Basketball Products Software Engineer
Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (MSG Sports) is a leading professional sports company, with a collection of assets that includes the New York Knicks (NBA) and the New York Rangers (NHL), as well as two development league teams – the Westchester Knicks (NBAGL) and the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL). MSG Sports also operates a professional sports team performance center – the MSG Training Center in Greenburgh, NY. More information is available at www.msgsports.com.
Who are we hiring?
The Knicks’ Basketball Products Software Engineer will develop tools, web applications, and data infrastructure. The role will partner with departments within Basketball Operations (e.g., Scouting, Strategy) to identify, design, and implement products to drive insights and support decision making. Candidates with previous full-stack development experience—particularly in building web applications using REST services and JavaScript frameworks—are preferred, though recent graduates with strong foundational skills are also encouraged to apply.
What will you do?
- Design and implement tools and web-based applications for basketball operations.
- Collaborate with team members through the entire software development lifecycle.
- Interface with basketball operations departments to build visualizations, tools, and reporting capabilities to meet their needs.
- Follow best practices and established patterns of software development and design.
- Support ingestion and transformation of data from multiple external and internal data sources.
- Enjoy being a generalist working on both the front-end, backend, and doing anything it takes to solve problems and deliver what users need.
What do you need to succeed?
- Bachelor’s degree or accredited certificate in computer science or related field.
- Software development experience with the following technologies:
- Front-end JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React [Next.js], Vue, Angular)
- CSS/Web Styling frameworks (e.g. Material, Bootstrap)
- Back-end frameworks (e.g. Express, .NET, Django)
- Relation databases (e.g. SQL Server, MySQL)
- Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and industry best practices.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills – must be able to breakdown complex tasks and craft an execution strategy with little guidance.
- Fundamental understanding of NBA contracts and front-office processes.
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