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MLB

Principal Software Engineer

New York, NY

Major League Baseball is looking for Principal Full Stack Software Engineers that are passionate about building new technologies for the baseball industry. Launched in 2001 as the tech arm of Major League Baseball, MLBAM is now a leading authority in real-time sports data processing, distribution and analysis. The ideal candidate will be part of the team responsible for engineering the next generation of platforms to enhance fan experiences and engagement on a variety of products.

MLB's Technology team builds all of your favorite web and mobile applications for the game of baseball. Using cutting edge technology, our apps are consumed by fans, broadcasters, stadiums, and MLB teams.

The Opportunity:

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As a Principal Software Engineer, you will write and maintain clean, concise, modular code in an agile environment, participate in code reviews and act as a leading voice. This role will be involved in end-to-end software solutions to create media experiences for baseball fans and to improve baseball operations.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience 
  • 10+ years of proven software development experience
  • Experience delivering full stack software solutions using JavaScript(React/Node), Java(Spring) and databases. Objective C experience is a plus.
  • Experience with Google Cloud/AWS and cloud-native tooling such as Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform
  • Proficiency in professional software development process (agile development) and tools (IDEs, source control, CI/CD pipeline, test frameworks)
  • History of producing and supporting multiple large-scale production systems 
  • Worked on multi-threading and non-blocking systems.  Experience with reactive systems is a plus

Responsibilities:

  • Actively participate in team ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, design/code reviews, postmortems)
  • Design and decompose software systems; produce specifications for sub-systems, modules and APIs
  • Produce efficient, high-quality and testable implementations 
  • Stay abreast of current tools and technologies
  • Mentor early career team members

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.

MLB’s vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment. With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.

MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!

Major League Baseball is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.  We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!

Pursuant to Part 2 of the State of Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (C.R.S. §§ 8-5-201 to 8-5-203), employers are required to provide expected compensation for posted positions resident in Colorado. The salary range for this position in our Boulder office is $150,000 - $190,000. Actual salary will vary and may be above or below the range based on experience. The range listed is just one component of Major League Baseball's total compensation and benefits package for employees.

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Client-provided location(s): New York, NY, USA
Job ID: 4763264
Employment Type: Other

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