Director, Baseball Software Engineering
Department: Baseball Systems
Reporting To: Assistant GM / Vice President
FLSA Classification: Excempt
Employment Type: Full-Time
Primary Purpose:
The Director of Baseball Software Engineering will manage a growing department – presently about a dozen engineers – in its effort to develop cutting-edge software and data solutions that directly impact the organization’s ability to acquire players, develop their skills, and optimize their performance. The products we build help answer questions such as “Which trades should we execute?”, “Who should we select with our next pick in the draft?”, and “How can we help players use data from yesterday’s game to improve?” Those products facilitate operations and enhance decision-making across all areas of the organization to support the Cleveland Guardians accomplish their ultimate mission of winning the World Series.
This job might be for you if you have a passion for leading teams that work with ever-expanding data sets, build high-leverage data visuals, and witness the impact of their work while watching baseball games. The position offers the unique opportunity to work with a variety of emerging technologies that span the entire applications stack. From data warehousing to web design, you will have the opportunity to craft innovative solutions to challenging problems.
We are seeking candidates with excellent technical backgrounds, track records of guiding innovation, and deep enthusiasm for developing people within a collaborative learning culture. If you align with our values of People, Collaboration, Learning, and Excellence and have a track record for building high-performing teams, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities & Duties
- Hire top engineering and technical talent, and support the growth and development of team members, setting the conditions for them to flourish both personally and professionally
- Cultivate a collaborative learning culture where individuals are inspired to continuously improve, be their best, and make significant impact
- Interface with key stakeholders and organizational leaders to align on priorities that allow the team to build and maintain products, databases, and platforms that fuel our work
- Facilitate the day-to-day work of the team and its integration across Baseball Operations
- Guide the department in its effort to build transformational software products that drive the organization’s most important baseball decisions
- Provide technical perspective and develop processes that help service the software, data, and technology needs of the organization
- Help redefine the technology stack to shape the organization’s platform infrastructure that provides the foundation to build and support industry-changing software products
- Manage the team’s transition to the cloud, helping to take advantage of the explosion of data across the industry
Education & Experience Requirements and Preferences
- Management Experience: Multiple years of experience in a management role, supporting the growth of software engineers, data engineers, and/or related roles
- Technical Experience: 5+ years of experience in software engineering with a background in multiple of the following areas:
- Front-End Development: Working in modern, component-based frameworks, ideally in monorepo architectures
- Cloud: Developing software in a hybrid, multi-cloud environment
- Data Engineering: Modeling and integrating disparate data sources into a data platform that supports analytical and transactional workloads, ideally in hybrid, multi-cloud environments
- API Development: Working in RESTful monolithic and microservice architectures, ideally across multiple languages
- Platform: Building internal developer platforms, enabling engineers to produce higher-quality output with a better developer experience
Role Requirements
- Role will be based out of Cleveland, Ohio
Organizational Requirements
- Reads, speaks, comprehends, and communicates English effectively
- Represents the Cleveland Guardians in a positive fashion to all business partners and the general public
- Ability to develop and maintain successful working relationship with members of the Front Office
- Ability to act according to the organizational values and service excellence at all times
- Ability to work with diverse populations and have a demonstrated commitment to social justice
- Ability to work extended days and hours, including holidays and weekends
- Ability to work in a complex and changing environment
The Cleveland Guardians are committed to developing and maintaining an environment that embraces all forms of diversity to enrich our core values, enhance our competitive position, strengthen our impact within our community, and foster a greater sense of belonging for our employees.
In this spirit, we know studies have shown that people from historically underserved groups – including women and people of color – are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and understand that candidate may bring certain skills and experiences to the role that are not listed in our job description, but that would add tremendous value to our organization. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our qualifications described.
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