2025 Baseball Systems Summer Intern

Boston, MA, United States
Baseball Operations /
Associate/Co-op/Intern /
On-site
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:
Members of the Baseball Systems Team at the Boston Red Sox are focused on designing, building, and refining the software and data pipelines used within Baseball Operations. These tools and applications are an integral part of the decision-making process, are directly integrated in the workflows of all departments within Baseball Operations, and provide an efficient, consistent, and accessible experience when interacting with our internal data sources and applications.
 
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Baseball Systems Summer Intern will be a contributing member of the baseball operations software development team and is responsible for the design and development of software solutions. This individual must have the ability to learn quickly and iterate toward good solutions. Asking questions, taking initiative, being persistent, and paying attention to details are all important qualities for this internship. This internship is for current college or graduate students pursuing a degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or another similar field of study.
 
This internship will run for 11 weeks and is located in-person in Boston, MA. It will begin in May, 2025 and end in August, 2025. We will hire two interns: one in Software Development, and one in Data Engineering. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Create leading-edge baseball solutions together with the software development team and others on new and existing baseball systems.
    • Contribute to the design and implementation of the software architecture and embrace a software engineering mindset.
    • Actively participate with other software developers in design reviews, code reviews, and other best practices.
    • Identify and implement creative solutions for technical challenges.

COMPETENCIES:

    • Aptitude and ability to apply academic or applied experience in software development or data engineering related field.
    • An understanding of front-end development and web applications.
    • Ability to pick up quickly and think both creatively and critically to solve problems.
    • A basic understanding of contemporary baseball and/or sports analysis and development practices.
    • A team-player that collaborates effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Some experience with JavaScript, Typescript, Python, C/C++, C#, or other programming languages.
    • Some experience with SQL and database design.
    • Some experience with design and documentation, testing and debugging, code reviews, and source control.
    • High level of attention to detail.
    • Comfortable using communication tools such as Slack and Trello.
    • Ability to maintain confidential information.
    • Excellent time management skills.
    • An understanding of baseball, its common terms, and its analytic measures is a plus.

    • In addition to the above requirements, all roles within Baseball Operations are expected to effectively demonstrate our universal competencies related to problem solving, teamwork, clarity of communication, and time management, along with embodying our culture of honesty, humility, relentlessness, and commitment to DEIB.