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:

• Experience with Python.
• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Experience building web or native applications for mobile devices.
• Experience building and supporting ETL processes.

To Apply:
Please apply here.