experience is acceptable.

To Apply, email your resume to ... with job code: AUS297764 in the subject line.

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 also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.

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