DEPARTMENT: Baseball Operations

REPORTS TO: Director, Quantitative Analysis

JOB STATUS: Full-Time, Exempt

Description:

Built upon our storied legacy, the New York Yankees look to attract the best possible talent not just on the field but in the front office as well. It is our shared responsibility to maintain the first-class reputation associated with the franchise in all aspects of our business.

The New York Yankees Baseball Operations department is accepting applications for an experienced Data Engineer with a focus on data quality analysis. This position will assist in the development and maintenance of our data processing pipelines and is based in the Bronx, NY.

Primary Responsibilities:

Prepare, clean, format analytical datasets for processing by data scientists
Become an expert in our datasets, their strengths and weaknesses and write code to pull and verify data in response to data scientist requests
Using Python or R, visualize complex, multi-source data to pinpoint data quality issues
Build automated pipelines for processing and cleaning data
Conduct database feature engineering to support ongoing quantitative research
Work with developers to create and deploy systems for anomaly detection
Interface with data scientists, software developers, and other baseball operations staff as needed.
Design department-wide principles and workflow for data quality management
Serve as the main point-of-contact for questions about data structures, definitions, and quality

Qualifications and Experience:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent training or work experience.
2+ years of experience with data profiling, data modeling, and data pipeline development
2+ years of experience developing in Python or R (or a similar statistical programming language), including experience with data manipulation and visualization in that language
3+ years of experience developing in SQL (preferably T-SQL)
Ability to write succinct code with optimal performance and simplicity
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills – must be able to break down a complex task and put together an execution strategy with little guidance
An understanding of typical baseball data structures, basic and advanced baseball metrics, and knowledge of current baseball research areas

This description is intended to describe the type of work being performed by a person assigned to this position. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required of the employee. The New York Yankees are an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment.

The base annual salary for this position is $75,000-$100,000, plus a comprehensive benefits package.

Data Engineer, Analytics