Software Engineer, Race Operations Systems

Richard Childress Racing | Welcome, North Carolina | Full timeReports to the Director of Development and Innovation

The job

Every Sunday a Cup race is decided by information. You build the software that moves that information: the pipelines that pull data off the car, out of the simulation, and in from the sanctioning body, and the internal apps our engineers open on a race weekend. The ideal candidate will have development experience, with a strong background in system architecture, and competency across the full stack.

You inherit a working set of applications, you own them, and you decide what gets built next. You report straight to the Director of Development and Innovation and you will have a direct line to the people setting the technical direction of the race team.

What you will do

• Own the full lifecycle of our internal applications: design, build, deploy, maintain, retire. Some of it alone, some with a small team.
• Build and maintain the data pipelines that collect, clean, and stage data for automated analysis.
• Create high-performing applications within the bounds of external constraints, seeking creative and efficient solutions to problems.
• Ship full-stack internal tools that engineers use on a race weekend, which means they have to be fast, right, and ready by Friday.
• Run CI/CD and source control. Git, automated tests, repeatable deployments.
• Research and recommend software, and sometimes hardware to achieve project goals
• Carry several projects at once and tell people plainly what is shipping and when.
• BS in Computer Science
• At least 3 years building software, backend preferred.

What we need

• Ability to design complex systems at scale
• Strong with REST APIs, SQL, and S3-style object storage.
• Python required. Rust or C# a plus. Comfortable with a variety of languages
• Experience with React or an equivalent frontend framework, along with a basic understanding of UI and HCI concepts
• Data and plotting libraries: polars, matplotlib, plotly, d3, or their equivalents.
• Experience with Git version control
• Attention to detail.
• Self-starter who can shape key design decisions through research and analysis
• Strong verbal and written communication of complex systems
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, quality-driven, collaborative environment
• Microsoft Azure experience is a plus.

A plus

Prior work in NASCAR, IndyCar, Formula 1, or another professional motorsports organization.

Why now

RCR has created a Development and Innovation group to change how the race team uses data and software. The person in this seat builds the foundation that group runs on. If you want your code to show up in a race result, this is the job.

You should be proficient in:

• Professional motorsports
• REST APIs
• S-3-style object storage
• Software building experience
• SQL
• Python

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• Microsoft Azure
• Plotly
• Polars
• Matplotlib