Just to be clear, there are two positions here.

Position: Texas Rangers Architect, Baseball Systems

Location: Arlington, Texas

Description:
The Architect, Baseball Systems will expand and maintain our existing proprietary software for baseball operations.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and expand our internal web site, reports and internal applications.
• Designing and maintaining the database.
• Import, transformation and maintenance of multiple complex data feeds.
• Work with baseball operations staff to identify requirements.
• Support end users.

Qualifications:

• Five to 10 years professional software development experience (preference for full stack .NET developers).
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with current statistical concepts in baseball.
• Passion for the game.
• Experience in any of the following are helpful: C#, Microsoft SQL Server (development, data design, query tuning), ASP.Net web forms, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Integration Services, jQuery, Tableau.

Compensation:
This position is compensated.

To Apply:
It is a big plus if you can include or link to work samples a big plus when you apply for this position. Please apply here.

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Position: Texas Rangers Quantitative Analyst

Location: Arlington, Texas

Description:
The Quantitative Analyst will create statistical models and applications and assist in general research and development work for Baseball Operations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop statistical models; import, export and transform data as necessary to prepare the data sets for these models.
• Develop automation, applications and reports to put models into production for users.
• Conduct general research and development.
• Work with baseball operations staff to prioritize areas of research along with developing a deeper understanding of the game.

Qualifications:

• One-three years’ experience in a similar role preferred (inside or outside of baseball).
• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Engineering or similar fields or equivalent work experience.
• Proficiency in SQL and relational databases (we use Microsoft SQL Server).
• Proficiency in R or similar statistics packages.
• Proficiency in SQL Server Reporting Services, Tableau or other visualization or reporting tools a plus.
• Passion for baseball.
• Strong understanding of baseball statistics and strategy, familiarity with current sabermetric research.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.

Compensation:
This position is compensated.

To Apply:
It is a big plus if you can include or link to work samples a big plus when you apply for this position. Please apply here.