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Founded in 1981, STATS began as a grass roots operation tracking baseball in a unique, esoteric fashion. Today, with more than 25 years of experience in sophisticated sports data collection, processing and distribution - STATS is the world's leading sports information, content and statistical analysis company. For more information on careers at STATS, contact our Human Resources department.

STATS LLC offers a highly competitive salary and an impressive array of benefits, including: comprehensive health coverage, 401(k) plan, and tuition assistance.

Software Engineer

SportVU is seeking a versatile software engineer for a challenging job. As part of the job you will be responsible for developing and improving the infrastructure of complex R/T systems incorporating various technologies.

SportVU is the R&D arm of STATS, a global leader in the Sports Solutions industry.

Required skills include the following:
  • At least 5 years of software development experience, of which at least 4 years is C++ and 1 year in .NET
  • Academic degree in Natural\ Exact sciences
  • Practical approach, great team worker, responsible
  • Project driven
Desired (At least 2 are required):
  • Sports Fan
  • Hardware\ Optics
  • Image\ Video processing
  • Algorithms
  • Optimization
  • OS Internals
  • R/T \ Embedded\ C

This position is located in Israel.

www.sportvu.com

Founded in 2005, SportVU is an Israeli-based technology company focused on improving the quality of sports coverage. Its principals have extensive experience in innovative technologies including visual intelligence, automatic interpretations systems, computer graphics and broadcast graphics.

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Algorithms Engineer

SportVU is seeking an algorithms engineer with experience in computer vision algorithms development. As part of the job you will be responsible to develop and implement algorithms, while taking into account a broad system approach. The job involves independent development as well as close team work in a rapidly changing environment.

SportVU is the R&D arm of STATS, a global leader in the Sports Solutions industry.

Required skills include the following:
  • MSc in Computer Sciences Math, Physics or related domains from a university (graduates with honors will also be considered)
  • At least 3 years of experience in computer vision or image processing algorithms development
  • Excellent C++; At least 3 years of experience.
  • Practical approach, great team worker, responsible
Desired (At least 2 are required):
  • Sports Fan
  • Statistics
  • Graph Theory

This position is located in Israel.

www.sportvu.com

Founded in 2005, SportVU is an Israeli-based technology company focused on improving the quality of sports coverage. Its principals have extensive experience in innovative technologies including visual intelligence, automatic interpretations systems, computer graphics and broadcast graphics.

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Computer Programmer

STATS LLC is searching for software developers with 4-6 years’ experience. We are the leader in providing sports information, stories, photos and audio content to media companies (internet, television, wireless, print), teams, game companies, etc. Our customers include, among others, FoxSports, ESPN, Yahoo!, CBS Sports, Google, The Associated Press and numerous professional teams.

Job duties will include development and maintenance of new products, including everything from real-time database updates to statistical database loads to creating frontend display of sports data.

A heavy emphasis in this job will be on data manipulation, extraction and back-end processing in an Oracle database or SQL Server database.

The ideal candidate is highly analytical, creative and self-motivated. A degree in computer science is desired.

Required skills include the following:
  • .NET
  • PL/SQL working with Oracle and SQL Server
  • IIS, SQL Server Integration Services
  • Microsoft Entity Framework
  • Microsoft WCF Data Services
  • ODATA, WIF, WCF, LINQ
  • ASP.NET MVC
Experience with web security and the following is a plus:
  • Federated Authentication
  • Secure Token Service (STS)
  • Claims-based security
  • SSL certificates

Interest in professional or college sports is highly beneficial. We have multiple positions available and some will require regular night and/or weekend work.

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Senior Web Developer

STATS LLC, the world's leading sports information and analysis company, is searching for a well-rounded developer with 4+ years of experience and a strong focus on the latest web technologies to join their Product Development team. This team is responsible for creating and supporting web-based products for both new and current companies.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
  • Proficiency with ASP/ ASP.net
  • Proficiency with JavaScript/jQuery/AJAX
  • Proficiency with Oracle SQL development
  • In-depth understanding of cross-browser, front-end development issues
  • Strong desire to research new technologies and platforms
  • Capable of working well independently as well as within a team
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Excellent leadership, organizational, and communication skills
  • Love of sports is a must! (Passion for a variety of sports)
Desired:
  • Familiarity with Flash
  • Familiarity with Web 2.0/ HTML5 / CSS3
  • Familiarity with Web Services and JSON/XML parsing

This position must be worked out of our Northbrook office. You must be able to legally work in the United States.

No Agencys or Third Parties

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Data Collection

STATS has an immediate opening for a sports fan fluent in Korean. Position will be between 10 and 30 hours per week, flexible hours at $12/hour. Candidates should be able to type 60+ WPM. Working knowledge of baseball and soccer is important. Work is out of our Northbrook office.

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Data Collection

STATS is seeking applicants with pro or college baseball playing experience for an opening to assist primarily with baseball pitch type analysis. An excellent working knowledge of other sports is critical. Other duties include data entry and stat-checking. Night/weekend availability is important, 30-35 hours per week at $12+/hour, depending on experience. Work would be out of our Northbrook office.

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