Here’s a question worth thinking about: how often does the software you build actually make something faster?

For most developers, the answer is probably never.

This role is different.

This Formula 1 team is looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to help build the next generation of engineering software used by its Aerodynamics department. The applications you’ll develop aren’t customer portals or business systems – they’re the tools aerodynamicists rely on to analyse Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), wind tunnel results and vast volumes of engineering data that ultimately influence the performance of the race car.

The team is modernising a suite of engineering applications into React and TypeScript, and you’d be the person setting the direction. That includes the front-end architecture, the standards, and the reusable patterns the rest of the group builds on.

It calls for someone who has made those decisions before and can explain the thinking behind them, building intuitive interfaces that visualise complex, real-time engineering data where performance and clarity both matter.

What makes this role particularly interesting is the level of collaboration. You won’t simply be working from tickets handed down by a Product Manager. Instead, you’ll work directly with aerodynamicists, understanding how they think, the challenges they face, and designing software that genuinely improves the way they work.

We’ll also be honest about what makes this challenging. Formula 1 moves quickly. Priorities change, deadlines are real, and you’ll be expected to learn a completely new engineering domain if you haven’t worked in motorsport before. The technical problems are complex, the users are exceptionally bright, and there’s a constant expectation to improve and innovate.

If you’re looking for another React role building business applications, this probably isn’t it. Equally, if your experience so far has been working within an architecture someone else defined, you may find this role frustrating.

If, however, you’re motivated by solving difficult engineering problems, enjoy working closely with highly technical users, and want to build software where every improvement can contribute to performance on track, we’d love to tell you more.

We would particularly like to hear from developers with:

• Have deep, hands-on experience with React and TypeScript, and can speak to the decisions behind their work. You can talk through how you’ve handled state management at scale, performance, rendering and component design in large applications.

• Have owned or meaningfully shaped front-end architecture, set standards, and made the technical calls others then built on.

• Have built complex, data-intensive applications where performance and clarity genuinely mattered.

• Can work directly with technical users and translate messy problems into elegant software.

• Are drawn to engineering, science or high-performance technology.

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