Software Engineer

Motion Applied; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Applied is seeking a Software Engineer for the Data Platforms Team to build and enhance the ATLAS telemetry system, delivering real-time and historic data insights for F1 and motorsport. The role focuses on robust software design across C#.NET, WPF, SQL, and cloud-based microservices, with collaboration across product managers, field engineers, and developers.

You will contribute to testing, documentation, releases, and continuous improvement, while upholding Agile practices and quality

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Strong software engineering fundamentals
• Proficiency in C#.NET
• Experience with WPF
• Experience with SQL
• Git version control and branching
• CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)
• Agile project management practices
• Team player and independent worker
• Attention to detail and analytical skills
• Experience with graphics APIs (DirectX or similar)
• Experience in C++/CLI
• Database scaling, optimization, monitoring
• Time series databases
• Familiarity with Kafka
• Cloud & microservices (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Learning new languages (Python, Angular, React)
• Dependency injection frameworks (Autofac)
• Distributed computing, ML, data science
• Building data pipelines and streaming apps
• Motorsport enthusiasm

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers and Field Application Engineers to resolve race issues
• Analyze user requirements for validity and feasibility
• Detect, document, and track software defects
• Apply QA principles across Agile lifecycle
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities with Data Platforms team
• Maintain unit test coverage to company standards
• Support PRs, peer reviews, knowledge transfer
• Contribute to release planning and burndowns with estimates
• Write technical documentation
• Identify risk and escalations when required

Skills

C#.NET

WPF

SQL

Git

Azure DevOps

Agile

Teamwork

CI/CD

Graphics APIs

C++/CLI

Cloud & Microservices

Data pipelines

Time series DBs

Kafka

Machine Learning

Education

First class degree or 2:1 in CS or related field

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

Kafka

Job description

At Motion Applied, we accelerate the response to the world's rapid change, pioneering solutions in automotive, transportation, and motorsport to reduce the carbon footprint through electrification, telemetry, control, and analytics., As a Software Engineer in the Data Platforms Team, you will design and deliver complex products and solutions for our ATLAS (Advanced Telemetry Linked Acquisition System) suite and related systems. The software enables race engineers and strategists to access powerful, race winning insights in F1 and other motorsport series by capturing, visualizing, and modeling real time and historic data.,

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Field Application Engineers to understand and resolve race issues
• Analyze user requirements for validity and feasibility
• Detect, document, and track software defects and inconsistencies
• Apply quality assurance principles throughout the Agile product lifecycle
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities, in collaboration with the Data Platforms team
• Maintain unit test case code coverage meeting or exceeding company standards
• Support pull requests, peer reviews, and knowledge transfer alongside other developers
• Contribute to release planning and burndowns by providing development estimates
• Write technical documentation
• Identify risk and raise appropriate escalations when required
• First class degree or upper 2nd in Computer Science or a similar technical field of study (or equivalent practical experience)
• Thorough understanding of software engineering principles
• Proficiency in C#.NET
• Experience with the WPF framework
• Experience with SQL
• Experience with Git version control and branching strategies
• Familiarity with CICD pipelines, preferably Azure DevOps
• Good understanding and practice of agile project management frameworks
• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently
• High attention to detail and solid analytical skills
• Experience with graphics APIs (e.g., DirectX or similar)
• Experience in C++/CLI
• Experience with database/application scaling, optimization, and monitoring
• Experience with time series databases
• Familiarity with message brokers such as Kafka
• Experience and understanding of building products on cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, and microservices
• Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed (e.g., Python, Angular, React)
• Experience with dependency injection frameworks (e.g., Autofac)
• Experience in distributed computing, machine learning, data science
• Experience with building data pipelines and data streaming applications
• Experience in, or enthusiasm about, motorsport