Are you interested in joining the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Operations Team? This is your chance

The Toronto Blue Jays are looking for a Data Engineer, Baseball Systems!

The Toronto Blue Jays are seeking a Data Engineer to join their Baseball Systems team to help build their next generation of databases and data processing systems. In this role you will work on challenging and compelling problems with some of the largest and most exciting datasets in sports. Your work will impact the entire organization from Research and Development to Scouting, Player Development, and the Major League team by giving staff and players access to the full range of available information.

Primary Focus:

• To build and maintain databases and other systems for storing baseball data.
• To build processing pipelines to transform data and extract useful information.
• Optimize new and existing data infrastructure to improve performance and scalability.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build systems to store a growing volume of statistical, ball tracking, player tracking, and biomechanical data.
• Build and maintain data pipelines for processing, transforming, and integrating large volumes of baseball data from a variety of sources and tracking systems.
• Develop systems for reporting, monitoring, and quality control of incoming data to ensure that systems are performing as expected and the data conforms to required standards.
• Understand and document database structures, data formats, definitions, and the limitations of current systems and establish future requirements.
• Oversee the evaluation, selection, and rollout of new software and data infrastructure.
• Complete ad-hoc database queries and analysis as required by the circumstances.
• Provide technical assistance to other Baseball Operations staff and collaborate with the Research team to ensure they have the data and resources required for their work.
• Recommend new data sources for purchase and new techniques to gather data.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining relational databases and data warehouses.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL and database programming.
• Highly proficient with Python (preferred) or another general-purpose programming language for manipulating data.
• Knowledge of database architecture, design patterns, and best practices to ensure system performance and long-term maintainability.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills – finds pragmatic solutions to data and engineering challenges within time or technology constraints.
• High attention to detail – anticipates and identifies potential issues early and strives to produce reliable and high-quality work.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively explain complex technical concepts to a wide range of individuals.
• Ability to read, speak and comprehend English effectively.
• The ability to work with multicultural populations and a commitment to fairness and equality.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holiday hours as dictated by the baseball calendar.

Beneficial Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other educational qualifications. Higher level academic qualifications are a plus.
• Experience with a task orchestration framework such as Airflow, Luigi, or Dagster.
• Experience with cloud services and infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with R programming and data visualization.
• Experience working with baseball, sports, or biomechanics datasets is beneficial but not required.

What we offer to you:

• Commitment to our team - we want you to succeed!
• Ongoing, hands-on training to help you develop your skills
• Excellent employee discount to use towards Jays gear
• A unique employment experience working for the only MLB team in Canada

Blue Jays has a strong commitment to diversity, accessibility, and inclusion. Everyone who applies for a job will be considered. We encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply and join us in shaping the future of our club. Together, we will build a team that reflects the richness of the game and the communities that we represent.

Throughout the recruitment process, we are dedicated to working with candidates who have accessibility needs to ensure they have the necessary support to perform at their best. Questions regarding accessibility throughout the recruitment process can be directed to [email protected].