Front-End Software Engineer - KinaTrax

Hawk-Eye Innovations (HEI)

5d•Remote

About The Position

KinaTrax provides professional and collegiate teams with research-grade markerless motion capture technology to collect in-game biomechanical performance data on athletes. Their camera systems are deployed in over 50 stadiums and labs across MLB, MiLB, and NCAA organizations, with rapid expansion. KinaTrax offers comprehensive data capture and analysis tools used daily by players, GMs, coaches, trainers, and medical staff, and is a market leader in Major League Baseball, constantly innovating to bring the next generation of athlete performance data across various sports to teams worldwide. The Software Engineer – Front End will be a key part of the KinaTrax product development team, focusing on data visualization tools, particularly KinaTrax Dugout, a baseball-specific web application for analyzing, comparing, and interpreting KinaTrax data. This role involves maintaining existing web application tools, assisting with further development efforts such as adding new UI features and biomechanics metrics based on client needs, and leading the integration of novel data sources into current and future web applications to develop applied data visualization tools for sport-specific needs. The engineer will collaborate with other development team members to ensure KinaTrax data visualization tools evolve with industry trends and client feedback, and may also work on projects outside the data visualization space, potentially leading tasks or projects.

Requirements

Proficient in programming languages including JavaScript (React, Node.js), HTML, CSS.
Proficient with integration of browser APIs for optimizing data ingestion for visualization purposes.
Experience in using cloud storage and computing platforms (i.e. AWS, Azure, Cloudflare, Dropbox).
Experience using coding concepts aimed at optimizing performance and memory efficiency.
Experience using Git for code collaboration purposes.
Proven ability to work in a team setting, preferably as part of a product development team.
Passion for sports and the use of athlete performance metrics.

Responsibilities

Continued development of the KinaTrax Dugout web application tool based on company needs and client requests.
Lead the maintenance of pre-existing functions and dependencies in the KinaTrax Dugout web application tool.
Development of new software applications, with priority on the development of web reporting applications for additional sports (i.e. NBA, NHL).
Implement reusable components and contribute to improving the shared component library across web reporting applications.
Integration of data using API concepts from a variety of sources, with the aim of optimizing data ingestion.
Utilize data-driven solutions to ensure company information is stored effectively and securely.
Perform proper quality assurance testing when implementing development changes to production.
Work closely with other developers and clients when applicable to improve site design and overall user experience.
Stay up to date with front-end trends and bring forward suggestions for tools or techniques that improve productivity or code quality.
Update user documentation based on UI changes and data availability.
Assist with non-data visualization product development tasks.