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Job Posting: Sports Info Solutions Business Development Intern

Position: Business Development Intern

Location: Coplay, PA

Position Overview:
Would you be interested in working closely with a small team to bring sabermetrics to a larger audience? Sports Info Solutions is seeking a Business Development Intern to work out of their Lehigh Valley, PA office. This is a great opportunity in a casual office environment with the leading provider of in-depth sports analytics. The candidate will develop new sales opportunities as well as help maintain existing client relationships. Strong candidates will possess a self-motivated attitude, great communication skills, and be able to work in a collaborative team environment or independently as needed.

Responsibilities:

  • ​Build new business relationships independently or as part of a business development team
  • Maintain and expand existing client relationships
  • Assist with marketing efforts and represent the company in professional settings
  • Communicate with clients and prospects in-person, over the phone, and via email
  • Educate current and future clients on cutting-edge data and analytics from SIS
  • Collaborate with SIS Operations, R&D, and IT colleagues to build new products and fulfill customer needs
  • Travel to meet with clients as needed

Qualifications:

  • A firm grasp on the baseball, football, fantasy sports, and sports media industries, including the latest sabermetric research
  • Open-minded approach and ability to think creatively to anticipate client and industry demands
  • Outgoing personality and flexible sales style to engage with a wide variety of prospective clients
  • Professional demeanor with excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills as well as diligence and high attention to detail
  • Initiative to voluntarily commit long hours, night, and weekends as when needed
  • Proficient in Microsoft software, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint

To Apply:
To apply, please use the following link: Business Development Intern application. Please note, this is a paid position.

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Job Posting: Minnesota Twins Baseball Systems Data Quality Engineer

Position: Data Quality Engineer, Baseball Systems

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Description:
The Minnesota Twins are seeking a Data Quality Engineer to join the Baseball Research and Development group. This position offers wide-ranging exposure to current programming methods and frameworks in a fast-paced agile environment. With creativity and passion, this candidate will collaborate with the Baseball Operations staff to ensure good data hygiene across a growing set of disparate data sources. This position requires an intuitive and exacting passion for data detective work. By identifying patterns that affect data quality and by working directly with data scientists, the candidate will help to develop, deliver, and maintain tools to enhance model and decision accuracy. This position requires independent curiosity and a commitment to achieving excellence within a team framework. Strong communication and interpersonal skills will enable the candidate to enjoy engaging relationships with product users.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Build data quality assurance tools and procedures to identify and correct data inaccuracies.
  • Design, maintain, and support data warehouses for reporting and analysis.
  • Develop, optimize, and automate data workflows and pipelines ensuring data integrity and quality from external data integrations.
  • Support the individuals of the Baseball Operations team by providing assistance and education on best practices when querying the data warehouse.
  • Work with data scientists to ensure models and analyses follow best practice for accessing the data and are properly integrated into scheduled data processing workflows.
  • Explore emerging technologies and recommend new tools and techniques for collecting and processing data.
  • Develop visualization tools and reports that showcase research findings in creative, effective ways for a variety of different end users and use cases.
  • Use an agile software development approach for quick roll-outs combined with incremental improvement process to existing systems and environments.
  • Provide courteous and timely first-level contact and problem resolution for all Baseball Department users.

Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field or equivalent work experience.
  • Software development experience, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, implementation, and iterative improvement.
  • Expertise with SQL, relational databases, database design, and data cleaning techniques.
  • Ability to process and transform data from a variety of sources and formats.
  • Experience with C#, Java, Python, R or other similar language that interacts with data.
  • Knowledge of data visualization packages such as Plotly or ggplot is a plus.
  • Proficiency evaluating and improving the performance of SQL queries.
  • Understand software development best practices and long-term maintainability of code.
  • 2+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Strong work ethic, curiosity, initiative, and problem-solving skills.
  • Open mindedness to learn new technologies and embrace different ways of thinking.
  • Passion for baseball is preferred; passion for problem solving is required.

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to lift and transport items up to 55 lbs.
  • Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
  • Must be able to move throughout all areas and levels of the ballpark.
  • Ability to relocate to the Twins Cities area.

To Apply:
External applicants should apply using the application found here.

