Data Engineer
Apply NowCompany: Biomechanics Consulting and Research LLC [Biocore LLC]
Location: Charlottesville, VA 22903
Description:
Company Overview
Biocore is a team of world class engineers and scientists providing data-driven products, testing, analysis, and consulting services to companies across the globe. An independently operated subsidiary of Infinite Athlete, Biocore leverages its unique expertise and experience, as well as cutting-edge physical and cloud computing technologies, to improve safety and enhance the performance of athletes and organizations in sports and entertainment industries.
Biocore's mission is to provide the highest level of engineering and analytics expertise to clients dedicated to the understanding and reduction of injury, through a multidisciplinary group with backgrounds in engineering, biomechanics, data science, athlete performance, footwear design and construction, synthetic, natural, and hybrid playing surface design and management, and statistical and epidemiological injury tracking.
Biocore works and partners with many of the world's leading sports leagues and organizations. For an example of recent work, visit https://www.playsmartplaysafe.com/focus-on-safety/pillars/protecting-players/
Position Details
Biocore has an immediate opening for a full-time Data Engineer. The right individual will support the Data Science and Analytics team and the entire Biocore organization on a variety of interesting projects. The position is based at our primary office in Charlottesville, VA.
Employment Type
Our job titles may span more than one career level. Actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits package (includes medical, dental, vision, and stipends for health and wellness), opportunity for ownership through stock options, and a performance-based bonus program.
Roles and Responsibilities
Our team fuses data streams from athlete-worn sensors, computer vision output of game and practice video, human-conducted game tagging/rating systems (e.g. PFF.com), and various SQL/NoSQL databases to maintain a comprehensive picture of athlete health, safety, and performance. You will lead a team of data analysts to develop and package insights and research from across the company to be used for presentation to senior executives in supported sports leagues and in work with owners/coaches/executives on key committees (for example the NFL Competition Committee) to implement rule changes, policies, and protocols that improve health and safety outcomes for athletes. Your work will span multiple sports and industries. Example problems you might address include:
Biocore LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Biocore is a team of world class engineers and scientists providing data-driven products, testing, analysis, and consulting services to companies across the globe. An independently operated subsidiary of Infinite Athlete, Biocore leverages its unique expertise and experience, as well as cutting-edge physical and cloud computing technologies, to improve safety and enhance the performance of athletes and organizations in sports and entertainment industries.
Biocore's mission is to provide the highest level of engineering and analytics expertise to clients dedicated to the understanding and reduction of injury, through a multidisciplinary group with backgrounds in engineering, biomechanics, data science, athlete performance, footwear design and construction, synthetic, natural, and hybrid playing surface design and management, and statistical and epidemiological injury tracking.
Biocore works and partners with many of the world's leading sports leagues and organizations. For an example of recent work, visit https://www.playsmartplaysafe.com/focus-on-safety/pillars/protecting-players/
Position Details
Biocore has an immediate opening for a full-time Data Engineer. The right individual will support the Data Science and Analytics team and the entire Biocore organization on a variety of interesting projects. The position is based at our primary office in Charlottesville, VA.
Employment Type
- Full-time, exempt employee
- In person at offices in Charlottesville, VA
- Willingness to travel up to 10%.
- B.S. or M.S. in a STEM discipline requiring computational programming: computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, data science, statistics, physics, applied math, etc.
- Prior experience building out a modern data platform to support small-to-medium sized businesses with data catalogs, observability, and data quality monitoring
- Exceptional proficiency in Python and SQL
- Experience working with AWS, specifically technologies like Lambda, Step Functions, Glue, and Athena
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, and managing databases and APIs to support analytics, machine learning, and research workflows
- Experience in MLOps and integrating machine learning workloads with databases desired
- Experience working with professional or collegiate sports leagues or teams (NFL, NBA, MLB, Premier League) desired
Our job titles may span more than one career level. Actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. Competitive salary with comprehensive benefits package (includes medical, dental, vision, and stipends for health and wellness), opportunity for ownership through stock options, and a performance-based bonus program.
Roles and Responsibilities
Our team fuses data streams from athlete-worn sensors, computer vision output of game and practice video, human-conducted game tagging/rating systems (e.g. PFF.com), and various SQL/NoSQL databases to maintain a comprehensive picture of athlete health, safety, and performance. You will lead a team of data analysts to develop and package insights and research from across the company to be used for presentation to senior executives in supported sports leagues and in work with owners/coaches/executives on key committees (for example the NFL Competition Committee) to implement rule changes, policies, and protocols that improve health and safety outcomes for athletes. Your work will span multiple sports and industries. Example problems you might address include:
- Developing data pipelines, databases, and dashboards to support computer vision workloads that process game video to automatically detect and log helmet impacts in American football
- Developing an API to support the delivery of daily load statistics (total distance, high speed acceleration events, etc.) derived from performance tracking sensors worn by athletes in practice
- Developing ETL pipelines to consolidate data from disparate sources including SQL databases, REST and GraphQL APIs, and Excel spreadsheets into a data warehouse
- Designing a database to store the results of thousands of laboratory tests of sports safety equipment such as helmets, cleats, and shoulder pads
- You are passionate about data quality.
- You are a great teammate who enjoys working with others to build things together that you could not build alone.
- You are comfortable working on small team with a high degree of autonomy over the data platform.
Biocore LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.