Position: Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Research & Development Data Engineer

Location: Los Angeles

Description:
The Los Angeles Dodgers are seeking a Data Engineer for the team’s Baseball Research and Development (R&D) group. We are looking to find someone who thrives in a big data environment. As the scope and quantity of data in baseball continue to rapidly increase, we need a highly-talented individual to manage the computational and informational complexity associated with that growth. The Data Engineer will work closely with our baseball systems and analytics teams to design, build, and maintain a database and computational platform for leading-edge baseball research.

Responsibilities:

• Design, architect, and document Dodgers R&D database schema and ETL layer.
• Design, implement, and test data collection, storage, and mapping procedures.
• Research, design, and test computational environments to support analytical modeling (statistics, machine learning, and optimization).
• Develop statistical models for data quality testing and missing data imputation.
• Write, optimize, and automate data processing tasks.
• Deploy and maintain system and database monitoring tools.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• At least two years of database architecture/development experience.
• Advanced SQL development skills and an in-depth understanding of database technologies (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Expertise with Python, Bash, and other scripting languages.
• Experience managing Linux servers in a virtualized environment.
• Experience with cloud-based and distributed computing (AWS preferred).
• Familiarity with large-scale analytics systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

To Apply:
You should definitely contact us if:

• You want to help build an industry-leading analytics team.
• You love to compete, and you want to see the impact of your work on the field and in the box score.

Please apply here.