The Brewers are looking for candidates for two positions.
Position: Milwaukee Brewers Developer – Baseball Systems
Location: Milwaukee
Overview:
The Milwaukee Brewers are currently seeking a full-time Developer for Baseball Systems. This individual will collaborate with the Baseball Research & Development team and will assist in the expansion and maintenance of an aggregated player information and reporting system. This position requires strong software development skills and experience, as well as a demonstrated ability for independent thought and working within a team framework. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Responsibilities:
- Responsible for design and development of user interfaces/experiences and fast and efficient back-end systems for all new and existing Baseball Operations department systems.
- Assist in creating additional application content and visualizations for organizational share, especially for mobile environments.
- Create necessary data structure to facilitate user-friendly analytical research to be conducted within the Brewers player information/reporting system and additional external applications.
- Identify, diagnose and resolve data quality issues.
- Facilitate discussion between department head and end users as it relates to building easy-to-use and intuitive interfaces that meet their needs.
- Create tests and documentation around new features and functionality.
- Execute exploratory research and analysis directed by the department head, as needed.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications:
- Experience with software development, including requirements definition, design, development, testing, implementation, and iterative improvement. Experience in Agile teams, particularly Scrum, is a plus.
- Proficiency with web development technologies (including C#, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks). Strong understanding of desktop, laptop and mobile UI/UX design concepts and demonstrated ability to apply responsive design techniques. Particularly focused on representing large data sets in easy to consume user interfaces.
- Knowledge of Microsoft SQL (database management and optimization techniques a plus).
- Working familiarity with advanced statistical concepts, particularly those relevant to sabermetric player evaluation techniques including experience implementing statistical calculations, derivations, and graphical representations into software applications (experience with R and Mathematica a plus).
- Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field from four-year college or university; and three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Knowledge of Microsoft office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Internet Explorer.
- Candidates must be capable of working extended hours such as overtime, nights, and weekends, when necessary.
Compensation and Duration:
This position is compensated and full-time.
If interested, please apply here.
Position: Milwaukee Brewers Software Quality Assurance Tester – Baseball Systems
Location: Milwaukee
Overview:
The Milwaukee Brewers are currently seeking a full-time Software Quality Assurance Tester for Baseball Systems. This position will work with team members, developers and department managers to develop, maintain, implement and execute a quality assurance process. They will validate that systems meet design specifications, requirements, and the development team’s Definition of Done. This position requires strong testing and software development skills as well as a demonstrated ability for independent thought and working within a team framework. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Responsibilities:
- Learn and understand the Milwaukee Brewers baseball systems and how they are used.
- Develop test plans and test cases.
- Application testing on various form factors: laptop, tablet, and smart phone devices.
- Identify and diagnose data quality issues.
- Develop and perform automated front and back-end tests, and work with developers to code unit tests.
- Create tests and documentation around new features and functionality.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications:
- Experience with software QA testing of web-based applications, preferably Microsoft .NET.
- Ability to use web development technologies (including C#, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks). Understanding of desktop, laptop and mobile UI/UX design concepts.
- Knowledge of relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server.
- Experience in Agile teams, particularly Scrum, is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field from four-year college or university; and three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Knowledge of Microsoft office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Internet Explorer.
- Candidates must be capable of working extended hours such as overtime, nights, and weekends, when necessary.
Compensation and Duration:
This position is compensated and full-time.
If interested, please apply here.
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