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Job Posting: White Sox Baseball Operations Software Engineer and Analyst

Please note, this posting contains two positions.

Position: Baseball Operations Software Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL

Description:
The Chicago White Sox seek an experienced Software Engineer to join their baseball operations group. The engineer will be responsible for building and maintaining data driven systems with a focus on Baseball Analytics, however there will be additional exposure to all facets of baseball operations. This position will report to the Director of Baseball Analytics.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop data-driven web applications and reports to assist the White Sox front office with player evaluation, arbitration, scouting, and player development.
  • Manage the integration of new and existing data sources.
  • Provide operational support.

Requirements:

  • Degree in computer science, engineering, or similar field.
  • Technical proficiency in web development and scripting technologies such as HTML, PHP, AJAX, and JavaScript.
  • Object oriented development experience with Visual Studio and C#.
  • Strong UI design fundamentals, with examples of intuitive and flexible interfaces.
  • Knowledge of SQL Server or MySQL with the ability to write and optimize complex queries and stored procedures.
  • Experience working with large datasets.
  • Familiarity with advanced baseball metrics and research.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Demonstrated high degree of integrity, professionalism, accountability, and discretion.
  • Ability to work flexible hours.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with ETL methodologies.
  • Experience presenting data with Tableau.
  • Experience performing advanced statistical analysis with analytical tools such as R, MatLab, or Python.
  • Advanced quantitative degree or published research.
  • Prior baseball playing or operations experience.

To Apply:
Please review the requirements above and send a resume/cover letter to ApplyAnalytics@chisox.com. Due to the large number of applicants, you may not receive a response.

Position: Baseball Analyst

Description:
The Chicago White Sox seek a passionate, knowledgeable, and dedicated individual with a desire to work in Baseball Operations. The position will focus primarily on the numerical methods that drive Baseball Analytics, however there will be additional exposure to all facets of baseball operations. This position will report to the Director of Baseball Analytics.

Responsibilities:

  • Create proprietary performance metrics and predictive models using regression and machine learning.
  • Develop data-driven applications and reports to assist the White Sox front office with player evaluation, arbitration, scouting, and player development.
  • Provide operational support.

Requirements:

  • Degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or similar field.
  • Experience performing advanced statistical analysis (regression, mixed models, machine learning) with analytical tools such as R, MatLab, or Python.
  • Knowledge of SQL Server or MySQL with the ability to write and optimize complex queries and stored procedures.
  • Experience working with large datasets.
  • Familiarity with advanced baseball metrics and research.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Demonstrated high degree of integrity, professionalism, accountability, and discretion.
  • Ability to work flexible hours.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Technical proficiency in web development and scripting technologies such as HTML, PHP, AJAX, JavaScript, Node.js, and Vue-js.
  • Object oriented development experience with Visual Studio and C#.
  • Knowledge and practice with ETL solutions and best practices.
  • Experience creating computer vision models with OpenCV or TensorFlow.
  • Experience presenting data with Tableau.
  • Advanced quantitative degree or published research.
  • Prior baseball playing or operations experience.

To Apply:
Please review the requirements above and send a resume/cover letter to ApplyAnalytics@chisox.com. Due to the large number of applicants, you may not receive a response.

The content in this posting was created and provided solely by the Chicago White Sox.


Job Posting: Detroit Tigers Baseball Operations Data Engineer

Position: Data Engineer, Baseball Operations

Location: Detroit, MI

Job Description:
The Data Engineer, Baseball Operations will be responsible for working closely with the Analytics team to maintain the data infrastructure supporting internal baseball systems, reports, and procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, maintain, and support data warehouses for reporting and analytics within Baseball Operations.
  • Automate and optimize data workflows and pipelines.
  • Document, troubleshoot, and resolve issues with Baseball Operations data processes.
  • Understand and document data structures, format, definitions, and content of internal and external data feeds.
  • Develop data quality assurance tools to ensure data integrity and system performance.
  • Collaborate with other members of the Baseball Operations team to develop best practices for storing and retrieving baseball data.
  • Recommend new tools and techniques for collecting and processing data.
  • Complete ad-hoc database queries and analysis as directed.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • 3+ years of related work experience with data management and infrastructure.
  • Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field.
  • Strong passion for baseball and robust understanding of current baseball research.
  • Expertise with SQL and relational database concepts and design.
  • Experience ingesting and transforming data from a variety of sources and formats.
  • Experience with at least one programming language such as C#, Java, Python, or similar.
  • Experience with R, Shiny, Plotly, or ggplot is a plus.
  • Ability to communicate complex concepts to colleagues possessing a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
  • Willing and able to relocate to Detroit.

