Position: MLB Diversity Fellowship Program

Location: Various

Description:
This latest venture in Baseball’s efforts to competitively recruit the most talented individuals and brightest young minds entering the workforce will provide the opportunity for young, diverse professionals to experience front office positions that have been traditionally influential in baseball operations decisions. Fellows will have the opportunity to work in baseball operations and see the inner workings of a front office. Areas of baseball operations include player development, scouting, research and development, and beyond.

The MLB Diversity Fellowship Program will allow MLB to stay true to the ideals of equal opportunity while solidifying Major League Baseball as an organization of choice for all recent graduates, including people of color and women.

MLB’s Diversity Fellowship Program is a rewarding opportunity to start a career in baseball and be a part of growing a world class, global sports business. The 2020 Fellowship has two tracks: the Club Fellowship and the MLB Office of the Commissioner Fellowship.

MLB Club Fellowship Program

• Selected candidates in the Club Fellowship will be placed in one of our 30 Clubs in the United States or Canada for a minimum period of 18 months.
• The Fellows will not have the option to choose a Club or location, so, applicants should have flexibility to relocate for any of the assignments.
• During his or her tenure, Club Fellows will be appointed to an entry-level role in either the front office or baseball operations department.

MLB Office of the Commissioner Fellowship Program

• The selected candidate for the MLB Office of the Commissioner Fellowship will be placed in New York City for a minimum period of 18 months.
• The Fellow will rotate through MLB’s baseball operations and labor economics departments under the supervision of respective department heads.

While all disciplines are eligible to apply, MLB strongly encourages candidates with degrees or knowledge in economics, analytics, computer science, applied mathematics, law, and business to submit applications. The Fellowship will begin post-graduation (if applicable) on a mutually agreed upon date between the Office of the Commissioner and/or Club and the chosen fellow.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Open to people of color and female candidates.
• Candidates must be recent graduates (spring 2017 graduates to upcoming spring 2020 graduates) with either a bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or related advanced degree.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• A passion for and knowledge of baseball is helpful but not required.
• Former professional baseball and softball players (including national team members) who have earned a degree(s) and do not meet the graduation date requirement but have ceased playing within the last two years will also be eligible.
• Exact locations are up to the discretion of Major League Baseball and participating Clubs.

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application, which can be found here.

More information about the Fellowship program can be found here.

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Position: Baseball Operations Analyst, Player Personnel

Department: Baseball Operations
Status: Regular Full-Time
Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Position Summary:
The Arizona Diamondbacks are seeking an Analyst with a focus on Professional Player Personnel to join their Baseball Operations department. This position will work closely with Director and Executive levels of the front office on player evaluation both internally and externally in regards to potential trade and free agent targets. A model candidate will be able to leverage their analytical skills, a strong sense of creativity and their knowledge and passion for the game of baseball to provide innovative ideas throughout the Player Personnel decision making process.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Evaluation of players covering all 30 Major League organizations, the NPB, KBO, CPBL, MLB affiliated Caribbean leagues, and Independent Leagues.
• Create and maintain a systematic process for evaluating a large sample of players in a quick and efficient manner.
• Design and develop statistical models and tools that can be communicated effectively to a nontechnical audience.
• Generate ideas for player acquisitions, roster construction and contract decisions.
• Continuously explore interesting research questions in order to identify new trends in the game that will lead to competitive advantages.

Skills:

• Proficiency in SQL as well as either R or Python is strongly preferred.
• Experience with data visualization is a plus.
• Ability to communicate ideas and opinions to all members of Baseball Operations.
• Experience with roster decisions, evaluation of professional players, and the free agent market within other ML front offices is desirable.
• An expert-level understanding and appetite for the game of baseball.

To Apply:
Interested individuals should send a cover letter and resume to bbopsjob@dbacks.com.

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Please note, this posting contains multiple positions.

