Internship, Fullstack Software Engineer,… at Tesla · Palo Alto

Summary: Tesla is seeking a Fullstack Software Engineer Intern to join a team building systems that connect Tesla and its customers to vehicles, robotaxis, robots, and energy products. The intern will design scalable systems and APIs, develop device-side software, improve system maintainability and performance, solve distributed-systems problems, and collaborate with product, SRE, and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities:
- Design and build scalable, high-availability mission-critical systems and APIs
- Migrate systems to designs with improved maintainability and performance
- Build device-side software to manage security, connectivity, commands and telemetry
- Solve problems using distributed, asynchronous messaging
- Work closely with product, SRE and infrastructure teams

Required Qualifications:
- This position is expected to start around January or February 2027 and continue through the entire Spring term (ending approximately May 2027 or later, if available)
- We ask for a minimum of 12 weeks, full-time (40 hours/week) and on-site, for most internships
- Our internship program is for students who are actively enrolled in an academic program
- You must be able to work 40 hours per week on-site
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a related field with a gradation date between 2027 - 2028
- Experience in web development building highly reliable, mission-critical software
- Proficiency in frontend and backend development, with frequent production releases
- Experience with Rails, React, Ruby or Webpack

Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Go and Kubernetes
- Knowledge of best practices, information security, and API design principles
- Experience with gathering and building requirements from multiple stakeholders

Required Skills: Web Development, Frontend Development, Backend Development, Web Services, Distributed Systems, High-Availability Systems, API Design, Ruby on Rails, React, Ruby, Webpack, Go, Kubernetes, Information Security

Internship Start Date: Start in 2027

Graduation Date Requirement: Graduate in 2027

Benefits: Medical plans with plan options with $0 payroll deduction, Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits, Dental, including orthodontic coverage, and vision plans, both with an option with a $0 payroll contribution, Company-paid HSA contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits, Company-paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance, with a 90-day waiting period, Employee Assistance Program, Sick and vacation time, flex time for salary positions, and paid holidays, Back-up childcare and parenting support resources, Voluntary benefits including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft and legal services, and pet insurance, Commuter benefits, Employee discounts and perks program