What are the responsibilities and job description for the Developer, Baseball Systems position at Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management?
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:
Members of the Baseball Systems team at the Boston Red Sox are focused on designing, building, and refining the software and data pipelines used within Baseball Operations. These tools and applications are an integral part of the decision-making process, are directly integrated in the workflows of all departments within Baseball Operations, and provide an efficient, consistent, and accessible experience when interacting with our internal data sources and applications.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Developer, Baseball Systems position will be a member of the baseball operations software development team, and is responsible for the design, development, and support, of all baseball systems. This individual will work closely with members of baseball operations to understand business requirements that drive the analysis, design, and development of quality baseball systems and solutions. This position is responsible for frontend application development and will collaborate closely with colleagues on the R&D Department and baseball operations personnel from all departments.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Create leading-edge baseball solutions together with the R&D team and others on new and existing baseball systems.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of the software architecture and embrace a software engineering mindset.
- Participate in key phases of the software development process of critical baseball applications, including requirements gathering, analysis, effort estimation, technical investigation, software design and implementation, testing, bug fixing, and quality assurance.
- Responsible for the design and development of complex web-based user interfaces, designing APIs, and other aspects of web applications.
- Actively participate with other software developers in design reviews, code reviews, and other best practices.
- Work closely at times with baseball analysts to design and implement solutions to their data needs.
- Respond to and resolve technical problems and issues in a timely manner.
- Identify and implement creative solutions for technical challenges.
COMPETENCIES:
- Aptitude and ability to apply academic or applied experience in software development or data engineering related field.
- An understanding of frontend and backend development and proficiency with modern databases and programming languages.
- Ability to pick up new technologies and subject areas quickly, as well as think both creatively and critically to solve problems.
- A basic understanding of contemporary baseball and/or sports analysis and development practices.
- A team-player that collaborates effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- 2 or more years of professional experience in software development with a strong focus on Angular.
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript.
- Experience with Angular best practices, including component-based architecture, dependency injection, and state management.
- Experience working with large datasets and implementing data visualizations (experience with D3.js or Three.js is a plus).
- Experience with design systems and libraries like Tailwind CSS is strongly preferred.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
- A passion for learning new technologies and a strong work ethic.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
