Please note, this posting contains three positions.

Position: Analyst

Summary:
The Washington Nationals are seeking an analyst to join our Baseball Research & Development team. The role focuses on using data science to derive insights from baseball datasets to support player evaluation, player development, roster construction, and in-game strategy. The analyst will largely work on long term research projects under the supervision of a senior R&D member, and report to the Senior Director of R&D. Analysts should be able to communicate findings well to all audiences, technical and non-technical. The department is flexible enough to accommodate analyst candidates with particular strengths or areas of interest, but we are seeking applicants with general ‘baseball feel’ and data science experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build statistical models to answer baseball research questions. Run projects in production through baseball season
• Perform analyses at the request of our research directors, General Manager, assistant General Managers, player development staff, coaching staff, and/or advance scouts
• Communicate findings through written reports, presentations, and informal conversations
• Develop deep understanding of existing body of R&D team’s existing research, code base, and database. Take on some responsibility for improving and maintaining existing projects
• Design and build informative data visualizations for use in automated reports or internal web applications

Requirements:
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

• Experience analyzing datasets and training statistical models using R, Python, or equivalent
• Has an undergraduate or graduate degree from a four-year college or university, preferably in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• Authorized to work in the United States

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities necessary to perform essential functions

• Ability to complete long term statistical modeling projects and incorporate technical feedback
• Ability to write and communicate clearly
• Enthusiasm for learning new skills related to programming, statistical modeling, and data visualization
• Passion for baseball and desire to work in baseball operations
• Working knowledge of sabermetric concepts

Physical/Environmental Requirements

• Occasional weekend and/or evening work may be required during the baseball season
• Front office staff located in DC are expected to attend about half of the Nationals home games. Meals are provided to staff during the games

To Apply:
If interested, please apply using this link.

Position: Intern

Summary:
The Washington Nationals are seeking two or three interns to join our Baseball Research & Development team for the 2022 season. As an intern, you’ll work on developing your skills at applying data science to baseball, researching baseball questions under the close mentorship of a team member of Baseball R&D. You’ll likely work on one project at a time, with plenty of time for model exploration and personal skill development. You’ll have the opportunity to work in a small baseball front office daily at the stadium, watching baseball and engaging regularly with more senior members of our baseball operations group.

Internships are a key way for us to find future full-time members of our department, as many of our senior department members began as interns. While a pathway to a full-time position is not assured, many of our former interns have found full-time opportunities with the Nationals or other MLB clubs. While internships ideally span from Opening Day to November 1st, we’re open to candidates that may not be available for this entire period.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use R to build statistical models to answer a primary baseball research question under the direction of a Baseball R&D team member
• Communicate findings through written reports, presentations, and informal conversations
• Design and build informative data visualizations for use in automated reports or internal web applications

Requirements:
Education and Experience Requirements

• Experience analyzing datasets and training statistical models using R, Python, or equivalent
• Has or is pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from a four-year college or university, preferably in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science
• Willingness to relocate to Washington, DC
• Authorized to work in the United States

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities necessary to perform essential functions

• Ability to complete statistical modeling projects
• Ability to listen and incorporate feedback
• Enthusiasm for learning new skills related to programming, statistical modeling, and data visualization
• Passion for baseball and desire to work in baseball operations
• Working knowledge of sabermetric concepts

Physical/Environmental Requirements

• Occasional long hours may be required during draft, trade deadline, or postseason.
• Interns have opportunity to attend all home games but are not required to. Meals are provided to staff during games.

To Apply:
If interested, please apply using this link.

Position: Developer

Summary:
The Washington Nationals are seeking a full stack web developer to join our Baseball Research & Development team. The developer will work on a small team to build and maintain an internal web application used by scouts, coaches, player development staff, and the baseball operations front office. Some key features of the site include scouting reports, video, player projections, custom reports and tools, and the display of both public and proprietary metrics related to player performance and evaluation. Applicants should have demonstrated web development and software engineering experience and be excited about the opportunity to work on software that has a significant impact within a baseball organization.

Some perks of joining the Washington Nationals as a developer in Baseball R&D include joining a tight-knit front office team, collaborating closely with the rest of the R&D group and other stakeholders in baseball operations, complimentary tickets to Nationals home games, working out of our offices at Nationals Park with access to some of the facilities at the ballpark, employee discounts at the Nationals Team Store, comprehensive health benefits, and participation in Major League Baseball’s Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and test new features and tools
• Support and maintain existing features
• Investigate and resolve bugs
• Develop and deploy data imports and other background processing jobs
• Work closely with analysts to display public and private metrics
• Understanding the needs of our internal users and building solutions meet their needs

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information science, or related experiences
• 2+ years of full-time web development experience
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Ability to write clean, concise, and maintainable code
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
• Experience with modern programming languages (i.e. Ruby, Python,, JavaScript) and frameworks (Rails, Django Node/ExpressJS). Rails is preferred
• Experience with frontend JavaScript frameworks, such as jQuery, Vue.js, or React.
• Understanding of relational database schema design, experience using MySQL & PostgreSQL, and comfort writing direct SQL statements
• Experience with AWS, Linux, and using a CLI
• Authorized to work in the United States

To Apply:
If interested, please apply using this link.

The Washington Nationals are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, genetic information, disability or veteran status.

All applicants for employment at the Washington Nationals are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to commencing employment. Applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment will be required to produce proof of vaccination status prior to their first day of employment. Applicants with qualifying disabilities or bona fide religious objections, or who are pregnant, may be exempted from this requirement or otherwise accommodated if they are unable to be vaccinated.

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