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application found here.

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Job Posting: Yankees Baseball Operations Web Application Developer

Position: Web Application Developer – Baseball Operations

Postion Overview:
The New York Yankees organization is accepting applications for an experienced web developer in their Baseball Operations department. Candidate should have 3+ years of experience developing data-driven web applications using REST services and JavaScript MV frameworks like Angular, Vue.js, or React. Candidates should possess not only the technical skill, but the design sensibilities needed to create a compelling and efficient user experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Assist in the design and implementation of web-based tools and applications for senior baseball operations personnel.
  • Migrate and adapt existing web applications for mobile devices and various hardware platforms.
  • Interface with all departments within Baseball Operations (scouting, player development, coaching, analytics) to build tools and reporting capabilities to meet their needs.
  • Work with major and minor league pitch, hit and player tracking datasets, college and other amateur data, international baseball data, and many other baseball data sources.

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Computer Science or related field
  • MUST have 3+ years of experience with data-driven web application development using:
    • REST services, preferably built on ASP.NET WebAPI
    • ORM frameworks (nHibernate/Entity Framework/etc)
    • JavaScript MV frameworks (Angular/Vue.js/React/etc)
    • Front-End CSS frameworks (Bootstrap/Material/Foundation/etc)
  • Proficient in SQL databases and various database design principles (Microsoft SQL Server a plus)
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio and source code management tools (Git, TFS/VSS)
  • Knowledge of the software development lifecycle (requirements definition, design, development, testing, implementation, verification), Agile, and industry best practices.
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills – must be able to breakdown a complex task and put together an execution strategy with little guidance.
  • An understanding of typical baseball data structures, basic and advanced baseball metrics, and knowledge of current baseball research areas a plus.

Please note, full-time telecommuting available under the right circumstances.

Job Questions:

  • Describe your experience developing REST APIs and how you’ve used them in development of data-driven web applications.
  • Describe your familiarity with JavaScript MV frameworks (Angular/Vue.js/React/etc) and how you have used them in your work.
  • Have you ever worked with any baseball datasets? And if so, which ones and how have you used them?
  • List any active websites or mobile applications you have developed (and the technologies they use) that might showcase your work.

To Apply:
To apply, please submit an application through this link.

The content in this posting was created and provided solely by the New York Yankees.


Job Posting: Detroit Tigers Baseball Operations Software Engineer

Position: Software Engineer, Baseball Operations

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Description: The Detroit Tigers are currently seeking a Software Engineer. This role will be responsible for development and maintenance of software projects within Baseball Operations. This position will report to the Sr. Software Engineer, Baseball Operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Perform general development and maintenance tasks for the upkeep of internally developed software products.
  • Use modern software techniques and best practices in all parts of the software life cycle.
  • Support the integration of baseball analysis into our proprietary tools and applications.
  • Assist with the design and development of new software products.
  • Other projects as directed by the Baseball Operations leadership team.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, similar technical field of study or equivalent real-time experience.
  • Demonstrated knowledge in developing in a Web-based object-oriented product environment.
  • Demonstrated knowledge in working with medium-to-large scale relational databases.
  • Ability to work in all phases of the product lifecycle, from requirements gathering to design, testing, and implementation.
  • Ability to learn new technologies and techniques as necessary.
  • Familiarity with the sport of baseball, baseball-specific data, modern statistical techniques, and sabermetric analysis.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Experience with data pipelines, data warehousing, or data engineering, especially using SQL Server.
  • Experience developing web APIs using Java or C#/.NET.
  • Experience with JavaScript visualization tools such as D3.js or Plotly.js.
  • Experience with cloud services and/or container technologies.

Working Conditions:

  • Office environment.
  • Occasional evening, weekend, and holiday hours may be required.

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application here.

The content in this posting was created and provided solely by the Detroit Tigers.


