Job Posting: Chicago Cubs Baseball Systems Web Developer
Position: Chicago Cubs Baseball Systems Web Developer
Location: Chicago
Description:
This role will primarily focus on the development and maintenance of the Cubs internal baseball information system, including creating web interfaces and web tools for the user interface; building ETL (exact, transform and load) processes; maintaining back-end databases; and troubleshooting data sources issues as needed. The Chicago Cubs are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the design and implementation of web interfaces for the Baseball Ops information system.
- Develop and maintain ETL processes for loading, processing and quality-checking new data sources.
- Identify, diagnose and resolve data quality issues.
- Build and/or support mobile-friendly user interfaces and experiences.
- Build and/or support web services and business-layer applications that speak to both back-end databases and front-end interfaces.
- Provide development support and guidance to Baseball Operations power users and general support to all Baseball Operations front-office and field personnel, as needed.
- Examine, and where appropriate, prototype new technologies in the pursuit of creating competitive advantages through software, applications and tools.
- Partner with Data Architects and Infrastructure/Operations resources on the Information Technology team to ensure secure, scalable and high-performing applications.
Required Qualifications:
- 4 year degree at an accredited college or university.
- Expertise with JavaScript and at least one SPA framework.
- Expertise with HTML/CSS, including pixel perfect interfaces.
- Experience with UX Design, collaborating with users to turn functional requirements into beautiful interfaces.
- Experience with modern database technologies and SQL.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Working knowledge of advanced baseball statistics and sabermetric concepts.
Preferred Qualifications:
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- Experience with Python.
- Experience working in a Linux environment.
- Experience building web or native applications for mobile devices.
- Experience building and supporting ETL processes.
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