Job Postings: New York Yankees Baseball Operations Web Application Developer & iOS Developer
Just to be clear, there are two positions here.
Position: New York Yankees Baseball Operations Web Application Developer
Location: The Bronx
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the design and implementation of web-based tools and applications for senior baseball operations personnel.
- Migrate and adapt existing web applications for mobile devices and various hardware platforms.
- Interface with all departments within Baseball Operations (scouting, player development, coaching, analytics) to build tools and reporting capabilities to meet their needs.
- Work with major and minor league pitch, hit and player tracking datasets, college and other amateur data, international baseball data, and many other baseball data sources.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- 3-5 years experience with data-driven web application development using: ASP.NET/C# using MVC and WebAPI, nHibernate or other O/R framework and AngularJS and Bootstrap.
- An understanding of CSS, cross-browser, and responsive web development, including a strong understanding of desktop vs. mobile UI/UX design techniques.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio and source code management tools (Subversion, Git, TFS/VSS).
- Proficient in SQL databases and various database design principles (Microsoft SQL Server a plus).
- Knowledge of the software development lifecycle (requirements definition, design, development, testing, implementation, verification), Agile, and industry best practices.
- Excellent communication and problem solving skills – must be able to breakdown a complex task and put together an execution strategy with little guidance.
- An understanding of typical baseball data structures, basic and advanced baseball metrics, and knowledge of current baseball research areas a plus.
To Apply:
Please apply here. When you apply, you will be asked to answer six questions.
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Position: New York Yankees Baseball Operations iOS Developer
Location: The Bronx
Description:
The New York Yankees organization is accepting applications for an experienced mobile application developer in their Baseball Operations department. This position will require close collaboration with senior back-end and web developers, to create our next generation mobile scouting platform.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in the development of our next-generation scouting application.
- Analyze existing systems to extract requirements.
- Develop an application architecture/design.
- Integrate with existing analytics tools, web-applications, and databases.
Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of specific iOS development experience and a demonstrated high proficiency in developing mobile applications for iOS.
- Expert knowledge of Objective-C and Cocoa Touch frameworks and the complete iOS SDK.
- Well versed in object oriented programming, threading/concurrency, unit testing, mobile security, memory management, common design patterns, and general iOS development best practices.
- Experience developing backend REST web services (using .NET a plus).
- An understanding of mobile UI design concepts, and a demonstrated ability to deliver an outstanding user experience in a mobile environment.
- Strong SQL skills developing database objects, relationships, constraints, and CRUD operations in Microsoft SQL Server or other relational databases.
- Experience in handling the entire lifecycle of mobile application development (requirements, design, code, test, deploy, and maintain).
- Ability to decompose existing systems, extract functional requirements, and develop an application architecture with minimal technical guidance.
- Ability to work independently with strong worth ethic and communication skills.
- BS in Computer Science related field.
To Apply:
Please apply here. When you apply, you will be asked to answer eight questions.
Paul Swydan used to be the managing editor of The Hardball Times, a writer and editor for FanGraphs and a writer for Boston.com and The Boston Globe. Now, he owns The Silver Unicorn Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Acton, Mass. Follow him on Twitter @Swydan. Follow the store @SilUnicornActon.
For the first time ever, these sound like paid, full-time jobs.