Automation Engineer

We are seeking an Automation Engineer with 1–3 years of experience to partner with departments across the Florida Panthers organization — from Marketing and Ticket Sales to Corporate Partnerships, Finance, Retail, and Venue Operations — to identify high-value automation opportunities and ship the tools that capture them. Operating 100% on-site at our Sunrise offices, this role combines backend engineering with stakeholder-facing work; you will spend meaningful time understanding how the business actually operates and translate that knowledge into Python-based scripts, integrations, and AI agent tools that eliminate manual effort. While we value process-improvement or business-systems experience, we are primarily looking for a hands-on builder with elite Python skills who is excited to write code that has direct, visible impact on a championship organization.

• →Partner with internal departments to shadow workflows, identify pain points, and scope automation opportunities that translate manual effort into measurable time savings.
• →Design and build Python-based automation scripts, integrations, and agent tools that connect internal systems via APIs and webhooks.
• →Contribute to our internal AI agent platform by building agents that automate repetitive, template-based, or judgment-light work across departments.
• →Document existing workflows clearly and produce simple analyses to support build-vs-buy and prioritization decisions.
• →Contribute small interface features to internal applications when an automation requires a user-facing component.
• →Present findings, demos, and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders, translating technical work into a clear commercial narrative.
• →Collaborate closely with the Platform Engineer and Product Engineer on shared infrastructure, interfaces, and integration points.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in software engineering, business systems, process automation, or a similar hands-on technical role.
• Solid proficiency in Python, with a focus on writing maintainable, production-ready automations and integrations.
• Demonstrated experience working with REST APIs, webhooks, and integrating disparate business systems.
• Comfort writing SQL to extract and validate data from relational databases.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication; proven ability to explain technical work clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work full-time, on-site at our Sunrise, FL offices. This role is based 100% in-person to support close collaboration with the broader BI team and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Experience automating workflows across business systems used in CRM, marketing, finance, or operations.
• Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure within the AWS ecosystem (S3, Lambda, etc.) and workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Prefect).
• Exposure to LLM applications, prompt engineering, or AI agent frameworks.
• Experience producing simple business analyses or process documentation alongside automation work.
• A passion for sports analytics or previous experience within the sports and entertainment industry.

You will join a lean, fast-moving Data Science team where creativity and speed are essential. We operate in a championship-winning environment that is structured yet agile; you will often be given open-ended business problems that require you to be both the architect and the builder of the solution. We are looking for a teammate who is eager to apply technical craft to the exciting world of professional sports.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This position is on-site in our Sunrise, FL offices (no remote work is available).  This is an exempt salaried position. Must be able to work flexible hours including nights, weekend, and occassional holidays.