Purpose of the Role
We are looking for a world-class Lead Software Engineer to drive the systems that power our Formula 1 team. You will work to develop the tools that are used by our engineers at the racetrack and at the McLaren Technology Centre to analyse and improve car performance at the sharp end of the sport. You will analyse, design, implement, and support business-critical software systems aligned with the requirements of McLaren Racing. As a senior member of the department, you will provide technical leadership across a range of software projects, contribute to initiatives beyond your own team, drive process improvement & culture, and support the development of other team members. You will partner with our Racing colleagues and Platform Engineering team to ensure the highest standards of operational excellence for our platforms including monitoring, alerting, and problem resolution.
Due to the nature of track and tunnel 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 a proportion of the time spent working from home.
Accountabilities and Responsibilities
Help to define the team’s technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with the priorities driven by the business and development team manager. Planning up to a year in advance, while remaining flexible and adapting to changing circumstances.
Build a significant network of strong trust with multiple functional team members and leadership, and proactively drive feedback, planning, and prioritisation discussions that are pragmatic, realistic, and which deliver the right performance projects for the team.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
Practical, day-to-day use of AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini, and others to facilitate developer acceleration.
Desirable
Demonstrated experience building internet scale, highly available systems that implement patterns like chaos engineering, admission control, circuit breakers, and static content delivery.
What can McLaren offer?
We constantly strive to be better tomorrow than we are today. Our ambition is to be the most pioneering and exhilarating racing team in the world, and our collective task is to set the standards for high performance in sport. We show up every day with energy and enthusiasm, ready to play our part.
We encourage and support diversity, equity and inclusion. We will actively promote a culture that values difference and eliminates discrimination in our workplace.
McLaren Racing is based at the iconic McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) near Woking. Here at McLaren, we offer hybrid working with 3 days a week based in the MTC.
Our state of the art, sustainable campus offers many facilities including a gym, restaurant and indoor and outdoor break-out areas, as well as direct access to park and common land. The MTC is connected to Woking mainline station via regular shuttle buses, from which London Waterloo is a 30 minute train ride.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including private healthcare, car schemes, life insurance and generous pension contributions.
