Senior Software Engineer

Company Description

For almost 50 years, Williams Racing has been at the forefront of one of the fastest sports on the planet, being one of the top three most successful teams in history competing in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. With an almost unrivalled heritage of engineering and racing F1 cars and unforgettable eras that demonstrate it is a force to be reckoned with, the British squad boasts 16 F1 World Championship titles to its name. 

Since its foundation in 1977 by the eminent, late Sir Frank Williams and engineering pioneer Sir Patrick Head, the team has won nine Constructors’ Championships, in association with Cosworth, Honda and Renault. Its roll call of drivers is legendary, with its seven Drivers’ Championship trophies being lifted by true icons of the sport: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. The team has made history before and is out to make it again with a long-term mission to evolve and return to the front of the grid.

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the team within the Vehicle Performance Software group. In this role, you will report directly to the Head of Vehicle Performance Software and will be instrumental in developing innovative software solutions that enhance and support the efforts of our Engineering and Operations teams.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a highly specialised user base at Atlassian Williams Racing on state-of-the-art simulations, real time data, bespoke analysis tools, and enabling operational excellence. We view software and data as critical drivers in our mission to advance up the grid. Your contributions will have a tangible impact, both in our factory and on the track.

The Software Development group develops bespoke software to support our Engineering and Operations functions at Williams Racing. The group is composed of several software development teams that focus on areas such as Aerodynamics, Vehicle Dynamics and Vehicle Performance.

We aim to leverage the right tools and technologies for the right job. We have a large estate of software including desktop applications in C++ and C#, web applications in React, backend services in Typescript, C++ and C#, and analysis tools in Python and other scientific computing languages. As part of our modernization journey, we are adopting cloud native technologies alongside modern data platforms.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with users and product owners to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Working with the wider Software Development team to develop, implement and maintain innovative software solutions
• Enhancing existing systems to adapt to changing requirements, increase reliability, and improve performance at scale
• Collaborating with other technology groups in the company to enhance and develop the shared data platform and services
• Conducting code reviews and mentoring junior developers to ensure best practices and improve quality
• Streamlining our own software development process, enabling us to deliver more to our customers and contribute toward improving shared software processes within the Engineering and Operations groups
• Providing ad-hoc application support through race weekend events where necessary
• Contributing to the definition and documentation of preferred software designs, patterns and architectures to improve standardisation and efficiency across software teams

Skills and experience required:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related discipline
• Experience of software development, testing, and CI in languages such as Typescript, C++, C#, F#, Rust or Scala
• Appreciation for strong typing and well-structured code, with an interest in leveraging the type system to improve software correctness and maintainability
• Familiarity with functional programming principles (e.g. immutability, pure functions, composition), even when working in multi-paradigm environments
• Collaborative and curious approach to technical problem-solving
• Strong desire to build impactful solutions for Engineering users
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey concept technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to work with a wide range of groups and disciplines seamlessly
• Comfort with rapidly evolving requirements and an agile mindset
• Demonstrated ability to tackle challenging, non-routine problems, with a readiness to learn new technologies rapidly

Exposure to the following would be beneficial:

• Containerization, DevOps, and Cloud Platforms such as Azure or AWS
• Transforming legacy applications into modern cloud-based solutions
• Experience designing, refining and implementing algorithms for optimisation, signal processing, classification, simulations or related domains
• Experience with communication protocols such as WebSockets, TCP, or similar technologies for building low-latency, event-driven applications
• Using document, object, or timeseries datastores or other non-relational stores to solve bespoke problems
• Experience in aerodynamics, data science, vehicle dynamics or computer simulations 

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Atlassian Williams Racing is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.