Job Posting: Tampa Bay Rays (Multiple)

Please note, this posting contains multiple positions.

Position: Baseball Research & Development Analyst (Multiple Roles)

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Description: The Tampa Bay Rays are searching for their next Baseball Research and Development Analysts. Their R&D group helps shape their Baseball Operations decision-making processes through the analysis and interpretation of data. They are seeking those with a passion for baseball and a desire to contribute through mathematics, data analysis, and computation. The next members of their R&D team will be intellectual contributors that can work both individually and collaboratively, come up with interesting research questions to explore, find ways to answer those questions through the available data, develop, test and validate quantitative tools, communicate the results of their research, and work to apply their research outcomes to improve how their organization operates. They want to work with people who care about being a good teammate, want to make a positive impact on their organization, have an innovative spirit, and will explore new ways to make them better. Does this describe you?

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Develop models to answer various questions and problems posed by decision makers
  • Generate internal quantitative tools for use by other members of the department
  • Administer the processing of quality data from various sources
  • Examine the relationship between the data from various sources and player performance
  • Create reports at the request of various stakeholders
  • Investigate ways to improve current tools

Skills:

  • Fluency in R or Python
  • Experience with statistical modeling and machine learning
  • Candidates with non-traditional schooling backgrounds, as well as candidates with traditional degrees in related areas, are encouraged to apply

To Apply:
To apply, please complete this application.

Position: Product Designer

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Description: The Tampa Bay Rays are hiring a Product Designer to improve their existing products and build new features in their products. The goal is to provide their end-users with an intuitive and consistent experience throughout the entire suite of applications. They are searching for someone who is self-motivated and acquires skills quickly. This role will have a direct impact in the software that is used for all aspects of their Baseball Operations department and on the experience of users in different capacities around the world. Their ideal candidate will have experience and demonstrated success in the items listed below.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Create a design framework of reusable components to standardize the UI across the entire web app
  • Develop new user-facing features, and improve the existing UI/UX
  • Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs
  • Be responsible for all design choices from inception through launch
  • Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders from beginning to end with regards to UI/UX design and usability to ensure that the stakeholders needs are met in coordination with the Baseball Systems Development Team

Skills:

  • Be able to implement your designs using HTML & CSS
  • Understanding of when it’s best to use different technologies such as Flexbox and CSS Grid
  • Understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as Sass
  • Familiarity with client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks such as Vue, React, jQuery, vanilla JavaScript & ES6
  • Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX and how it will affect your design choices
  • Knowledge of image authoring tools, to be able to crop, resize, or perform small adjustments on an image. Familiarity with tools such as Gimp or Photoshop is a plus.
  • Understanding of the Git version control system

To Apply:
To apply, please complete this application.

Position: Data Engineer

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Description: The Tampa Bay Rays are seeking a Data Engineer to join their Baseball Systems department to help ensure data integrity and that users have acceptable performance when accessing the database. This role is responsible for importing data from external providers, integrating data from different sources, and working with members of the R&D department to operationalize analytical products. This person will interact with multiple departments and staff members, sometimes all at once, to take feedback as well as to make recommendations for improvements. The sole focus of this role is the performance of the database – a critical aspect of the success of the Rays Baseball Operations department – and the necessary interaction with the Research and Development and Baseball Systems groups to achieve that goal. Problem-solving skills and being an excellent teammate are a must in this role.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for development and support of integrations with external data providers
  • Address data quality issues and implement procedures for error checking and monitoring
  • Ensure the database performs up to an acceptable level
  • Coordinate R&D models with the daily flow of data to ensure that they are synchronized
  • Explore emerging technologies and determine their fit with the Rays’ current platform

Skills:

  • Advanced understanding of SQL
  • Experience with R, Python, or other scripting language
  • Proficiency with evaluating and improving the performance of SQL queries
  • Ability to assist in the development of data models optimized for business intelligence and/or analytic workloads
  • Knowledge or experience with semi-structured or unstructured data stores
  • Comfort with exploring and evaluating new technologies
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and priority levels at once

Technologies:

  • RDBMS (SQL Server, MySQL)
  • SQL Server Integration Services
  • Cloud Technologies (Azure, AWS)
  • Apache Project (Hive, Spark, Kafka, NiFi)

Education/Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering Degree or commensurate experience

Demonstrated success with:

  • Data Ingestion
  • Data Processing (Cleaning, Transformation, Integration, etc.)
  • Data Warehousing

To Apply:
To apply, please complete this application.

