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 Summer Developer Intern, Baseball Systems position will be a contributing member of the baseball systems software development team and is responsible for the design and development of software solutions. This individual must have the ability to learn quickly and iterate toward good solutions. Asking questions, taking initiative, being persistent, and paying attention to details are all important qualities for this internship.
This is a summer internship for current college students pursuing a degree in computer science or other similar fields of study.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create leading-edge baseball solutions together with the software development team and other members of baseball systems
- Contribute to the design and implementation of the software architecture and embrace a software engineering mindset
- Actively participate with other software developers and data engineers in design reviews, code reviews, and best practices
CHARACTERISITCS/QUALIFICATIONS
- Some experience with JavaScript, Typescript, Python, C/C++, C#, or other programming languages
- Some experience with SQL and database design concepts
- Some experience with design and documentation, testing and debugging, code reviews, and source control
- High level of attention to detail
- Ability to maintain confidential information
- Excellent time management skills
- An understanding of baseball, common terms, and analytic measures, is a plus
At the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management, we go beyond embracing diversity. We’re committed to living by our values, strengthening our community, and creating a workplace where people genuinely feel like they belong.
Too often, job seekers don’t apply to positions because they don’t meet every qualification. If you love this role and are great at what you do, we encourage you to apply. Your unique skills and experiences might just be what we’ve been looking for.
Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination based on race, religious creed, color, sex, age, national origin, handicap, disability, military/veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or protected genetic information.