Position: Performance Science Associate (Seasonal)

Department: Baseball Operations
Location: Detroit, Michigan

Job Description:
The baseball performance associate will assist with the delivery of performance science solutions within Baseball Operations. This role will work closely Baseball Analytics, Player Development, Strength and Conditioning, and Coaching staffs in order to optimize performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with implementation and maintenance of existing performance science initiatives across the organization, including data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Assist with the design, development, testing and support of new performance science initiatives.
• Work closely with the Director, Performance Science to develop and disseminate information from performance science initiatives.
• Effectively collaborate and communicate with player development, coaching, sports medicine, strength and conditioning and front office staff.
• Assist with data management, organization and integration into the organization’s athlete management system.
• Review research and technology updates relevant to baseball performance.
• Perform exploratory performance science research projects and analysis as directed.
• Assist with the maintenance, calibration and upkeep of performance science related equipment.
• Other duties as directed by Director, Performance Science

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in exercise science, exercise physiology, sports science, kinesiology, biomechanics or similar field.
• Experience with the following technologies preferred: Force plates, accelerometers, motion capture, high speed video, GPS tracking.
• Experience using an athlete management system.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent computer skills. Coding or data visualization skills a plus.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills. Candidate must be able to convey complex sports science findings to relevant staffs.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent attention to detail.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
• Previous experience working with professional athletes and coaches preferred.
• The ideal candidate must be willing to work longs hours, including days, nights, weekends and holidays.
• The candidate must be available full-time.
• Willing and able to relocate to the Lakeland, FL area or Detroit metro area.

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application that can be found here.

Software Developer Associate (Seasonal)

Department: Baseball Operations
Location: Detroit, Michigan

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform general development and maintenance tasks for the upkeep of internally developed software products.
• Use modern software techniques and best practices in all parts of the software life cycle.
• Troubleshoot issues with existing Baseball Operations systems.
• Assist with development of new tools for improving data collection and processing.
• Complete ad-hoc database queries and analysis as directed.
• Provide support for important events such as the Rule 4 Draft, the trade deadline, contract negotiations and salary arbitration.
• Support Baseball Operations, Scouting and Player Development with ad hoc requests.
• Other duties as assigned by members of the Baseball Operations Department.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• The ideal candidate must be at least a college senior or recent graduate (within 6 months).
• Educational background in Computer Science or similar technical field of study.
• Familiarity with C# and/or Java in a web application context. Knowledge of Angular or similar front-end frameworks is a plus.
• Familiarity with SQL, database design principles, and relational data concepts.
• Experience with software development including requirements gathering, development, and testing is a plus.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
• Highly motivated with excellent attention to detail.
• The ideal candidate must be available full-time.
• The ideal candidate must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as dictated by the baseball calendar.
• Willing and able to relocate to the Detroit metro area.

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application that can be found here.

Position: Baseball Analytics Associate (Seasonal)

Department: Baseball Operations
Location: Detroit, Michigan

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with importing, cleaning, and preparing of baseball datasets.
• Assist with the design, development, testing and support of proprietary data collection and decision-support systems.
• Design ad hoc SQL queries.
• Assist with statistical modeling of baseball data.
• Execute exploratory research and analysis as directed.
• Review public research on a regular basis.
• Provide support for important events such as the Rule 4 Draft, the trade deadline, contract negotiations and salary arbitration.
• Support Baseball Operations, Scouting and Player Development with ad hoc requests.
• Other duties as assigned by members of the Baseball Operations Department.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• The ideal candidate must be at least a college senior or recent graduate (within 6 months).
• Demonstrated familiarity with SQL querying and database design principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of baseball-specific data, modern statistical techniques and sabermetric analysis.
• Familiarity with R/Python and/or other software applications/languages used for statistical calculations and graphical representations.
• Experience with software development, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, and implementation, a plus.
• Experience with ETL processes that integrate multiple data sources, a plus.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• The ideal candidate must have excellent organizational skills.
• Highly motivated with excellent attention to detail.
• The ideal candidate must be available full-time.
• The ideal candidate must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as dictated by the baseball calendar.
• Willing and able to relocate to the Detroit metro area.

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application that can be found here.

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Please note, this posting contains multiple positions.

Position: Data Quality Engineer

Location: St. Louis

Summary of the background and skill set best suited to excel in this role:
The role of Data Quality Engineer will be to ensure data management (ETL) processes for the Cardinals’ testing and quality standards are met across existing and new data sources being ingested by the organization. This person will work closely with other members of the Baseball Development department to understand their data needs and incorporate them into the data management (ETL) processes. This role requires a detail-oriented mindset, analytical ability, an ability to work independently, and an interest in the game of baseball.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field from an accredited college or university or equivalent work experience
• Candidates in school expecting to graduate Winter 2019 or Spring 2020 with work towards such degrees will also be considered
• Experience with end-to-end data testing and/or data analysis as well as knowledge of best practices and methodologies for data QA
• Demonstrated proficiency with SQL for creating/modifying queries
• Experience with JSON, CSV, XML and other data exchange formats
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment under deadlines in a changing environment
• Proven problem-solving skills and analytical ability

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience with software and/or data quality assurance
• Experience with Cloud data pipeline tooling and principles

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application that can be found here.

