Intern - Basketball Data Engineering

Job Description

You could be part of the excitement at the Sacramento Kings. Our internship program will contribute to your education and to your professional growth and development.
Our program has a rich combination of learning and networking activities that will make your term impactful, beneficial, and yes, FUN!

Interns may be responsible for any relocation and/or housing expenses.

The Sacramento Kings seek a Basketball Data Engineering Intern who will contribute to the development of cutting-edge basketball analytics systems. The Basketball Analytics Intern will assist the Kings analytics group through the support, maintenance and improvement of the Kings' internal database . The specific day-to-day responsibilities of this position will vary depending on the basketball calendar, but the role generally involves building, testing and debugging a data infrastructure to answer basketball-related questions. The position will require collaboration with the entire analytics group and other parts of the front office.

Start Date: Summer/Fall 2023

Duration: 5 months/ Full-Time

Compensation: $18/hr

Responsibilities:
• Perform advanced statistical analysis on large datasets in order to assist in the decision-making of the Basketball Operations department
• Improve data pipeline to ensure accuracy and speed of existing analytics resources
• Perform ad-hoc research projects as requested and present those results in a concise, straightforward manner
• Provide administrative support and complete general assistance as required

Qualifications:
• Current enrollment in, or within 4 months graduation from, an undergraduate or graduate degree program in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or related field required
• Experience with relational databases and SQL required
• Familiarity with the current state of freely available basketball research preferred
• Knowledge of and experience working with basketball strongly preferred
• Experience with R statistical software preferred including package management
• Experience using Git version control system
• Ability to work independently potentially under tight deadlines and relate to and communicate effectively with people of varied backgrounds (programmers, analysts, outside data vendors, other front office members) required
• Ability to work evening, weekend and holiday hours (as dictated by the basketball calendar) required
• Willingness and ability to relocate to Sacramento and work on site in the Kings Basketball offices

The Sacramento Kings Organization is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital/familial status or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law. The Sacramento Kings organization also complies with all provisions of the US Government's Executive Order 11246 dated September 24, 1965 and the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r75w16-18-116-80-77-42 in your application.