The Arizona Diamondbacks are seeking a Director of Baseball Systems to lead the continued design, development, and evolution of our internal baseball decision-making platform. This role sits at the intersection of technology, data, and baseball operations—and plays a critical role in our group’s ability to translate information into a competitive advantage on the field.

The Director of Baseball Systems will be both a hands-on contributor and a people leader, responsible for building scalable, intuitive, and reliable systems while developing a high-performing team of software and data engineers. This individual will help ensure our systems support clear thinking, sound decision-making, and alignment across Baseball Operations.

Key Responsibilities

Build & Evolve Core Systems

• Lead the development, expansion, and continuous improvement of our internal baseball systems, ensuring they are intuitive, dependable, and meaningfully improve decision-making.
• Own architectural strategy to ensure systems are scalable, performant, and adaptable as organizational needs evolve.
• Guide ongoing cloud data migration efforts, maintaining and improving existing pipelines while designing new, robust, and responsive data platforms.

Lead & Develop People

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of software and data engineers with diverse skill sets across full-stack development, database management, cloud architecture, and system design.
• Establish best practices for code quality, system reliability, documentation, and long-term maintainability.
• Create an environment of support and accountability where engineers are empowered to do their best work and continuously improve.

Collaborate Across Baseball Operations

• Partner closely with stakeholders across Baseball Operations—including the front office, player development, scouting, and research & development—to understand needs, ask the right questions, and translate ideas into effective technical solutions.
• Serve as a bridge between technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring shared understanding and alignment around system capabilities and limitations.
• Design systems that respect the realities of baseball workflows while elevating clarity, efficiency, and trust in the information being delivered.

Qualifications & Experience

Technical Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Expert-level proficiency in multiple areas, including:
  • Front-end development
  • Back-end development
  • Cloud architecture
  • Database design and management
  • UX/UI design
  • Experience integrating and maintaining third-party APIs.

Leadership & Communication

• Proven experience leading technical teams.
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated judgment in balancing thoroughness with simplicity—building systems that are powerful without being unnecessarily complex.