Position: Junior Data Technician

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Description: The Rays’ Junior Data Technician will be responsible for assisting with the inspection, validation, calibration, and processing of multiple data sets. Their new hire will partner with the Data Technician to thoroughly vet, critically assess, and curate many data sources used by the Baseball Operations department. They will work collaboratively while ensuring the reproducibility and reliability of the Rays’ data processing by standardizing procedures and generating documentation. This role will interact with multiple departments and staff members to take feedback as well as to make recommendations for improvements.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Builds statistical models and automated systems to process, evaluate, and calibrate data
  • Assures that data received from external sources is of usable quality and standardized
  • Reviews discrepancies in data, gathers clarification or advises end users of issues related to data set
  • Supports the analysts that use the data set
  • Interacts with staff on matters affecting the data and makes recommendations for improvement or process enhancement
  • Produces documentation outlining standard processes

Skills & Education:

  • Familiarity with R and SQL or proven ability to learn new a programming language quickly
  • Knowledge of statistical modeling
  • Candidates with non-traditional schooling backgrounds, as well as candidates with traditional degrees in related areas, are encouraged to apply

To Apply:
To apply, please complete this application.

Position: DevOps Engineer

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Description: The Tampa Bay Rays are seeking a DevOps Engineer to embed with their Baseball Research & Development department to improve the efficiency and increase the reliability of their products and tools. A primary goal for this position is to reduce the amount of time spent on code and infrastructure maintenance while positively impacting research progress. This person will work in collaboration with current staff and develop best practices for the department. This role will have the expertise to develop a framework to facilitate continuous evaluation of their models to ensure reliability and optimize speed. Their new hire will also have a strong ability to relate to staff and effectively communicate new practices. If you have a passion for improving processes, automation, developing best practices, and being a great teammate, consider the responsibilities below.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Improve the overall efficiency of the R&D group and reliability of production models and code
  • Oversee computational infrastructure, make decisions on the best approach, and configure the infrastructure accordingly
  • Improve database performance by reducing the inefficient ways database resources are used
  • Facilitate the reliability and quality control of the Rays’ various models
  • Develop internal software packages (R, Python) that can be leveraged to make development and deployment more efficient
  • Manage a server that houses various analytical tools
  • Coordinate with Data Engineering to deploy the Rays’ pipeline in their main data import procedures, when possible
  • Develop API’s for their models for live data processing and for exploration of models via interactive apps
  • Assist analysts in the development and maintenance of various apps

Skills & Education:

  • Continuous Integration and Deployment in a data science environment
  • Containerization technologies
  • Automated testing tools
  • Package development
  • Scripting Languages (Python, Powershell, Perl, etc.)
  • Candidates with non-traditional schooling backgrounds, as well as candidates with traditional degrees in related areas, are encouraged to apply

To Apply:
To apply, please complete this application.

The Rays are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The content in this posting was created and provided solely by the Tampa Bay Rays.


Job Posting: Marquee Analytics Cape Cod League Video Scouting Internships

Position: Marquee Analytics Cape Cod Baseball League Video Scouting Internships

Location: Cape Cod, Mass.

Description:
Marquee Analytics provides outsourced video scouting services to major league baseball organizations and is seeking qualified candidates to work as Video Scouting Interns for the 2019 Cape Cod Baseball League season. Interns will track rosters, capture live video footage from every game of the CCBL season, and upload those games using specialized software. The internships run from June 8, 2019 to August 14, 2019 and will include compensation.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage video and computer equipment for data capture.
  • Score and chart live games using specialized software.
  • Track and update rosters and player information.
  • Verify data accuracy and video quality.
  • Provide daily updates to staff and content partners.

Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of baseball rules and scorekeeping.
  • Proficiency with computers (Windows, Mac).
  • Experience with video equipment including cameras, sd cards, and basic cabling is preferred.
  • Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
  • Must have access to reliable transportation and housing on Cape Cod.

