Williams Racing
Senior Software Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £50,000 - 62,000 per year
Requirements:- A degree in Computer Science or a related field involving software development
- Strong software development experience in one or more of: C#, Go, Java, C++, Python, or TypeScript
- Familiarity with software process management tools and source control, such as Azure DevOps and Git
- A collaborative, curious approach to problem-solving and excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Adaptability and readiness to learn new technologies quickly
- A genuine desire to build impactful solutions for specialist engineering users
- Bonus, but not essential: experience with containerisation, DevOps, and cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS
- Bonus, but not essential: familiarity with logging, monitoring, and observability tooling
- Bonus, but not essential: experience using document, object, or time-series datastores
- Bonus, but not essential: a background in or exposure to aerodynamics, data science, vehicle dynamics, or computer simulations
- Understand the needs of a wide range of users across Williams Racing and translate them into clear technical specifications
- Develop, implement, and maintain innovative software solutions alongside the wider Software Development team
- Enhance existing systems to improve reliability, performance, and adaptability as requirements evolve
- Collaborate with other technology groups to enhance and develop shared data platform services
- Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers, championing best practices and raising overall quality
- Contribute to the definition and documentation of preferred software designs, patterns, and architectures
- Streamline development processes to help the team deliver more to its customers
- Provide application support during race weekend events where required
- AWS
- Atlassian
- Azure
- Backend
- C#
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Git
- Support
- Java
- Python
- React
- TypeScript
- Web
More:
We are Atlassian Williams F1 Team, one of the most successful teams in FIA Formula 1 World Championship history, with 16 world championship titles. Founded in 1977, we have a long heritage of engineering and racing, and a long-term mission to evolve and return to the front of the grid. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for our Software Development group to build bespoke software supporting our Engineering and Operations functions, including aerodynamics, vehicle dynamics, real-time race data, and performance analysis. Our software estate includes desktop applications in C# and C++, React web applications, Python analysis tools, and C# backend services. We are modernising with cloud-native technologies and modern data platforms. This is a full-time engineering role in a fast-moving, technically demanding environment, where our work has a visible impact in the factory and on track. We value diversity and inclusion and are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.
last updated 39 week of 2026
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£75,000
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