Software Engineer, Baseball Systems

San Diego Padres•San Diego, CA

4h•$100,000 - $125,000•Onsite

About The Position

You will design, develop, and maintain our internal web applications and data pipelines to support a wide range of Baseball Operations departments (including Front Office, Scouting, Player Development, and Major League Operations), with the ultimate goal of building a winning team on the field. This position is located onsite in San Diego, CA.

Requirements

Proficient computer skills including experience with MS Office products such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc., and general knowledge of basic office equipment including copier, laser printer, telephone, and computer
Possess strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and effectively work well with others in a collaborative, respectful manner. Able to communicate effectively with non-technical users to translate requirements into technical solutions
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug complex software issues
Exceptional time management and organizational skills with capacity to handle high volumes of detailed work, multi-task and manage projects on strict deadlines
Maintain professional demeanor with a high degree of discretion, integrity, and accountability
Must be at least 18 years of age by the start of employment
Able to work flexible hours including evenings, weekends, holidays and extended hours as dictated by the baseball calendar
Previous experience designing and building web applications, databases, and data warehouses
Passion for baseball and understanding of baseball statistics and analytics
Solid understanding of programming fundamentals and experience with one or more coding languages (such as Python or JavaScript)
Strong understanding and use of front-end web technologies (HTML, CSS)
Proven experience with modern database technologies and proficiency writing SQL
Previous experience with version control systems like Git

Nice To Haves

Fluently bilingual in another language popular among baseball players, such as Spanish, Japanese, or Korean a plus
Proficiency in Python, particularly for backend web development and data manipulation preferred
Knowledge of web development frameworks like Django or Flask, and JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, or Vue a plus
Prior experience with AWS cloud services like Redshift, Glue, RDS, EC2, ECS, and Lambda (or Azure/GCP equivalents) preferred
Familiarity with orchestration tools (Dagster, Airflow), dbt, and Apache Spark a plus

Responsibilities

Design, build, code review, and deploy new features to our internal web application
Develop creative solutions for visualizing baseball information to our end users
Construct and maintain data pipelines to ingest information from external baseball vendors into our internal systems
Transform data in meaningful ways to ensure it is reliable, understandable, and easily accessible for developers and analysts
Develop innovative solutions for optimizing these applications and processes to improve performance, reliability, and scalability
Collaborate with other software and data engineers, analysts, and Baseball Operations staff to understand their workflows and build software solutions that support them