- Company: Get A Job.ai
- Location: London
- Salary: Pay not listed
Website Get A Job.ai
Represented by Get A Job.ai
About This Opportunity
Our talent team is representing a confidential sports technology organization seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their elite motorsport division in London. This role focuses on building race management and strategy systems used by top-tier racing teams and organizers worldwide across Formula 1, Formula E, endurance racing, and other premier motorsport series.
You'll lead development of sophisticated real-time race strategy software, working directly with product managers and end users to deliver mission-critical tools that teams rely on during live racing events. This is an opportunity to make a direct impact on competitive outcomes at the highest levels of motorsport.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of race management software for one or more motorsport series
- Collaborate with product managers and customers to design features and prioritize development tasks
- Identify and implement innovative capabilities to enhance race strategy systems
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering team members
- Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable C/C++ codebases
- Ensure code quality, organization, and adherence to best practices throughout development
- Maintain and enhance software reliability for mission-critical race-day applications
- Support live motorsport events on weekends on a rotational basis with the team
- Drive continuous improvement of products and development processes
What We're Looking For
Required qualifications:
- Genuine passion for motorsport and racing
- 5+ years delivering software in fast-paced technical environments
- Proven track record building production applications in C/C++
- Experience developing, scaling, and supporting products through their entire lifecycle
- Strong aptitude for working with complex data and real-time processing
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Customer-focused mindset with willingness to go above and beyond
- Ability to cover live racing events at weekends on rotation
- Capable of multitasking and thriving in dynamic environments with shifting priorities
Preferred qualifications:
- Degree in computer science or related technical discipline
- Prior experience working in the motorsport industry
- Understanding of challenges faced by race officials and teams during events
- Experience with JIRA, Monday, or similar project management platforms
- Windows application development experience using Visual Studio
- Background developing video processing applications
How We Work With You
When you apply through Get A Job.ai, our recruiting team will review your qualifications and conduct an initial screening. If there's a strong match, we'll submit your profile to our client for consideration. Throughout the process, we'll coordinate interviews and provide guidance. Please apply exclusively through Get A Job.ai rather than contacting the employer directly.
Pay
Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process based on your experience and qualifications.
Equal Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive recruiting practices. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and work to ensure fair consideration throughout our process.
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Listing facts
- Role Senior Software Engineer (Elite Motorsport)
- Employer Get A Job.ai
- Location London
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted September 16, 2026
- Apply by October 17, 2026
- Overview Full job description on this page (444 words)
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