Software Engineer; Elite Motorsport

The role will join the Motorsport development team to help expand Race Watch products into new racing series and tackle new challenges. It focuses on developing new capabilities in Race Watch for one or two racing series while also contributing to the entire Race Watch suite. The engineer will work with product managers and customers to design features, prioritise tasks, and drive products and processes forward.

The team operates in a fast-paced environment with short project timelines from conception to deployment, supporting the mission to maximise and enhance customer performance through the highest quality experience.

• Lead the development of Race Watch software for one or more motor sport series.
• Develop new capabilities in Race Watch, focusing on one or two racing series and contributing to the entire Race Watch suite.
• Work with product managers and customers to design features and prioritise tasks.
• Identify ways to add innovative new features to the software.
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code.
• Contribute to code quality, organisation, and best practices throughout the development process.
• Maintain and enhance software reliability.

• Degree in computer science, or another scientific or technical subject.
• A passion for sport.
• 2+ years working in a fast-paced, technical environment, delivering software to customers.
• A proven track record of building applications in C/C++, or another object-oriented language.
• 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.

• Experience developing Windows applications in Visual Studio.
• Experience developing applications that process video.
• Experience with ticketing and project management platforms, such as JIRA or Monday.
• Prior experience working in motor sport is an advantage.

• Based in the London office, three days a week.

• Outstanding paid maternity and paternity leave.

1. All offers of employment are subject to Catapult's positive prehire check.

Catapult is a world leader in sports performance technology, serving over 5,000 teams across 40 sports with wearable tracking, video and data analysis systems, and athlete management products. In motor sport, Catapult's SBG race management and team strategy systems are used by elite organisers and competitors, including in Formula 1, Formula E, Indy Car, NASCAR and WEC/Le Mans, with customers including the FIA, nine Formula 1 teams such as the 8-time World Champion Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team, the majority of Formula E teams, and multiple Le Mans 24-hour race winners including Audi, Porsche and Toyota.