To Apply:
To apply, please send an email with the subject “2019 CCBL Internship,” your resume, and a cover letter to joe@marqueeanalytics.com.


Job Posting: Astros Baseball Research and Development

Please note, this posting contains three positions.

Baseball Systems Developer, Research & Development

Department: Baseball Operations
Supervisor: Senior Architect, Research and Development
Classification: Full-time (Exempt)

The Houston Astros are seeking a Baseball Systems Developer for the team’s Baseball Research and Development group. The Baseball Systems Developer will work closely with the Senior Architect of R&D as part of a cross-functional agile team to build infrastructure and design systems that encourage the effective understanding and application of information throughout Baseball Operations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with a cross-functional agile team on designing, testing, implementing, and maintaining scalable software for Baseball Operations
  • Collaborate with a cross-functional agile team on improving efficiency and scalability of current Baseball Operations software

Education and/or Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field is preferred
  • Proficient in at least two of the following:
    • C# and ASP.NET or ASP.NET Core
    • HTML/JavaScript (TypeScript preferred)/CSS
    • A front-end framework like React, Angular, or Vue
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure/Amazon Web Services/Google Cloud platform is preferred
  • Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment is preferred
  • Experience with data visualization tools such as Plotly and D3 is preferred
  • Experience with formal software (unit/integration/ testing and data-driven development preferred
  • Experience with agile software development processes preferred
  • Familiarity with Python and R Shiny Apps preferred
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)

To Apply:
To apply, please visit TeamWorkOnline and complete the application.

Baseball Systems Data Modeler, Research & Development

Department: Baseball Operations
Supervisor: Senior Architect, Research and Development
Classification: Full-time (Exempt)

The Houston Astros are seeking a Baseball Systems Data Modeler for the team’s Baseball Research and Development group. The Baseball Systems Data Modeler will work closely with the Senior Architect of R&D as part of a cross-functional agile team to build infrastructure and design systems that encourage the effective understanding and application of information throughout Baseball Operations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Create and maintain ETL jobs for incoming data feeds
  • Ensure data integrity within the database and data processes
  • Design, implement, and maintain data mapping procedures
  • Apply statistical methods for handling and testing missing data problems

Education and/or Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field is preferred
  • Experience with SQL Server and T-SQL, including SQL Server Reporting Service and SQL Server Integration Services
  • Experience with designing and developing data marts
  • Experience with data governance
  • Understanding of baseball data (e.g., TrackMan, Statcast) is preferred
  • Experience with Microsoft Azure/Amazon Web Services/Google Cloud platform is preferred
  • Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment is preferred
  • Experience with agile software development processes preferred
  • Experience with software testing and data-driven development preferred
  • Familiarity with Python and R is preferred
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)

To Apply:
To apply, please visit TeamWorkOnline and complete the application.

Machine Learning Engineer, Research & Development

Department: Baseball Operations
Supervisor: Director, Research and Development
Classification: Full-time (Exempt)

The Houston Astros are seeking a Machine Learning Engineer for the team’s Baseball Research and Development group. The Machine Learning Engineer will work closely with the Senior Architect and Director of R&D as part of a cross-functional agile team to deploy statistical, machine learning, and deep learning models at scale and to ensure that they are reliable and repeatable.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with a cross-functional agile team on developing machine learning systems from prototyping to production
  • Support investigation of new software packages/vendors, APIs, and algorithms to deliver quality analytics and machine learning at scale
  • Develop infrastructure and tools to productionize new algorithms in a repeatable manner

Education and/or Experience:

  • Advanced degree in statistics, engineering, applied math, physics, quantitative social sciences, computer science, operations research or similar field or professional experience preferred
  • Fluency in R, including experience with the tidyverse and modern R development practices
  • Fluency in Python with preference for Python 3 experience
  • Experience with software testing and data-driven development strongly preferred
  • Experience with large data sets and distributed computing strongly preferred
  • Experience with deep learning frameworks (Tensorflow, CNTK, Caffe, etc.) preferred
  • Ability to write SQL queries is preferred
  • Experience with agile software processes preferred
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal)

To Apply:
To apply, please visit TeamWorkOnline and complete the application.

