Position: Data Engineer, Baseball Systems

Position Overview:
The Data Engineer, Baseball Systems position will be a member of the baseball operations software development team, and is responsible for integrating, collecting, processing, and storing many sources of baseball data, as well as designing and building new data solutions. This position must be comfortable with on-premises and cloud solutions, and take the initiative to explore new optimizations and cutting-edge data technologies. This individual will work closely with the team’s data architect, analysts, developers, and other members of baseball operations.

Responsibilities:

• Build leading-edge baseball solutions together with the software development team, analysts, and others on new and existing baseball systems
• Build and maintain integration pipelines, often via an API or file-based, while also identifying areas of improvement and spending time to re-architect when required. Build and maintain infrastructure to optimize extraction, transformation, and the loading of data from various sources
• Design, build, and maintain data warehousing solutions for the software development and analytics teams. Build and maintain tools for the analysts to enable more efficient and extensive data modeling and simulation efforts
• Participate in key phases of the software development process of critical baseball applications, including requirements gathering, analysis, effort estimation, technical investigation, software design and implementation, testing, bug fixing, and quality assurance
• Actively participate with software developers and data architects in design reviews, code reviews, and other best practices

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Major League Baseball’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is proud to sponsor a select group of qualifying students to attend the 10th Annual SABR Analytics Conference (Society for American Baseball Research), to be held virtually March 11-14, 2021. The SABR Virtual Analytics Conference is a four-day event featuring guest speakers, panels, and presentations on the impact of analytics on the game of baseball and features the Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Students will also have an opportunity to participate in skill development sessions and networking opportunities with current MLB and Club employees.

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is seeking qualified candidates from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds interested in careers in baseball operations such as Salary Arbitration and Economics, Research & Development, Scouting and Player Development.

• Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate
• Individuals with studies in business, computer science, statistics and economics are strongly encouraged to apply

To Apply:
Prospective candidates must submit the following materials to receive full consideration:

• Current resume
• Personal essay (500 words or less)

The application can be found here. Space is limited. The application deadline is Monday, February 22, 2021.

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Position: Advance Information Coordinator

Location: Boston, MA; Travel is required with the Major League team

Description:
The Boston Red Sox are seeking an Assistant to support the Major League coaching staff while working closely with the Major League Hitting Coach and baserunning coach, Analyst in Baseball Analytics, and their Advance Information department.

This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, intellectually curious environment and to potentially impact player performance and on-field strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Effectively present analyses through the use of written reports and data visualization to disseminate insights to members of the Major League coaching staff.
• Travel with the Major League team throughout the season, including to Boston’s spring training facility. During the offseason this position will be based in Boston working with Baseball Analytics.
• Other projects and related duties as directed by the Major League Hitting Coach, Analyst in Baseball Analytics, and other members of Baseball Operations leadership.

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Position: Player Valuation Analyst

Reports To: Assistant Director, Professional Player Valuation
Department: Professional Player Valuation

The Pittsburgh Pirates are currently seeking a full-time Analyst to join their Professional Player Valuation team. The Professional Player Valuation team is responsible for producing internal valuations of players and for communicating the insights from their research to others within Baseball Operations. This role will provide candidates with opportunities for growth and the ability to learn from others throughout the organization. In this role, you will have the ability to influence roster construction and to see the impact of your work on the field. Read the rest of this entry »

Please note, this posting contains two positions.

Position: Baseball Systems Engineer- Toronto Blue Jays

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Primary Focus: To create tools and systems that support decision making in all areas of Baseball Operations.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Maintain and support the current end to end data warehousing process within Baseball Operations, starting with structured and unstructured data, conceiving and designing appropriate data structures, performing ETL processes to house the data in the data structures and exposing the data structures to end users.
• Design and manage the integration process of new data sources into existing database structures and frameworks.
• Develop and maintain data quality assurance processes to ensure database integrity in the future.
• Understand and document current database structures, historical design decisions, format, definitions, limitations and content of currently used external and internal data feeds, and establish future requirements.
• Complete ad-hoc database queries and analysis as dictated by circumstances.
• Oversee the evaluation, selection, implementation and support of new database systems.
• Develop and maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Work with other developers to help support internal web applications.
• Collaborate with members of the Baseball Operations developers to develop best practices for storing and displaying baseball data.
• Recommend new data sources for purchase and/or new techniques to gather data.

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Position: Database Engineer I, Baseball Systems

Job Description:
The database engineer will be responsible for maintaining and expanding the Rangers’ baseball operations data warehouse and data pipelines. The role is responsible for importing and integrating data from external providers, and interacting with the R&D department to implement models and build reports.

Responsibilities:

• Database design
• Export, Transform and Load multiple data feeds (ETL)
• Assist in creating and monitoring data quality initiatives, resolving issues, and communicating to stakeholders
• Writing and updating SSRS reports
• Collaboration with application/web developer on app development
• Basic support for end users of reports and applications
• Update and maintain documentation for database and applications

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Position: Baseball Operations Analyst

Reports To: Director of Baseball Analytics
Department: Baseball Operations
Status: Exempt
Position Type: Full-Time
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona

Position Summary:
The San Francisco Giants are seeking an Analyst to join the Baseball Operations department. This individual will be part of the R&D team with the primary focus to provide dedicated research and analysis to support the Player Development staff. They will also interact with the Major League staff and Front Office to implement organizational initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, the ability to communicate effectively to non-technical people, and both passion and intellectual curiosity for the game of baseball.

