The Baseball Data team is looking to hire a Senior Manager, Software Engineer - Baseball Data Platforms. This is a hands-on role for a manager prepared to support individuals and teams solving complex distributed problems and enhancing our portfolio of baseball data products. You will partner with business stakeholders, product managers, and cross-functional engineering teams to facilitate the design and implementation of new, engaging features for our users.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned manager with a deep knowledge of the software development lifecycle, experience supporting teams of engineers as they evolve in their careers, and a background in data delivery via highly scalable distributed systems

Job Responsibilities

• Manage a team of software engineers in a fast paced and agile environment
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to develop engineering roadmaps
• Support and empower engineers as they transform requirements into actionable development plans
• Adopt modern platforms and manage resources to optimize value
• Champion Agile processes
• Work cross functionally to align on business critical initiatives, sequencing, and delivery
• Contribute to our inclusive culture to ensure team satisfaction and engagement

Education & Experience

• 6+ years of experience developing large, scalable web services and APIs
• 3+ years of experience leading one or more teams of 5-10 software engineers
• Proficiency in back-end technologies including Java (Spring) and JavaScript/Typescript (Node)
• Proficiency in front-end technologies including ES6, Typescript, React, HTML, CSS

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the following technical areas:
• Designing and implementing high availability distributed systems
• Cloud service (GCP, AWS, etc.) and API architecture
• Observability and application performance monitoring
• Cloud-native tooling such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
• Content delivery networks such as Cloudflare, Fastly, Akamai
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the Major Leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

MLB’s vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment. With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.

MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!

Major League Baseball is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.  We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!

Per the NYC pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $160,000 - $205,000.

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees. MLB offers employees a full range of best in class benefits with no employee contributions towards medical, dental, and vision coverage premiums, as well as incentive and recognition programs, life insurance and automatic employer 401k contributions. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of official plan documents which may be modified or amended from time to time.