For all positions:

Work Environment
This job operates in an office setting. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. The noise level is usually moderate but can be loud within the stadium environment.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This is a largely sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Travel
Rare travel maybe expected in this role.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The Astros are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability.

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Job Posting: League Economics & Operations Department Coordinator Positions

Please note, this posting contains three positions.

Position: Coordinator, Medical Administration

Location: New York, NY

Major League Baseball is looking to hire a Coordinator, Medical Administration in its League Economics & Operations Department. The position is full-time, and is based in New York City.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Assist with all administrative duties around compliance with the league-wide Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system standards.
  • Monitor completeness of entries and provide feedback to Clubs to ensure that all appropriate documentation is entered in the EMR.
  • Serve as key point-of-contact for Club baseball operations and medical personnel on EMR compliance and other player medical and injury topics.
  • Help to set strategy for EMR development with Club athletic trainers, physicians and other Commissioner’s Office employees.
  • Work with joint MLB-MLBPA epidemiologists and research groups to complete league-wide injury research projects.
  • Other projects as assigned by Sr. Coordinator, Medical Administration.

Desired Skills:

  • Very strong written and oral communication skills
  • Strong quantitative background including experience working with large data sets and leading complex analysis
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Powerpoint)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to manage relationships in a fast-paced business environment
  • Familiarity with, and interest in, Major League Baseball, particularly in baseball medical and injury topics.

Experience:

  • Undergraduate degree with strong academic performance, preferably including a focus in scientific or other quantitative coursework
  • 1-2 years professional experience preferred

To Apply:
To apply, please visit this site and complete the LinkedIn application.

Position: Coordinator, Amateur Administration

Location: New York, NY

Major League Baseball is looking to hire a Coordinator, Amateur Administration in its League Economics & Operations Department. The position is full-time, and is based in New York City.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Serve as key point of contact for the MLB Draft Prospect Link (“Prospect Link”) with amateur players, parents, coaches, and MLB Clubs.
  • Assist with Commissioner’s Office Pre-Draft Programs (e.g., Top 50 MRI Program, Top 300 Prospects Program, video, medical information).
  • Assist with development of Prospect Link and other IT systems for collecting information related to Club domestic amateur scouting operations.
  • Identify and work with technology vendors who provide data and video platforms for Club scouting operations.
  • Complete analysis of domestic amateur and Rule 4 Draft topics for Commissioner’s Office and Clubs.
  • Other projects as assigned by Sr. Director, League Economics.

Desired Skills:

  • Very strong written and oral communication skills
  • Strong quantitative background including experience working with large data sets and leading complex analysis
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Powerpoint)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to manage relationships in a fast-paced business environment
  • Familiarity with, and interest in, Major League Baseball, particularly in Rule 4 draft, scouting and amateur baseball.

Experience:

  • Undergraduate degree with strong academic performance
  • 1-2 years professional experience preferred

To Apply:
To apply, please visit this site and complete the LinkedIn application.

Position: Coordinator, League Economics Department

Location: New York, NY

Major League Baseball is looking to hire a Coordinator in its League Economics department. The position is full-time, and is based in New York City.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Complete valuation analysis of player contracts and other analysis related to baseball labor markets
  • Monitor trends in Club and Player strategy to assist in setting on-field policy and rule changes
  • Oversee all duties related to Uniform Employee Contracts and the Employee Permissions process
  • Serve as business customer to Commissioner’s Office baseball IT systems, ensuring data accuracy across baseball applications, managing vendors and assisting to set departmental IT strategy
  • Provide analytical support to Clubs in negotiations and hearings with salary arbitration-eligible players
  • Other projects as assigned by Senior Director, League Economics & Strategy

Desired Skills:

  • Very strong quantitative background including experience working with large data sets and leading complex analysis
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Powerpoint)
  • Experience with SQL—or other relational database platforms—and statistical modeling software (R, STATA, Python, etc.)
  • Very strong written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to manage relationships in a fast-paced business environment
  • Familiarity with, and interest in, Major League Baseball player rules and transactions

Experience:

  • Undergraduate degree with strong academic performance, preferably including significant quantitative coursework
  • 1-2 years professional experience preferred
  • Experience in consulting, investment banking, information technology, or other professional services preferred

To Apply:
To apply, please visit this site and complete the LinkedIn application.

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