Senior Software Engineer (TypeScript, React)

Senior Software Engineer (TypeScript, React)

Tesla

Grünheide (Mark), Germany

What You’ll Do

• Own the frontend architecture of complex, enterprise-scale web applications - make decisions on component design, state management, and data-fetching patterns;
• Build polished, performant, and accessible user interfaces for manufacturing execution software;
• Collaborate closely with backend engineers and product teams during requirements gathering, technical specification, and system design;
• Contribute to backend services and APIs (primarily in Golang) to deliver end-to-end features when needed;
• Champion frontend best practices: code reviews, testing strategies, performance budgets, and design-system adoption;
• Build and maintain shared tooling, test automation, and developer documentation;
• Be flexible, responsive, and adaptive to ever-changing business requirements.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong understanding of software development fundamentals including software design, component architecture, state management, and code maintainability;
• At least 4 years of hands-on experience building modern web applications with TypeScript and React (or Angular);
• Deep knowledge of frontend fundamentals: HTML, CSS, responsive design, accessibility, and browser performance optimization;
• Experience with frontend tooling and ecosystems: bundlers (Vite, Webpack), testing frameworks (Jest, Playwright, Cypress), and CI/CD pipelines;
• Solid experience with RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL - comfortable designing and consuming API contracts;
• Working knowledge of backend development, preferably with Golang;
• Familiarity with SQL and relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.);
• Full professional proficiency in English; German is a plus;
• Experience with Kubernetes or containerized deployments is a plus.

Nice to Have

• Experience with design systems or component libraries (e.g., Storybook, Material UI, Tailwind CSS);
• Understanding of observability and monitoring on the frontend (error tracking, performance metrics).