Software Engineer Intern – Full Stack Web Development

Job Description

Internship, Commercial UI Software Engineer, Energy Engineering (Fall 2026) | Tesla

The Tone:
This is an internship at Tesla, located in Palo Alto, CA. Tesla develops and optimizes a global energy fleet, creating interfaces that interact with, analyze, and optimize these systems. This role is crucial for developing and maintaining the software systems that monitor, aggregate, and control millions of IoT devices within Tesla’s energy products, solving real-time challenges at scale. The Commercial UI team focuses on intelligent UX and product design, scalable systems, and first principles thinking to deliver critical tools like Autobidder, Site Designer, and the Supercharger planning tool.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Palo Alto, CA
• Pay: $20–$50 hourly
• Team: Commercial UI team, which develops interfaces for Tesla’s global energy fleet.
• Mission: Design, develop, maintain, and operate distributed software systems that incorporate real-time and streaming data for the monitoring, aggregation, and control of millions of IoT devices.
• Tech Stack: JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, Graphql

What You’ll Actually Do
• Develop: Design, develop, maintain, and operate distributed software systems that incorporate real-time and streaming data for the monitoring, aggregation, and control of millions of IoT devices.
• Analyze: Characterize complex problems related to the scalability, reliability, performance, and security of production systems.
• Test: Test the performance, scalability, and reliability of distributed software systems, including developing the services to support this testing.
• Collaborate: Foster collaboration, improve developer productivity, and drive initiatives to completion within the team.
• Uphold: Maintain the values of the team which include engineering excellence, curiosity, a bias for action, self-awareness, inclusivity, and vulnerability.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently pursuing a Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Fluency in full stack web languages and tools.
• Skills: High standards for code quality, maintainability, and performance; excellent communication skills; an ability to learn quickly and a passion for building great things.
• Bonus: JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and React preferred. Graphql is a plus.