Software Developer

at  Haslam Sports Group

Cleveland Browns Job Opportunity
Summary Description
The Software Developer, as part of the Football Information Systems team, is responsible for the development and maintenance of database driven and stand-alone software applications for all football-related aspects of the organization.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize our build and release pipelines
• Review pull requests, providing constructive feedback to ensure code quality, and adherence to best practices
• Periodic code reviews with junior developers
• Create weekly sprints and assign tasks to software development team.
• Work with current technologies to create and modify a wide variety of web applications
• Assist the coaching, scouting, football administration, strength, medical and strategy/analytics departments through continuing development and maintenance of existing centralized player evaluation/football management system
• Work with all football-related departments throughout the year to provide custom reports, tools and datasets for information pertaining to college and pro players, the NFL draft and free agency, as well as ad-hoc requests
• Identifying areas for modification in existing applications and subsequently developing these modifications
• Additional duties when and where needed

Education, Qualities, and Required Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent field
• Experience with web and software development
• Knowledge and interest in computer systems and the latest technologies
• The ability to problem solve and learn new technologies quickly
• Effective communication skills – both written and verbal
• Ability to work independently or collaboratively and multi-task efficiently
• Comfortable with a full-stack environment and familiarity with an object-oriented programming language such as: C#, Java, C++, etc.
• Knowledge of database concepts and SQL and their relation to the development life cycle
• Familiarity with version control tools/software such as: Azure Repos, Git Hub, or SVN
• Familiarity with Football, though formal experience and knowledge is not required
• Comfortable developing in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 (and newer)
• Experience with the .NET Framework (v4.5, v5.0, v6.0, v7.0, v8.0)
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (and newer)
• Azure DevOps familiarity and experience
• Familiarity with AI concepts and technologies a plus

• Manage and optimize our build and release pipelines
• Review pull requests, providing constructive feedback to ensure code quality, and adherence to best practices
• Periodic code reviews with junior developers
• Create weekly sprints and assign tasks to software development team.
• Work with current technologies to create and modify a wide variety of web applications
• Assist the coaching, scouting, football administration, strength, medical and strategy/analytics departments through continuing development and maintenance of existing centralized player evaluation/football management system
• Work with all football-related departments throughout the year to provide custom reports, tools and datasets for information pertaining to college and pro players, the NFL draft and free agency, as well as ad-hoc requests
• Identifying areas for modification in existing applications and subsequently developing these modifications
• Additional duties when and where neede