Software Engineer – Node.js (m/w/d) - Gigafactory Berlin - Brandenburg in GERMANY

What To Expect
Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. We continuously develop revolutionary strategies and products within shortest time, and successfully launch them on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation, and efficiency.

Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla's incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this is our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we consistently achieve our goals.

The Role

Tesla is looking for an outstanding Software Engineer - Backend that will be part of a startup team focused on delivering highly scalable and modular products and services; to address the most difficult problems of our growing network of Gigafactories. The Software Engineer - Backend will work together with various stakeholders and project managers from different business units to successfully deliver product features according to roadmaps and be subsequently co-responsible for the implementation.

What You'll Do

Collaborate with product managers and end users to analyze functional and non-functional business requirements

Closely collaborate with frontend engineers and product managers to design and implement features that are efficient and scalable

Continuously engage with users to gather feedback on existing solutions, and advocate for good usability across all the product

Maintain and improve existing functionality, apply design changes to the architecture as it fits

Mentor and support junior software engineers to help them grow and improve

Continuously improve processes, standards and practices to assure highest product quality

What You'll Bring

Demonstrated expertise in software development fundamentals such as software design, algorithms, data structures, modularity, and code maintainability

Degree in Computer Science or relevant field or equivalent experience / evidence of exceptional ability

Extensive hands-on experience in software development utilizing Node.js, preferably for I/O intensive applications

Proficiency in REST principles and best practices for creating and implementing RESTful APIs

Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools and methodologies

Strong competence in cloud-based deployment environments, with working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) principles (12-Factor App)

Practical experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases

Exposure to React and ability to perform full-stack development is highly desirable

Working familiarity with Express, Redis, and RabbitMQ is an advantage

What We Offer
You will be working in our state-of-the-art Gigafactory, where you’ll solve the world's most interesting problems with the best and brightest people who share a passion to change the world. Tesla’s compensation package includes competitive salary and Tesla shares or bonuses. Typical benefits that are offered are a pension program, 30 vacation days, flexible work arrangements, corporate benefits, employee insurances, relocation, and commuting support.

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