An industry leader for more than four decades, Learfield has a deep presence in the college athletics landscape nationwide. It manages the multimedia and sponsorship rights for nearly 250 collegiate institutions, conferences, and arenas, and supports athletic departments at all competitive levels as title sponsor of the prestigious Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup.

Our people-friendly culture is a hallmark of our style and approach to business and is rooted in values demonstrating intentional and active care for other people. The company and its employees strive each day to live by the company's value statement: “build the team, grow the company, have fun, love and serve others."

About SIDEARM Sports

The team at SIDEARM provides the technology platform that powers the official websites, mobile apps, statistical integration, live audio and video streaming, and e-commerce platforms of more than 1,500 collegiate athletic partners across the nation, including 300 NCAA Division I programs, and over 50 of the 65 Power 5 athletic departments. We are proud that the work we do is experienced by millions of sports fans each year. 

We are actively accepting applications for a Data Engineer to join our Software Development team. 

Responsibilities:

• Work with the development and product teams to build data solutions for high-impact initiatives.
• Create data solutions that collect, aggregate, summarize, and enhance the data that resides within our systems to drive new products and platform features.
• Work on improving and optimizing our platform.
• Help plan and scope the data needs for products and product features.
• Implement and maintain databases with various cloud technologies.
• Evaluate new technologies with the goal of providing technical recommendations to improve our platforms.
• Participate in code reviews, retros, as well as functional testing of software.
• Create and maintain design and code documentation in Bitbucket, Confluence, and or other repositories.

Our Ideal candidate:

You are a problem solver. You will work collaboratively with your team to creatively solve a variety of technological and human problems for our clients.

You are accountable. SIDEARM is a team of various talents and responsibilities, all working together to build products that connect with our clients and fans. Every member of our team works cohesively to dependably solve problems.

You have data engineer experience.  You will be involved in the development of data solutions for all layers of our platform and will be able to work on a team to ship new features and products.

You enjoy learning. We are a technology-focused organization that is constantly evolving our products, services, and work processes, learning together how we can best serve our clients. 

You are detail oriented. Our industry is constantly evolving, and we are looking for skilled developers who have an eye for detail.

You are a team player. SIDEARM is commitment to a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. You are a visible and vocal advocate in fostering a culture that promotes an inclusive, equitable, collaborative, and diverse work environment.

 Minimum Requirements:

• 3 years of data engineering experience or a relevant field
• Advanced knowledge of SQL, data types and structures
• Experience building and deploying ETL and ELT data pipelines
• Experience working with cloud data solutions
• Familiar with various data solutions including SQL and NoSQL databases
• Familiar with data lake and data warehouse solutions and architecture
• Familiar with automation and scripting
• Good understanding of data security and compliance requirements
• Great debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Familiar with SCRUM and Agile software development methodologies

 We will be extra impressed if you have:

• Solid experience with SQL Server
• Experience with ML and ML Data Solutions

Compensation: $100,000
Benefits:

• • Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid PTO
  • Flexible Work Schedule