Junior Web Developer, Baseball Systems

This is a Full Time Job

Summary:

The Washington Nationals are seeking a junior web developer to join our Baseball Research & Development team. We are looking for candidates who are both passionate about building web applications and enthusiastic about the opportunity to work on software that has a significant impact within a baseball organization.

The junior web developer will contribute to our internal web application used by the entire baseball organization. Some key features of the site include player pages, video, data visualizations, custom reports, and other tools. Our web application helps inform player acquisition decisions and player development processes by surfacing information to front office decision makers, coaches, acquisition specialists, and players.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with senior developers to design, develop, and deploy new features for our internal web application
• Develop responsive frontend interfaces using a combination of Vue Tailwind, or standard HTML CSS JavaScript
• Translate mockups and requirements provided by stakeholders into functional user interfaces
• Participate in the code review process to ensure code quality and share knowledge
• Troubleshoot and resolve bugs or performance issues

Requirements:

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information science, or related experiences
• 1 year of full-time web development experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities necessary to perform essential functions
• Experience with modern programming languages (e.g. Ruby, Python, JavaScript) and backend frameworks (e.g. Rails, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Node/Express)
• Experience with frontend JavaScript frameworks, such as Vue or React, HTML, and CSS
• Some experience with relational database systems and SQL
• Some experience with JavaScript data visualization libraries (D3, Plotly, Chart.js) is a plus
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Ability to write clean, concise, and maintainable code
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently
• Authorized to work in the United States

Physical/Environmental Requirements
• Office: Working conditions are normal for an office environment. Work may require occasional weekend and/or evening work.