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WORK OPTION: Remote The NBA is committed to providing a safe and healthy workplace. To safeguard our employees and their families, our visitors, and the broader community from COVID-19, and in consideration of recommendations from health authorities and the NBA’s own advisors, any individual working onsite in our New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The NBA will discuss accommodations for individuals who cannot be vaccinated due to a medical reason or sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance. Position Summary The NBA is looking for a software engineer with machine learning expertise to join a diverse product development team. You will be a part of the team responsible for the ingestion, storage, processing and data science involving the NBA’s basketball statistics. Our team’s primary goals are to maintain the historical statistical records of the NBA and then use that data to build fan-facing products that engage and educate the NBA’s fans across the world. If you want to join a team of hardworking developers who love cloud architectures and data science as much as they love basketball stats, this is the job for you! Major Responsibilities Work as a part of a software development team to contribute to current product development projects involving data and basketball statistics. Build tracking data related infrastructure that serve statistical data and insights to the NBA’s fan-facing digital products as well as 3rd party consumers Contribute to data science initiatives that generate insights from player tracking data. Contribute to full stack cloud-based development projects that help to build the NBA's next generation of fan-facing products Synthesize new data points and metrics that better analyze basketball and help our fans understand the game Contribute ideas for new products powered by our data so that we can better engage our fans Required Education/Professional Experience Bachelor's degree in Math, Computer Science, Data Science or related field Required Skills/Knowledge Attributes Excellent verbal and written communication skills. You are comfortable discussing complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences. Extensive software development experience in one or more of the following programming languages: Python, C++, Go, Java, SQL Comfortable with ingesting, storing and retrieving data from most major database technologies. Experience with data science, statistical analysis, data wrangling, and/or data processing. Experience deploying AI/ML models at scale within a consumer-facing application is a plus. Ability to design and implement maintainable APIs. Previous experience in building API platforms or products for developers is a plus. Experience working with Flink or other data processing frameworks is a plus. Experience with API management / gateway tools like Apigee, Kong, Gravitee or equivalent with the knowledge of API mashups, analytics, developer networks and security is a plus. Experience with Microsoft Azure or other major cloud providers is a plus. Strong understanding of NBA basketball and NBA statistics is a plus. Display an aptitude for taking initiative to go above and beyond. You are comfortable working on a new product under fluid conditions, seamlessly balancing tactical and strategic considerations. Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision. Salary Range: $110,000.00 - $140,000.00 We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.
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