Data Engineer (Special Projects)

The LAI (League Analytics and Infrastructure) team occupies a crucial strategic position, functioning at the nexus of modern analytics technology and operational strategy. This team is fundamentally responsible for the comprehensive design, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of the robust analytic cloud infrastructure. This infrastructure is the essential foundation that underpins and powers Major League Baseball's (MLB) advanced analytics operations, ensuring data accessibility, scalability, and performance for critical decision-making across the league.

In the role of Data Engineer, the successful candidate will operate as a hands-on contributor, focused primarily on the technical execution of data-centric projects and initiatives. This position reports into a Data Engineering Lead, working closely within a dedicated sub-team of the LAI team to implement and manage the complex data pipelines and storage solutions necessary for MLB's analytical demands. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, developing data pipeline processes, ensuring data quality, and collaborating with other engineers and analysts to provision high-quality, reliable data sets.

Responsibilities

• Pipeline Development: Build and maintain production-grade data pipelines using Airflow and dbt to orchestrate transformations within Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Data Modeling: Design, build, and execute clean, reliable data models that serve as the single source of truth for downstream engineers and analysts.
• Cloud Operations: Utilize GCP services (Pub/Sub, GCS, Dataflow, DataPlex) to handle batch and streaming data ingestion from internal and external sources.
• CI/CD & Governance: Manage code deployment via GitHub and adhere to data governance best practices to ensure security and compliance.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience: 1-2 years of hands-on experience with data engineering in a professional or project-based setting

• Core Stack Proficiency:

  • Python: High-level scripting ability for data processing and automation
  • Orchestration: Experience with Airflow (DAG creation, management)
  • SQL: High-level proficiency; ability to write complex freehand SQL

• Cloud Native: Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or equivalent AWS/Azure services

Nice to Have

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Hands-on experience with dbt (data build tool)
• Understanding of BI platforms (Looker, Tableau) to better understand downstream needs
• A passion for baseball or previous experience in sports/media/entertainment

Pay Rate:$23.00-$30.00 per hour

The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision

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.

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