Sr. Software Engineer, Fintech

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As a Software Engineer on Tesla’s Fin Tech Team, you’ll drive disruptive innovation in our AI‑first transformation, architecting hyper‑scale systems for payments, reconciliation, billing, invoicing, and accounts receivables that handle billions in annual revenue from online and offline customer payments. Our mission‑critical automation generates invoices, reconciles transactions upon bank hits, posts to ledgers, and navigates global market complexities with 99.99% uptime—now evolving to support Tesla’s next era of Robotaxi and Optimus expansion.

This high‑impact role challenges you to rethink foundational platforms for unprecedented scale; it’s demanding but rewarding for driven, pragmatic engineers motivated to fuel Tesla’s sustainable future through cutting‑edge, autonomous workflows and cross‑team collaboration.

• Design, develop, and scale core Fin Tech infrastructure, encompassing payments, reconciliation, billing, invoicing, and accounts receivables systems
• Directly work with internal and external stakeholders to understand pain points, propose solutions, and ship them across financial workflows
• Re‑think and design reconciliation, billing, and invoicing platforms from 0 to 1 with an AI‑first vision
• Own end‑to‑end the complete lifecycle of offline payments, accounts receivables, and related financial processes at Tesla
• Identify and incorporate AI agents to increase automation in payments, billing, and reconciliation tasks
• Implement orchestration engines for reliability and human‑in‑the‑loop workflows across Fin Tech platforms
• Improve the reliability and observability of Fin Tech platforms at Tesla, including monitoring for billing accuracy and invoice processing
• Apply software engineering best practices—including version control, testing, CI/CD, and containerization
• Leverage exposure to Fin Tech domains like payments, reconciliation, billing, invoicing, or accounts receivables to optimize global operations
• Contribute to scalable systems in high‑stakes environments, such as fintech or global operations, ensuring seamless integration with Tesla’s expanding ecosystem

• Strong foundation in Computer Science, with a degree in CS, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including designing and operating production systems at scale
• Experience architecting and maintaining distributed systems, with deep familiarity in container orchestration, service deployment, and infrastructure operations
• Demonstrated ability to set up robust observability systems from scratch, including distributed tracing, logging, and metrics pipelines
• Hands‑on experience with workflow orchestration platforms and self‑hosting complex infrastructure components in high‑availability environments
• Experience building AI agents or integrating intelligent systems into real‑world applications, with an understanding of system‑level design considerations for AI‑powered functionality
• Strong background in developing agentic workflows (e.g., AI‑driven autonomous systems for decision‑making and task orchestration)
• Proficiency in preferred programming languages like Go (Golang) and C# for building scalable, efficient systems
• Familiarity with emerging AI technologies or tools for automation in financial workflows
• Proven track record of handling global‑scale complexities, such as multi‑market payments and high‑uptime requirements in mission‑critical systems

• Medical plans with $0 payroll deduction
• Family‑building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both with $0 paycheck contribution
• Company‑paid HSA contribution when enrolled in a 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…