What We Do Big League Advance, LLC (BLA) is an investment fund that provides minor league baseball players with the resources they need to help make their dream a reality. Players receive capital - not loans - and a player keeps the funds whether or not he ever makes it to the Major Leagues. For players who make it to the Major Leagues, we share in their success. We are currently exploring new opportunities within the world of sports where we can utilize our analytic capabilities to make an impact.  We are looking to hire a data engineer with significant experience in building data pipelines—extraction, automated cleaning, data modeling, and storage. Candidate must be comfortable working in a modern, cloud-based ecosystem, and adept with relational databases and at least one general purpose programming language. Data Engineer Responsibilities Build and maintain data pipelines Manage ETL processes Scrape, clean and store data from various different sources Requirements Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or quantitative field Proficient in at least one general-purpose programming language Significant experience building and maintaining relational databases Experience working in a modern, cloud-based ecosystem Sports analytics experience preferred, but not required To apply, email jrosenfeld@bigleagueadvance.com

Renaissance Alliance provides technology, business services, and market access to independent agencies in New England. The company controls ~$600M in property & casualty insurance premiums across personal and commercial products. The company was recently the recipient of a significant investment and has aggressive growth goals in the coming years. Renaissance has a unique data asset that includes insurance transactional and risk data with vast opportunities for value creation. Renaissance seeks a data scientist that can expand on the existing assets by augmenting the company’s data environment and creating the foundation on which the data can be used to create value for the company and its business partners. We are looking for a full-time data science lead to report to the Chief Technology Officer, but we are open to a short-term initial engagement with potential for a long-term employment opportunity. Education and/or Experience 2+ years of data science experience; preferred candidate has had experience building a data environment in a fast-paced environment Master’s Degree in Data Science preferred Experience working with insurance industry data is preferred Ideal candidate has experience in both back-end programming and front-end delivery (i.e., dashboard and app development) Essential Duties and Responsibilities Will include the following. Other duties may be assigned as needed. Quickly assess existing complex data assets, develop a long-term data management strategy, make data more readily accessible to the business Provide a perspective on how the data set can be improved overtime and recommendations to enhance the value going forward Infer business insights from complex data-sets, create new fields from input data (summary functions, case statements, regular expressions, etc.) Build, deploy, and maintain data dashboards and insights that can be delivered to our business partners Leverage agile and iterative delivery to build MVPs quickly Understand the strategic objectives of the company and how data can play a role in achieving those objectives Help drive the technology agenda of the company, reporting to the Chief Technology Officer    Supervisory Responsibilities While this role has no direct supervisory responsibilities at first, the ability to collaborate across the organization will be critical.  Ideal candidate will be able to build and manage a team as the company grows. Competencies To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Technical Skills  - Fluent in a wide range of statistical computing and data mining tools (e.g., R, Python, etc.); experience with SQL Server; experience with data visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, d3.js, etc.; experience building dashboards and simple apps. Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit situation; able to deal with change, delays, or unexpected events. Communication Skills - Ability to communicate effectively with executives, managers, vendors, and in group or team settings; ability to respond to requests quickly. Learning, Growth & Development - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; pursues training and development opportunities; volunteers readily; undertakes self-development activities; asks for and offers help when needed; commits to long hours of work if necessary to reach goals; measures self against standard of excellence. Process Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality; meets productivity standards; completes work in timely manner; strives to increase productivity; prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; sets goals and objectives; develops realistic action plans; anticipates potential problems and takes steps to resolve. Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; works well in group problem solving situations. Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback.

At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.                                                Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we are on a quest to change banking for good. Scrum Master In the Scrum Master role, you'll ensure your teams’ delivery success by leveraging the appropriate Agile methodology (Scrum/Kanban/etc.) to enable predictable, quality delivery while maintaining a focus on the continuous improvement of the team. The Scrum Master will optimize team productivity by removing impediments that may obstruct the pursuit of the team's goals and by preserving flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changes on the team. General Responsibilities Ensures team(s) maintain focus on quality and continuous delivery Provides visibility into delivery targets, commitments and progress Understands and coaches the team on delivery controls/compliance to minimize operational/reputational risk Understands and supports the product and technical strategies Stays current on domain architecture and targets to identify upstream/downstream dependencies and to support the team in risk management Proactively identifies impediments and appropriately resolves using network of peers and formal channels (including escalation if required) Supports team’s automation (testing, pipelines, deployments)/DevOps journey Integrates Agile & Lean principles into team practices and work products Coaches PO/team on backlog refinement and prioritization Utilizes team feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity and works with team to continuously improve Innovates with practices and frameworks through experimentation to improve the team and their delivery Understands and encourages team's engineering innovation and improvement (XP engineering practices, Dev Ops, etc.) Coaches the team to improve collaboration and self-organization Acts as an Agile mentor/coach to other Scrum Masters or any Agile role Actively seeks and participates in a variety of learning opportunities such as Communities of Practice, conferences, classroom training and independent study to further develop self and community Basic Qualifications Bachelor's Degree At least 2 years of Agile experience Preferred Qualifications Certified Scrum Master  4+ years of experience facilitating Agile teams on technology projects  3+ years of experience using JIRA (or VersionOne) 4+ years of experience managing projects  3+ years of experience with Enterprise Architecture projects and Open Source activities 1+ year of exposure or experience with release train engineering At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.