Teamworks, the Operating System for Sports™, powers more than 6,500 sports organizations worldwide, including collegiate athletic departments and teams across all major professional leagues. With almost 500 exceptional employees located across over a dozen countries, Teamworks’ software solutions drive the operations of the most recognizable sports properties in the world.

Zelus Analytics, now part of Teamworks, is a premier sports intelligence platform that partners with teams across the NBA, MLB, NFL, IPL, NHL, and European football leagues. As a key component of Teamworks, Zelus continues to deliver cutting-edge analytics, empowering these organizations with advanced data insights to enhance performance, strategy, and decision-making. The platform integrates comprehensive sports data, enabling teams to gain a competitive edge through rich analysis and innovative solutions tailored to their specific needs.

We are seeking a passionate and highly skilled Data Engineer to join our Analytics team. This role is crucial in advancing our market-leading sports intelligence platform, helping professional teams across various sports leverage sophisticated data pipelines and automated processing to compete at the highest levels. Your work will directly impact our exclusive network of partners as they strive to win championships.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be at the forefront of sports analytics technology and to contribute to the ongoing success and rapid expansion of one of the fastest-growing companies in sports tech.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, document, and maintain schemas and ETL pipelines for internal sports databases and data warehouses.
• Implement and test collection, mapping, and storage procedures to ensure secure access to team, league, and third-party data sources.
• Develop algorithms for quality assurance and imputation to prepare data for exploratory analysis and quantitative modeling.
• Profile and optimize automated data processing tasks to ensure efficiency and scalability.
• Coordinate with data providers regarding planned changes to raw data feeds, ensuring seamless integration.
• Deploy and maintain system and database monitoring tools, ensuring stable and reliable performance.
• Collaborate effectively in a distributed work environment, contributing to a dynamic and innovative team.
• Engage in rotating platform support duties, ensuring the reliability and performance of data processing systems.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in back-end software design and development, with a strong focus on data engineering.
• Hands-on experience with ETL architecture and development in cloud-based environments.
• Fluency in SQL development and a deep understanding of database and data warehousing technologies.
• Proficiency in Python (preferred) and/or R, with experience in Scala or other data-oriented programming languages.
• Experience with automated data quality validation across large datasets.
• Familiarity working with Linux servers in virtualized or distributed environments, ensuring stable operations.
• Proficient software engineering and problem-solving skills, with the ability to adapt to evolving technical landscapes.

Desired Traits:

• Takes initiative, proactively manages multiple priorities, and works well under pressure.
• Analytical, creative thinker, and strategic problem-solver.
• Delivers fast but carefully thought-out, high-quality results.
• Structured, organized, and efficient work style.
• Factual, direct communication style.
• Experience working asynchronously with coworkers across different time zones.
• Interested in managing engineers and leading high-performing teams as a potential career progression.
• Aligned with our core values: honesty, humility, hard work, commitment, innovation, and exceptionalism.

What Teamworks offers:

• A role in shaping the future of sports and a career that grows as the company grows.
• An exceptional culture of high achievement and teamwork.
• Supportive and humble colleagues who are some of the top problem solvers and innovators in the game.
• Financial security through competitive compensation and incentives.
• A comprehensive benefits plan, including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, paid time off, and a retirement/pension contribution plan.
• Additional educational opportunities via Range can be used for courses, conferences, and other options.
• Company equity.     
• 100% remote-optional work setting.

Founded in 2006, Teamworks has grown from a messaging platform for collegiate football into the leading operating system for elite sports organizations, providing comprehensive technology solutions. Having secured over $165M in funding across five rounds, our product suite now features six key categories to support every phase of the athlete lifecycle. Our Operations solutions streamline logistics, communication, and inventory management with products like Hub, Camps, and Inventory Management. Performance tools such as AMS+EMR and Nutrition enhance athlete care through health analytics and personalized nutrition. Compliance is managed through our robust Compliance + Recruiting platform. Recruiting efforts are bolstered by Recruiting and Recruiting Communications. Athlete Development is supported by Academics, Pathways, and Pulse, which focus on academic success, programming tracking, and safety. Our Branding & NIL solutions, including Influencer and Collectives, navigate the NIL era and engage fans effectively. Additionally, Zelus Analytics, our premier sports intelligence platform, provides cutting-edge data insights to teams across multiple leagues, enhancing performance and decision-making through advanced analytics. Our continued innovation and integration make us the premier tech provider for top-tier athletic and tactical organizations.

Our offices in Durham, Denver, Richmond, and Brisbane are open for work, collaboration, and optional team-building events – but as a remote-first company, we also have teammates working from places across the globe, including New York, London, Perth, and Austin.

Teamworks is an equal opportunity employer - if you live our core values every day and are honest, hardworking, humble, committed, innovative, and an all-around exceptional person, you'll thrive at Teamworks. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and take affirmative action to not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics.  This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion, termination, compensation, benefits, and training. Teamworks is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email hiring@teamworks.com.

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