Job Postings: Texas Rangers Baseball Systems Architect & Quantitative Analyst

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December 16, 2015

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.

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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.





 

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