Position: Data Engineer

Department: Baseball Operations

Reports To: Director, Baseball Systems

Job Summary:
The Data Engineer is primarily responsible for designing and developing data pipelines and helping to ensure high quality data is readily available to the Padres R&D and Systems teams. The role is responsible for working internally to optimize proprietary data as well as helping to build out the ingestion of third party data from a variety of vendors.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Define, implement, and document Padres organizational data pipelines, including ETL, logging, and performance optimization
• Work with third party vendors to establish intake of data
• Collaborate internally to build best-in-class data delivery platform, including warehousing
• Design pro-active workflows and monitoring tools to identify issues in advance regarding data quality as well as performance of queries
• Table and query optimizations for large data sets (hundreds of millions of rows)
• Investigate future applications of data technologies including NoSQL and columnar databases
• Design and develop internal APIs for the rapid delivery of information to applications and analysts

Skills:

• Fluency with SQL, preferably the PL/pgSQL procedural language
• Fluency in Python and working knowledge of Javascript
• Working knowledge with relational database systems including their optimization, monitoring, and tuning, preferably PostgreSQL
• Extensive knowledge of data formats including JSON, XML, CSV
• Familiarity with the Linux shell
• Familiarity with cloud computing environments and their data offerings, preferably AWS

Job Requirements:
Must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (BA) preferably in Computer Science or Information Systems, or equivalent job experience
• Minimum of three (3) years working in a structured software development lifecycle
• Demonstrated passion for baseball
• Consistent, punctual and regular attendance
• Professional image and demeanor
• Strong ability to work with others and supervisors in a collaborative, team environment
• Excellent time management, interpersonal, verbal and written communications, decision-making, and organization skills
• Able to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, holidays and extended hours as needed
• Minimum physical requirements: able to travel to and gain access to various areas of the ballpark for prolonged periods of time during games and events; able to lift and transport up to 25 pounds

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As a condition of employment, the job candidate(s) must successfully complete a post-offer, pre-employment background check and drug screening.

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