Baseball Systems Developer

DESCRIPTION:
The Minnesota Twins are seeking a Baseball Systems Developer for the team’s Baseball Research and Development group. This position offers wide-ranging exposure to current programming models and methods in a fast-paced Agile environment. With creativity and passion, this position will collaborate with the Baseball Operations staff to develop, deliver, and maintain data driven solutions for player evaluation, player development, and statistical analytics. This position requires strong web development skills and experience as well as a demonstrated ability for independent curiosity and a commitment to excellence while working within a team framework. Strong communication and interpersonal skills will enable the candidate to enjoy direct relationships with product users.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with Baseball Operations, Scouting, and Player Development to develop, maintain, and expand strategic web, desktop, and mobile baseball applications.
• Design and develop web services and APIs to be consumed by web and mobile applications.
• Design and develop intuitive, easy to use interfaces and experiences for non-technical users.
• Create easy to understand reports with data visualization libraries that showcase data and statistics in a creative and effective way for a variety of different users and use cases.
• Perform advanced statistical analysis on large sets of baseball data to help in the decision making process of the Baseball Operations Department.
• Use an agile software development approach for quick roll-outs combined with incremental improvement process to existing systems and environments.
• Work closely with Data Architects and the Infrastructure team to ensure secure, scalable, and high-performing applications.
• Continually work with Baseball Operations staff to identify features, new technologies, and areas of improvement in the pursuit of creating competitive advantages through software, applications, and tools.
• Provide courteous and timely first-level contact and problem resolution for all Baseball Department users with application issues.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Software development experience, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, implementation, and iterative improvement.
• Experience with .NET Framework, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AngularJS, and API design patterns preferred.
• Experience with a Data Visualization Library such as D3.js is a plus.
• Experience with developing both web based single page applications and the backend APIs they consume.
• Mobile development experience with Xamarin, iOS, and/or Android a plus.
• Knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and database design.
• Experience with developing solutions that consider massive quantities of data.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Knowledge of Sabermetric player evaluation techniques and concepts.
• Experience with Pitch f/x, play-by-play, Statcast, and/or TrackMan data sets.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all aspects of Baseball Operations, Scouting, and Player Development staff, and understand their job functions and subsequent software needs.
• Ability to lift and transport items up to 55 lbs.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to move throughout all areas and levels of the ballpark.
• Ability to relocate to the Twins Cities area.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled