Senior Software Engineer - Motorsports

About the role

General Motors' Motorsports Software team builds cloud-based software that connects GM Global Engineering, GM Motorsports and its race teams across F1, NASCAR, IndyCar, WEC and IMSA. This is a new Ireland-based team, and the role leads and contributes to complex software projects in a fast-paced, event-driven environment where reliability, performance and usability affect trackside results. It is hybrid, reporting to the Dublin/Limerick office at least three times per week.

Key responsibilities

• Develop full-lifecycle applications using standard frameworks, coding standards and design patterns
• Tune performance, profile and improve usability of software
• Debug, maintain and enhance live software systems used in critical motorsports operations
• Collaborate with Motorsports Engineering, trackside operations and Global Engineering
• Mentor junior developers and review code
• Take part in on-call rotation covering weekends, shifts and holidays aligned to race schedules, with flexibility during race weeks

Required profile

• Minimum 7 years of professional software development experience
• Minimum 3 years developing web or Electron applications
• Proven track record maintaining and debugging live production systems
• Agile/scrum experience and UI design with UX principles
• Preferred: passion for motorsports, Master's in Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science, distributed systems and real-time application experience

Required skills

• C#/.NET and React
• Azure and Azure resources
• CI/CD, testing and code reviews
• Web platform knowledge and reuse strategies