Senior Software Engineer; Elite Motorsport

The successful candidate will join Catapult’s Motorsport development team to help expand Race Watch products into new series and tackle new challenges. The role focuses on developing new capabilities in Race Watch, particularly for endurance racing strategy, while contributing to the wider Race Watch suite across different racing series. The engineer will help drive products and processes forward and act as a mentor, providing technical leadership to other team members.

The role operates in a fast-paced environment with short project timelines from conception to deployment.

• Lead the development of Race Watch software for one or more motor sport series.
• Work with product managers and customers to design features and prioritise tasks.
• Identify ways to add innovative new features to the software.
• Lead others to anticipate and meet customer needs.
• Be one of the technical leaders within the team.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Ensure code quality, organisation, and best practices throughout the development process.
• Lead with a growth mindset, encouraging others to share ideas and opinions.
• Maintain and enhance software reliability.

• A passion for motor sport.
• 5+ years working in a fast-paced, technical environment, delivering software to customers.
• A proven track record of building applications in C/C++.
• Experience developing products, scaling them, and supporting them throughout the entire lifecycle.
• An aptitude for working with complex data.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff, both internally and when speaking to customers.
• A willingness to go above and beyond for the customer.
• Ability to help cover live motor sport events at weekends on a rotational basis with the rest of the team.
• An ability to multi-task and thrive in a dynamic work environment with changing priorities.

• Degree in computer science or other scientific or technical subject.
• Prior experience working in motor sport is a strong advantage.
• An understanding of the challenges faced by motor sport officials and teams in managing and participating in events.
• Experience using Catapult’s Race Watch software.
• Experience with ticketing and project management platforms, such as JIRA or Monday.
• Experience developing Windows applications in Visual Studio.
• Experience developing applications that process video.

• Outstanding paid maternity and paternity leave.

• All offers of employment are subject to Catapult's positive pre-hire check.

Catapult is a world leader in sports performance technology, serving over 5,000 teams across 40 sports, with wearable tracking technology, video and data analysis systems, and athlete management products that provide objective solutions to sport-based challenges. In motor sport, Catapult’s SBG race management and team strategy systems are the technology of choice for elite-level organisers and competitors around the world, including in Formula 1, Formula E, Indy Car, NASCAR, WEC/Le Mans and other endurance racing.

Customers include the FIA, nine Formula 1 teams, the majority of Formula E teams, multiple Le Mans 24-hour race winners, and teams and organisers in Indy Car and NASCAR.