The Boston Red Sox are seeking to enhance player performance, development, and overall team success by designing, building, and refining software and data pipelines used within Baseball Operations.
Requirements
- Proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript, with experience in Angular (preferred) or React.
- Strong background in building complex web-based user interfaces and APIs.
- Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., D3.js, Three.js) to represent biomechanics and workload data effectively.
- Exposure to GraphQL and using GraphQL engines such as Hasura
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools for efficiency, debugging, and scaling solutions
- Database design and development experience (Snowflake and SQL Server preferred)
- Knowledge of modern baseball analytics and player development methods is a plus
Responsibilities
- Design and build applications that integrate biomechanics and sports science data into performance workflows.
- Develop custom visualization tools and reporting platforms to support decision-making across Strength & Conditioning, Sports Medicine, Player Development and Scouting.
- Create flexible tools for workload monitoring and athlete performance tracking.
- Operate thoroughly and effectively through all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance.
- Collaborate closely with staff across performance and player development to ensure tools align with applied workflows.
- Provide mentorship and establish best practices within the Baseball Sciences domain.
- Contribute to the broader innovation roadmap of the Baseball Sciences department through research, prototyping, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, ideally with exposure to sports science or biomechanics data streams
- Interest in sports science, biomechanics, and athlete performance data, with the ability to translate domain needs into technical solutions.
- Effective demonstration of universal competencies related to problem solving, teamwork, clarity of communication, and time management
- Embodiment of the culture of honesty, humility, relentlessness, and commitment to DEIB
