Sre Engineer Jobs in Palo Alto, CA

We're the small, expert and growing team creating the next-generation diagnostics software and services to support the growing fleets of Tesla products, and we're looking for seasoned SREs with domain expertise in one or more of: containers, public clouds and cloud-native apps.

• Capacity planning and analysis, and infrastructure change management (including tuning, reshaping, resizing, and migrating infrastructure), for services and their immediate downstreams
• Work with SWE counterparts to identify and mitigate production issues; validate, document and exercise failover/disaster recovery plans and graceful degradation mechanisms policies and standard methodologies
• Actively participate and contribute to code reviews and technical design documents, with an eye toward identifying performance and reliability bottlenecks
• Productionalize new services and features, as well as improve production landscape for existing services, providing SRE expertise and implementing standard methodologies in the areas of CI/CD, dashboard integrity improvements, identifying and evaluating for the right set of alerts, SLOs and error budgets to use for services on an ongoing basis
• Attend team meetings, standups, and on-call handoffs
• Participate in team on-call rotation

• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
• Expert knowledge of Linux operating system internals, filesystems, disk/storage technologies, and storage protocols, and networking stack
• Experience with troubleshooting and full-cycle incident response (mitigation, correction, prevention)
• Experience handling services in a large-scale distributed systems environment
• Experience with containerization software such as Kubernetes, Docker
• Expert knowledge of systems programming (bash and shell tools) and practical, validated knowledge of at least one higher-level language (Python, Go)
• Strong bias for action vs endless planning, willing to get hands dirty and make mistakes sometimes
• Strong belief in spreading & acquiring knowledge through mentorship and acting like an owner
• Experience working in an on-prem environment a plus

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

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.