Data Engineer/Scientist

Leeds United FC; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Leeds United FC is seeking a Data Engineer/Scientist to enhance their Football Department's data analysis capabilities. The successful candidate will build robust data pipelines, develop metrics, and ensure data standardization for optimal decision-making in recruiting and performance analytics. This permanent role at Elland Road offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic sports environment and contribute to innovative data-driven strategies.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in data analysis, data science, or data engineering.
• Good knowledge of various data sources in professional sport.
• In-depth knowledge of SQL and Python for data pipeline management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and build data pipelines for the football data platform.
• Integrate new data sources into central data storage.
• Develop player and team metrics for analysis.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data Analysis

Data Engineering

Cloud Infrastructure

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Relevant degree in Data Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

GitHub

AWS

CI/CD Tools

Job description

**Job Title:**Data Engineer/Scientist

**Hours of Work:**40 hours per week

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**Location:**Elland Road

**Responsible to:**Head of Football Analytics

**Contract Type:**Permanent

**Closing Date:**6th June 2025

Role Summary

The Football Department at Leeds United is working to leverage data to enhance decision making from analysis and recruitment to performance and medicine. We are looking for an individual to build robust pipelines to create a data infrastructure ready for data science modelling and to support our football platform.

Role Responsibilities

Data Pipelines & Infrastructure: working with our Football Data Platform Lead, you will maintain and build data pipelines that serve our models, tools and central platform.

Data Ingestion: Further develop our central data storage and integrate new data sources

Data Standardisation: Leverage SQL to create a standardised layer across our various data types to allow for efficient and scalable data science and analysis.

Data Synchronisation: you will enhance integrations between event and tracking datasets

Metric Development: you will develop player and team metrics from our event-tracking models

Other Responsibilities

• To take responsibilities for personal performance and the development of personal skills to ensure the required skills, knowledge and competence to fulfil the role.
• Perform duties with due regard to Club policies and procedures and legislative requirements at all times;
• To act as an ambassador for equity and inclusion, openly championing the Clubs commitment and action plan. To recognise and appropriately challenge incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, sexual harassment or victimisation and any form of abuse of equal opportunities, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and procedures
• Ensure implementation of the Club’s health & safety, safeguarding, welfare and equality policies to create a safe working environment for all;
• Undertake continuous professional development (CPD) training and/or additional training as identified or as required.
• Ensure working practices are compliant with relevant legislation and data protection legislation and/or general data protection regulations (GDPR) requirements;

Required Relevant Experience

• Professional experience in data analysis, data science or data engineering
• Have a good knowledge and experience of the various types of data sources in professional sport (event, tracking, scouting notes, grading, wearable technology and testing data) and understand how it can be integrated to make strategic and operational decisions.

Required Technical Skills

Essential

• You have in-depth knowledge of SQL and Python to build, monitor and maintain data pipelines
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS Lambda, S3, EC2, API Gateway, Airflow, Redshift).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and version control systems (e.g., GitHub Actions).
• You have an understanding of Infrastructure as Code (e.g. CloudFormation)
• Interest in developing analytical skills using polars, pandas or SQL
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS Lambda).

Club Statements

General Statement

All employees and workers of the Club must at all times carry out their responsibilities with due regards to all policies and procedures and in particular health and safety, confidentiality and data protection.

Safeguarding Statement

Leeds United is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and adults at risk and require all employees to share this commitment and promote the welfare of these groups.

Applicants will be asked about any previous convictions, cautions, reprimands, including those that are considered ‘spent’ as defined by the Rehabilitation Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amended 2013). Appointment to this role is subject to a satisfactory DBS Check (with children’s barred list check) and references.

www.leedsunited.com/en/club/safeguarding

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Statement

Leeds United is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation. The club does not tolerate any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment. Your behaviour must align to the principles of equality as outlined in the Clubs equality policy which can be found at

www.leedsunited.com/en/equality-and-diversity

Health & Safety Statement

The Club is committed to effective management of the Health and Safety risks to all employees, visitors, supporters, and any others associated with the Club. As part of this commitment all staff are expected to conduct your business in a proactive way that prevents injury and ill health to those who may be affected by your activities.

All staff are expected to undertake regular Health & Safety related training and to ensure the environments in which they work remain safe at all times, with the mindset that Health & Safety is everybody’s responsibility.