Position: Data Engineer

Location: St. Louis

Summary of the background and skill set best suited to excel in this role:
The role of Data Engineer will be focused on supporting the data pipeline infrastructure that supplies the Baseball Development department with the data needed to make actionable insights in day-to-day operations. The person in this role will be responsible for maintaining the current data infrastructure and develop new innovative methods to deliver data to drive actionable business outcomes. This person should be detail oriented, analytically inclined, and have an interest in the game of baseball.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Candidates in school expecting to graduate Winter 2019 or Spring 2020 with work towards such degrees will also be considered
• Experience with data processing software (such as Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive, Beam) and/or algorithms (MapReduce, Flume)
• Experience in writing software in one or more languages such as Python, Go, Java, C++ and/or JavaScript
• Demonstrated proficiency with SQL for creating/modifying queries
• Experience with JSON, CSV, XML and other data exchange formats
• Experience working with API endpoints (REST, oAuth2, CRUD, SOAP)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with data warehouses, including architecture and design of infrastructure components, ETL/ELT processes, reporting/analytic tools and environments
• Experience working with big data, information retrieval, data mining or machine learning
• Experience with Cloud data pipeline tooling and principles

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application that can be found here.

Position: Analytics Engineer

Location: St. Louis

Summary of the background and skill set best suited to excel in this role:
The role of Analytics Engineer will be focused on supporting the analytics pipeline that supplies the Baseball Development department with the data tools and processes needed to make actionable insights in day-to-day operations. The person in this role will be responsible for facilitating the analytics team members with the necessary components in their data modeling processes. This person should be detail orientated, analytically inclined, and have an interest in the game of baseball.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Candidates in school expecting to graduate Winter 2019 or Spring 2020 with work towards such degrees will also be considered
• Experience working with big data, information retrieval, data mining or machine learning
• Experience working in Python and/or R
• Experience working in SQL and/or NoSQL

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with data processing software (such as Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive, Beam) and/or algorithms (MapReduce, Flume)
• Experience in one or more modern machine learning languages, such as TensorFlow, Caffe/Caffe2, PyTorch, Keras, MXNet, Scikit-Learn
• Experience with Cloud data pipeline tooling and principles

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application that can be found here.

Position: Senior Data Scientist

Location: St. Louis

Summary of the background and skill set best suited to excel in this role:
The role of Senior Data Scientist is to conduct quantitative research aimed at developing/enhancing predictive, machine learning, and other quantitative models to help the Cardinals organization gain insights as well as make actionable decisions related to all aspects of baseball operations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS, MS, or PhD in an appropriate technology field (Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math, Operations Research, etc.)
• 3-5+ years of experience with data science
• Expertise in R or Python
• Expertise in SQL
• Solid communication skills with demonstrated ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Passion for baseball and strong intellectual curiosity

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in a modern machine learning framework such as TensorFlow, Caffe/Caffe2, PyTorch, Keras, MXNet, Scikit-Learn
• Published research demonstrating clearly defined methodologies and use of technical abilities

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application that can be found here.

Position: Application Developer

Location: St. Louis

Summary of the background and skill set best suited to excel in this role:
The role of Application Developer is to design, implement and maintain analytics and technical systems (Frontend & Backend) in collaboration with the Baseball Development department. These applications will be used by Baseball Operations personnel and field staff. This person should be detail oriented, intellectually curious, and have an interest in the game of baseball.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 1-3+ years of experience as a software engineer, developer, or equivalent technical experience
• Proficiency working with one or more of the following: JavaScript (including MVC frameworks such as AngularJS, Angular, React, or Vue.js), Java, Python, Go, CSS or HTML
• Proficiency developing, securing and consuming REST / JSON APIs using modern server-side or client frameworks (such as Node.js, GraphQL, Angular, etc.)
• Experience with SQL

Preferred Qualifications:

• iOS and/or Android Mobile App development
• Familiarity with NoSQL
• Experience with cloud developer tooling

To Apply:
To apply, please complete the application that can be found here.

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