Senior Software Engineer

1 month ago

Grove, United Kingdom Williams Racing Full time

The company:

Williams’ core competencies are the design and development of racing cars to compete in the Formula One World Championship. As one of the world's leading Formula One teams, the company has secured 16 FIA Formula One World Championship titles since its foundation in 1977 and is now moving into an exciting era under new ownership defined by relentless innovation and living sustainable performance in every dimension.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the team. Reporting to our Head of Aero Software, you will play a critical role in building software solutions to enhance and amplify the work of our Engineering and Operations groups.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work with a highly specialised user base at 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, analysis tools in Python and other scientific computing languages, and a variety of backend services in C#. As part of our modernization journey, we are adopting cloud native technologies alongside modern data platforms.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Collaborating with product managers and users to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications

  • 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 mentor 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 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 or a related field involving software development

  • Experience of software development, testing, and CI in languages such as C#, Go, Java, C++, Python, or Typescript

  • Experience with software process management tools and source control (e.g. Azure DevOps and Git)

  • 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

  • Ability to adapt to rapidly evolving requirements

  • Demonstrated out of the box approach and readiness to learn new technologies rapidly

Exposure to the following would be beneficial:

  • Containerization, DevOps, and Cloud Platforms such as Azure or AWS

  • Experience in logging, monitoring, and observability

  • 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.

What can Williams offer?

The Williams Group is based in multi acre complex located in Grove, Oxfordshire. The Williams Group offers a competitive holiday package, staff events/open days, a subsidised restaurant on site and various car schemes. We have an on-site gym (open 24 hours a day) as well as various fitness classes including outdoors bootcamps, pilates and yoga free for all staff and contractors to use. Aside from these benefits we can offer free onsite parking and large open green spaces to unwind during breaks. We are a based just 30 mins from Oxford City Centre by bus.

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

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