Data Architect (12 Month FTC)

Are you ready to make your mark in the world of Formula 1?

At Formula 1, we are passionate about delivering the world’s greatest sports and entertainment spectacle leaving a positive legacy wherever we race. Innovation has always been at the heart of what we do ever since our first Grand Prix in 1950. Now, more than 75 years on, the sport remains a pioneer, developing technologies that have made a significant impact on society beyond the track.

Everything you see on screen or at an event comes via our passionate and dedicated people. Whether its engineering, broadcast, legal, logistics, security, event management, commercial, media rights, marketing, or communications there is always a talented team working to maximise the potential of the sport.

Role Overview:

We are looking for a Data Architect to be part of a team of Software developers and data architects working on mission critical applications to support the F1 championship and support series. This is a maternity cover position on a FTC basis.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development and evolution of data architecture, technology, and tooling in alignment with the wider software strategy.
• Design and document data architecture solutions and patterns to meet business and technical requirements.
• Support the delivery of architecture initiatives and roadmap activities within assigned projects and workstreams.
• Collaborate with software engineers, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure solutions align with architectural standards and principles.
• Help improve systems through modernisation, reduction of technical debt, and adoption of established engineering practices.
• Develop and maintain expertise across data platforms, technologies, and the wider software ecosystem.
• Contribute to improving development tooling, build pipelines, and CI/CD processes to enhance delivery speed, reliability, and developer productivity.
• Support and mentor less experienced team members through knowledge sharing and technical guidance.
• Provide onsite technical support at Biggin Hill and Trackside for selected race weekends as part of a rota.
• Participate in and help lead group engineering activities, including design reviews, requirement refinement, system architecture discussions, sprint ceremonies, and technical demonstrations.

What Are We Looking For?

Personal Qualities

In this role it is essential that you are:

• You bring a positive, collaborative attitude and build strong working relationships across diverse teams and disciplines.
• You remain calm, clear‑headed, and solutions‑focused in time‑critical or high‑pressure situations.
• You are adaptable and comfortable stepping into unfamiliar problem spaces.
• You act with integrity, ownership, and accountability.
• You are open to feedback and receptive to different viewpoints.
• You demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset, both in your own development and in your contribution to the team’s culture and ways of working.

Experience

Prior to the role it would be essential that you have:

• 2+ year experience designing and delivering data solutions and contributing to data architecture.
• 2+ year experience applying established architecture standards, principles and design patterns.
• Experience working with master data, operational data stores or analytical platforms.
• Experience with distributed data systems, data modelling, data integration patterns and data lifecycle management.
• 2+ year experience working with relational and non-relational database technologies, including schema design, performance optimisation and scalability considerations.
• 2+ year experience supporting operational, analytical or historical reporting workloads.
• Experience with cloud-native data technologies or modern data platform tooling.
• Experience with Data Orchestration / ETL processes.
• Understanding of data governance, metadata management, data quality and data lineage practices.
• Awareness of AI-assisted tooling and its responsible use within data engineering and architecture.

Qualifications

Not essential to be successful in the role but you may also have the following qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science (or related technical discipline) or equivalent commercial experience.

Career Progression - Where Can You Go Next?

From this position, your next step could be into the role of Senior Data Architect

Why join the force behind the sport?

Joining F1 means becoming part of a team that values innovation, collaboration and personal growth. We offer a dynamic work environment where ideas are heard, and employee contributions truly make an impact. We seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people to play their role in accelerating the future of the sport. As a member of the F1 team, you will be able to access our amazing benefits:

• Private Healthcare scheme
• Dental Care
• 4 x Grand Prix Paddock passes per season
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave and other family planning policies
• A free staff shuttle service running to and from surrounding trains stations near to Biggin Hill
• Free healthy snacks in our offices
• Subsidised canteen in Biggin Hill, serving breakfast and lunch
• 25 days annual leave and 8 Bank Holiday days, plus a Christmas period closure
• Opportunities to develop and request training for your role via our in-house Learning and Development team
• Discount on F1 merchandise
• Discount at F1’s experiences including F1 Arcade and F1 Drive
• Perkbox benefit portal and more

Recruitment Fraud Warning: We only communicate with candidates through official @f1.com email addresses. We will never contact you via personal email accounts, messaging apps, or request payment as part of our recruitment process. If you receive suspicious communication claiming to be from our talent team, please report it to [email protected].

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