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This mid- to senior-level role will be responsible for developing and maintaining the web applications, dashboards, and cloud infrastructure that support our coaching staff and football practitioners.\nWorking closely with the Data Science team, you will turn complex football performance data into practical, user-friendly tools that support decision-making in player development, opposition analysis, and tactics.\nKey Responsibilities\nApplication Development & Data Visualization\nDevelop, deploy, and maintain Python-based web applications using frameworks such as Dash and Streamlit.\nBuild interactive dashboards and reports using Tableau and Python visualization tools.\nWrite and optimize SQL queries to prepare data for applications and analysis.\nCreate clear, engaging visualizations that make complex football data easy to understand and use.\nFront-End Development & User Experience\nDesign intuitive, user-friendly interfaces for applications and dashboards.\nImprove the design, functionality, and navigation of existing tools.\nApply UI/UX principles to create consistent and responsive applications.\nIdentify new technologies and approaches that improve the user experience.\nCloud Infrastructure & DevOps\nManage Azure infrastructure, including Azure Web Apps, Functions, and Container Jobs.\nBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.\nSupport application deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance.\nQuality & Collaboration\nFollow software development best practices, including testing, code reviews, version control, and documentation.\nWork with data scientists, coaches, and practitioners to turn requirements into effective technical solutions.\nCommunicate technical information and analytical insights to non-technical stakeholders.\nMaintain SharePoint sites and support Power Apps development for internal tools.\nContribute to research, innovation, and technology projects as needed.\nQualifications & Experience\nBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, or equivalent professional experience.\n4+ years of professional front-end or full-stack software development experience.\nExperience developing and maintaining production-level web applications.\nTechnical Skills\nStrong Python development skills, with experience using Dash and/or Streamlit.\nAdvanced SQL skills, including complex queries and query optimization.\nExperience with Tableau and Python visualization libraries such as Plotly and Matplotlib.\nHands-on Azure experience, including cloud application deployment and management.\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Docker, and Git/GitHub workflows.\nUnderstanding of software development best practices, including testing, code reviews, documentation, and clean code.\nProfessional Skills\nStrong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.\nAbility to work collaboratively and translate business requirements into technical solutions.\nStrong problem-solving skills, initiative, and adaptability.\nCommitment to continuous learning and improvement.\nPreferred Skills\nExperience in sports technology, sports analytics, or high-performance sport.\nFamiliarity with football analytics, including xG, possession metrics, and player performance indicators.\nExperience with SharePoint, Power Apps, Azure DevOps, or advanced CI/CD architecture.\nExperience with Snowflake or other cloud data warehouses.\nOpen-source contributions or published technical work.\nWhy Join Us?\nAt Vancouver Whitecaps FC, you'll have the opportunity to combine technology, data, and football in a high-performance sporting environment. Your work will directly support our coaches, analysts, and practitioners in making informed decisions that contribute to player development and team performance.\nYou'll be part of a collaborative Data Science team where innovation and technology help shape the future of football. If you're passionate about building impactful applications and excited to contribute to professional sport, we'd love to hear from you.\nThe Club\nVancouver Whitecaps FC is the longest-running professional soccer club in Canada and the United States. Since its inaugural season in 1974, the club has united generations of loyal fans in British Columbia and beyond. With academies in eight out of ten provinces, a network of partner clubs, and hundreds of camps and clinics every year, Whitecaps FC provide a foundation for Canada’s soccer future.\nWe are also strongly committed to providing opportunities to Canadian athletes, both male and female, with the largest soccer development structure in Canada. This includes academy programs in eight of ten provinces across the country.\nIn addition to building a winning team on and off the pitch, the Club places great importance in giving back to our community, harnessing the power of sport to create a stronger, more equitable & inclusive society through three key community goals: helping meet critical needs, using soccer to build life skills and creating soccer participation opportunities in Indigenous communities.\nInclusion Statement\nVancouver Whitecaps FC believes that diversity and inclusion is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. This includes but is not limited to people of colour, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. Should you require any accommodation throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact our People & Culture department.\n\"Within these walls, you are welcomed, accepted, and respected. Here, no matter who you are or where you come from, you are home. And you’re part of the team regardless of your age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, marital or family status, disability, or religious belief or non-belief. All we ask is that you be ethical and inclusive in all that you do. Be respectful of all players, fans, and staff, and remember to cheer loudest for the ones wearing the blue and white. 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