Overview

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At McLaren Racing, we’re here to excite our fans, inspire our people and deliver for our partners. We’re also committed to evolving our sport, our industry, and our technology. We have an incredible history in endurance racing, including a 1995 Le Mans win at first attempt, and we are the only team to have won the Triple Crown: Monaco GP, Indy 500 and 24h Le Mans. From 2027, we’ll be the only team in the top three racing series.

We’re excited to start building our McLaren Endurance Racing team.

Role and Responsibilities

• As software engineer, you will develop and deploy applications which contribute to the overall performance, reliability and efficiency of our race car and our race team.
• You will select and apply relevant data science methods to extract maximum value from varied data sources.
• Your role combines technical leadership, agile/lean project delivery, and stakeholder management. You’ll drive all stages of the development life cycle from initial analysis to deployment, monitoring, and support. You will drive systems architecture, balancing stakeholder needs with a global view of software to build a cohesive application estate.
• Due to the nature of track operations, some flexibility to work out of office hours and weekends will be required. The role will be primarily based at the McLaren Technology Centre with some time spent working from home.

Principle Accountabilities

• Contribute to the team’s technical roadmap, aligning with program priorities and planning ahead while remaining flexible.
• Drive or collaborate in all stages of the development life cycle: analysis, design, implementation, build, integration, testing, deployment, debugging and support.
• Take ownership of areas, systems, or features on time and on budget.
• Drive, capture and understand project requirements; architect and implement robust, scalable, and testable software and system solutions.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams and technical partners.
• Accurately estimate activity timescales and provide clear progress reports.
• Raise awareness of and mitigate potential technical risks.
• Analyze and overcome technical challenges with workable, innovative solutions.
• Contribute to and maintain consistent standards and approaches within the team.
• Plan and manage workload efficiently.
• Stay up to date with software development and data science trends, technologies, and methodologies.
• Freely share knowledge, insight, best practice, and ideas.

Essential Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent discipline (2:1 or above) or equivalent industry experience.
• Extensive commercial experience delivering projects using agile/lean methodologies.
• Strong full stack software development background with understanding of engineering high-quality software.
• Commercial development experience with modern programming languages (C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python).
• Deep understanding of managing source code in a collaborative environment (GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps).
• Significant experience with relational and document databases (e.g., SQL Server and MongoDB).
• Ability to lead project delivery through ALM tools like Azure DevOps to organise and track work.
• Ability to implement data analysis techniques with a programming language such as C#, Python, R, or MATLAB.

Desirable

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline (2:1 or above) or equivalent industry experience.
• Production experience developing systems with Kafka and stream processing.
• Experience with Linux and running containers on Docker and/or Kubernetes.
• Lead roles in designing distributed microservice-based architectures.
• Web development experience using JavaScript, TypeScript, and React.
• Experience using cloud technologies e.g. Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Basic knowledge of vehicle dynamics theory.
• Experience with motorsport data acquisition systems (ATLAS, WinTAX, etc).

What can McLaren offer?

We strive to be better tomorrow and aim to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world. We support diversity, equity and inclusion and promote a culture that values difference. McLaren Racing is based at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking, offering hybrid working with 3 days a week in the MTC. The campus features facilities such as a gym, restaurant, break-out areas, and direct access to parkland. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses; London Waterloo is a 30-minute train ride. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and a generous pension contribution.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Technology, Information and Internet

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