Senior Software Engineer

Smedley Group

Upper Heyford, UAE

Full Time

Lead

Hybrid

4 weeks ago

PythonAPI DesignSoftware ArchitectureAI/LLM ToolsReactTypeScript

Free

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As Lead Software Developer, you will build the software platform behind Smedley Group’s motorsport and technology ventures.
The role sits between technical leadership and hands on delivery. You will lead a small developer team, set engineering standards, review technical decisions and remain actively involved in the codebase.
You will work across race operations tooling, real time data, telemetry, analytics, internal dashboards, integrations and AI enabled workflow tools.

Lead, mentor and review the work of a small developer team.
Set standards for code quality, testing, documentation, architecture and deployment.
Review pull requests, challenge technical decisions and ensure the team ships maintainable production software.
Define architecture, technical standards and engineering direction across the platform suite.
Translate product and operational requirements into clear technical designs, implementation plans and delivery roadmaps.
Make pragmatic architecture decisions that balance scalability, reliability, security and delivery pace.
Design, build and maintain production grade applications, APIs, dashboards, data tools and operational systems.
Work across back end systems, integrations, data workflows and front end applications where required.
Build tools that support real time data, telemetry, analytics, reporting and operational decision making.
Identify opportunities to use AI enabled workflows, automation and internal tools to improve speed, quality and business efficiency.
Build CI/CD pipelines, standardise deployment processes, observability, testing and developer tooling.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong proficiency in Python, including production grade application development.
Experience designing, building and maintaining APIs, services and data driven applications.
Strong understanding of software architecture, clean code, testing and scalable system design.
Experience reviewing code, mentoring developers or leading technical delivery in a small team.
Practical use of AI, LLMs or agentic development tools in day to day software development.
Ability to work directly with non technical stakeholders and turn ambiguous requirements into working software.

Experience with React, TypeScript or modern JavaScript frameworks.
Experience with FastAPI or similar Python API frameworks.
Familiarity with SQL, databases and data modelling.
Experience with data intensive, telemetry, analytics, dashboarding or real time systems.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS or similar cloud infrastructure.
Experience building LLM powered tools, AI agents, RAG systems, prompt driven interfaces or document intelligence workflows.
Experience in motorsport, automotive, robotics, simulation, manufacturing or other high performance engineering environments.