Internship, SI Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure (Winter/Spring 2027)

Tesla is hiring an SI Software Engineer Intern for its Core Infrastructure team. The role builds agentic workflows and backend infrastructure for Autonomy development, simulation, inference, and evaluation, while supporting system reliability, observability, and collaboration with Autopilot teams.

Responsibilities

• Design & bring up SI Agentic workflows that spans across all stages of development from triaging issues to shipping features
• Design & implement backend infrastructure to handle iteration and batch processing of inference, simulation, and evaluation workloads based on real-world sensor data
• Influence architectural decisions with focus on security, scalability, reliability and high performance
• Setup & maintain monitoring, metrics and reporting systems for fine-grained observability/actionable alerting
• Work closely with the other Autopilot teams to design & implement backend components required for future features/processes

Skills

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field of study with a graduation date between May 2027 – May 2028
• Proficiency with Python and/or Golang
• Experience with Linux especially in networking, virtualization and filesystems
• Experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and deployment tools like Ansible or similar
• Experience with concurrency programming
• Experience with data stores like PostgreSQL and Redis
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems such as Teamcity or Github Actions is a plus

Benefits

• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for dental plans (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, each with an option with a $0 payroll contribution.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for a company-paid HSA contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for company-paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period).
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for the Employee Assistance Program.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for sick and vacation time (Flex time for salary positions), and Paid Holidays.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for back-up childcare and parenting support resources.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for commuter benefits.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern, eligible for the employee discounts and perks program.
• As a full-time Tesla Intern below Sr. Managers levels, eligible for Earned Wage Access: real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule.

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