Position Responsibilities:

• Provide statistical analysis and quantitative research to support the Player Development staff
• Implement initiatives from the Front Office & Major League staff
• Communicate analysis to Baseball Operations staff effectively
• Execute advance preparation, after action reporting, and player development initiatives
• Research, design, and test predictive and statistical models using data and technology to support all aspects of Baseball Operations
• Collaborate with engineering team to design and integrate tools into existing baseball information system
• Work with emerging baseball technology and data sets
• Maintain understanding of new public baseball research and emerging statistical tools, as well as all potential vendor data/technology options

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Position: Baseball Video Scout

Location: This position requires you to work out of SIS’ office in Coplay, PA and cannot be done remotely.

Position Overview
SIS is looking for highly motivated individuals with a desire to work in the baseball industry. Video Scouts will have a chance to make an immediate impression on the company. Each Video Scout will be collecting data that is directly used by SIS clients (including major league teams) for advance scouting and evaluation purposes. Not only will the Video Scouts become more familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of hundreds of amateur and professional players, but they will also learn the ins and outs of the baseball statistics industry.

Former Video Scouts have risen through MLB front offices after getting their start reviewing two to three games per day at SIS. MLB teams frequently contact SIS for recommendations when they need to fill a position within their organization, and top video scouts each year routinely land team internships and/or full-time jobs. Three former video scouts recently won the World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

SIS takes pride in making their internships great development opportunities for those looking to get their start in baseball. In addition to gaining invaluable experience reviewing thousands of players across different levels, they offer introductory classes that cover creating scouting reports and using the database management language, SQL. they also provide insight and advice from previous SIS Video Scouts who have branched out into a variety of areas in the sports industry.

Responsibilities

• Score and pitch chart MLB, MiLB and amateur games using specialized computer software.
• Check the accuracy and validity of data.
• Prepare and analyze statistical data for delivery to customers.
• Assist with the production of the 2022 Bill James Handbook.
• Provide administrative support to the full-time staff.

Time Frame
SIS offers two unique start dates for this position:

• The first begins February 1st, 2021. It will last for a period of four to five months into early June, with the possibility of extending further based on company workload and the Video Scout’s performance.
• The second begins on March 1st, 2021. This will last five to six months into early September, again with a possibility of extending longer.

Compensation

• A starting rate of $9 per hour and college course credit will be offered for those interested.
• Each Video Scout will also be eligible for regular raises based on performance.
• There will also be opportunities to sign up to work overtime to earn extra income (opportunities will depend on work levels throughout the year).
• Sponsorship is not available for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Sports Info Solutions uses E-Verify and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply for this position, please click on the link provided:
https://www.ondemandassessment.com/link/index/JB-EKCGXO1II?u=147316

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Position: 2021 Baseball Season Systems Operator

Location: Based in Atlanta, GA, with travel throughout the US
Contract: 9 Month Fixed Term
Start Date: January 2021

About Hawk-Eye
Hawk-Eye Innovations, a Sony company, develops, markets, and delivers the most sophisticated officiating tools in sport. They are a fundamental part of officiating and broadcasting in over 20 international sports across their Ball Tracking, SMART (Synchronised Multi-Angle Replay Technology) and SMART Production products. Every year they cover over 30,000 events and games across 500+ stadiums in over 90 countries.

They now deliver services to 18 out of the top 20 most valuable sports leagues in the world. Their opportunities are endless, as they push the boundaries of technology in all areas of sport.

About the opportunity
They are recruiting to fill the 2021 Baseball Season Systems Operator role within their expanding team in the US. This nine month opportunity is based at their regional headquarters in Atlanta and will include on-site work at sports stadia around the US.

With new contracts to provide services to the MLB (as well as MLS, NASCAR, USTA, NHL and NFL), the role will encompass installation and operation of the technology at a variety of games and events.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of sports technology in top-flight sports leagues as part of a young and dynamic team. Hawk-Eye will equip you with the technical training, support and full exposure to their systems to perform your day to day tasks but also to encourage development and progression to help make an impact on what they do. Read the rest of this entry »

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Position Title: Analyst

Department: Baseball Research & Development
Employment Type: Full-Time

Primary Purpose
The Cleveland Indians are seeking an analyst to join the team’s Baseball Research and Development group. The position will use the team’s proprietary data to build tools and resources that help the team across all facets of baseball operations. The ideal candidate will possess a strong foundation in statistics and/or data science, the ability to effectively communicate findings to colleagues in non-technical roles, and a passion for learning more about baseball. Strong applicants will demonstrate curiosity, creativity, and a drive to learn new concepts. The Indians are open to a remote role for the right candidate, but relocation to Cleveland, OH is preferred.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Analyze and interpret baseball data.
• Research, build, test, and deploy statistical and/or machine learning models to support Baseball Operations.
• Visualize data in concise, readable formats for non-technical staff members.
• Communicate research findings to key stakeholders across the organization.

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