Software Engineer, Baseball Operations
Baseball Operations, Detroit MI
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JOB SUMMARY:
The Detroit Tigers are currently seeking a Software Engineer. This role will be responsible for development and maintenance of software projects within Baseball Operations. This position will report to the Sr. Software Engineer, Baseball Operations.
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.
- Support the integration of baseball analysis into our proprietary tools and applications.
- Assist with the design and development of new software products.
- Other projects as directed by the Baseball Operations leadership team.
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, similar technical field of study or equivalent real-time experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge in developing in a Web-based object-oriented product environment.
- Demonstrated knowledge in working with medium-to-large scale relational databases.
- Ability to work in all phases of the product lifecycle, from requirements gathering to design, testing, and implementation.
- Ability to learn new technologies and techniques as necessary.
- Familiarity with the sport of baseball, baseball-specific data, modern statistical techniques, and sabermetric analysis.
PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Experience with data pipelines, data warehousing, or data engineering, especially using SQL Server.
- Experience developing web APIs using Java or C#/.NET.
- Experience with JavaScript visualization tools such as D3.js or Plotly.js.
- Experience with cloud services and/or container technologies.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Office environment.
- Occasional evening, weekend, and holiday hours may be required.
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