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Tesla Engineer Behind OTA Updates and Robotaxi Platform Departs After 11 Years - Not a Tesla App
Publisher description: Thomas Dmytryk, a veteran software engineering director who helped build Tesla's OTA infra and new ride-hailing service, has left the company after 11 years.
NewsAPI | Mar 9, 2026 | Karan Singh
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Tesla has lost another long-time engineering veteran. While his exact title for the past seven months was simply "Director," his previous role was Senior Software Engineering Manager. From Niche to 10 MillionIn a heartfelt farewell post on LinkedIn, Dmytryk reflected on just how drastically Tesla has scaled since he first joined the engineering team in early 2015 — back when Tesla only had the Model S and Model X. "When I joined, Tesla was a niche luxury automaker with only 50K cars delivered and lots of ambitions," Dmytryk wrote.
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