Senior Data & Integrations Engineer – People & Finance

This is a hands-on technical role within McLaren Racing's Business Performance function, connecting the organisation's People and Finance platforms with the wider enterprise technology landscape. The role works under the direction of the Associate Director, People & Finance Technology & Data, designing, building, maintaining and improving secure, reliable and scalable integrations. The postholder enables data and transactions to move accurately between Workday and other McLaren systems.

• Design, build, test, deploy and support secure inbound and outbound integrations across People, Finance and wider McLaren technologies.
• Develop and maintain robust data pipelines that provide timely, accurate and trusted datasets.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable integration designs, covering data mappings, transformation logic, scheduling, security, error handling and reconciliation.
• Extract, transform and exchange data through SQL, APIs, web services, file-based interfaces and approved integration tools.
• Assess upstream and downstream impact of changes, develop monitoring, validation, alerting and reconciliation controls, investigate incidents, complete root-cause analysis, implement sustainable fixes, and replace manual extracts
• Uploads and reconciliations with controlled automated integrations where appropriate.
• Support integrations between Workday and enterprise systems including Salesforce, SmartRecruiters, Clockify, Microsoft Azure and Power Automate, working with system owners to define sources of truth, integration direction, frequency, data ownership and support models.
• Contribute to integration architecture, identify dependencies and transition requirements, simplify the application landscape, and support data migration and interface activity for Workday Financials and other transformation programmes.
• Ensure integrations align with McLaren standards for enterprise architecture, security, privacy, data governance and access control, and maintain documentation covering interfaces, endpoints, schedules, dependencies, data mappings, runbooks and support procedures.
• Partner with People, Finance, IT and Commercial technology teams to deliver joined-up system and data solutions, support integration discovery with business owners, technical teams, vendors and implementation partners, translate end-to-end process requirements into integration needs
• And coordinate design, testing, deployment and handover across internal teams and external partners.
• Support Workday releases, configuration changes and technology deployments through impact assessments and regression testing, clarify ownership and support responsibilities, escalate material risks, unresolved dependencies and control gaps, and contribute to reusable integration standards
• Patterns and governance.

• Hands-on technical experience in data engineering, integration or a related discipline.
• Experience with SQL, APIs, web services, file-based interfaces and approved integration tools.
• Experience with Workday and enterprise systems including Salesforce, SmartRecruiters, Clockify, Microsoft Azure and Power Automate.
• Knowledge of integration design, data mappings, transformation logic, scheduling, security, error handling and reconciliation.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture, security, privacy, data governance and access control standards.
• Experience developing monitoring, validation, alerting and reconciliation controls, investigating incidents, completing root-cause analysis and implementing sustainable fixes.
• Experience maintaining clear documentation covering interfaces, endpoints, schedules, dependencies, data mappings, runbooks and support procedures.
• Experience collaborating with People, Finance, IT and Commercial technology teams, and supporting integration discovery with business owners, technical teams, vendors and implementation partners.