What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Platform Engineer position at Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.?
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) is a leader in live entertainment, delivering unforgettable experiences while forging deep connections with diverse and passionate audiences. The Company’s portfolio includes a collection of world-renowned venues – New York’s Madison Square Garden, Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and Beacon Theatre; and The Chicago Theatre – that showcase a broad array of sporting events, concerts, family shows, and special events for millions of guests annually. In addition, the Company features the original production, the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, which has been a holiday tradition for more than 90 years. More information is available at www.msgentertainment.com.
Who are we hiring?
The Data Platform Engineer will report to the Director, Data Platforms and will be responsible for the design, build, and maintenance of Madison Square Garden Family of Company’s data platforms used for both analytics and for the integration of business and customer-facing applications. This role plays a critical part in advancing MSG’s cloud-native data architecture and enabling reliable, scalable analytics and production data use cases. The Data Platform Engineer will design, build, and operate core components of the enterprise data platform, including robust data pipelines, scalable cloud infrastructure, and optimized data models that power business intelligence and operational systems across the organization. This position requires strong hands-on engineering expertise along with the ability to contribute to platform-level architecture, ensuring the data ecosystem is performant, secure, and positioned to scale with evolving business needs.
What will you do?
$96,000—$145,000 USD
At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here.
We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required.
Who are we hiring?
The Data Platform Engineer will report to the Director, Data Platforms and will be responsible for the design, build, and maintenance of Madison Square Garden Family of Company’s data platforms used for both analytics and for the integration of business and customer-facing applications. This role plays a critical part in advancing MSG’s cloud-native data architecture and enabling reliable, scalable analytics and production data use cases. The Data Platform Engineer will design, build, and operate core components of the enterprise data platform, including robust data pipelines, scalable cloud infrastructure, and optimized data models that power business intelligence and operational systems across the organization. This position requires strong hands-on engineering expertise along with the ability to contribute to platform-level architecture, ensuring the data ecosystem is performant, secure, and positioned to scale with evolving business needs.
What will you do?
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, reliable AWS-based data architecture
- Develop and optimize production-grade Python data pipelines
- Own end-to-end ELT workflows using DBT and Apache Airflow
- Design, implement, and optimize data models to support analytics and operational reporting
- Improve platform reliability, observability, and performance across the data stack
- Contribute to architectural decisions for scalability, security, and cost optimization
- Partner with DevOps to implement CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automated deployments
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies to evolve MSG’s data platform
- 4–7 years experience building and maintaining production data pipelines
- 4 years Python development experience (production-grade code)
- 2 years experience with DBT
- 2 years experience with Apache Airflow (or equivalent orchestration tools)
- Strong SQL and data modeling expertise (dimensional normalized modeling)
- Hands-on experience with AWS data services (S3, Redshift, Glue, Athena, DynamoDB)
- Experience designing scalable data architectures in cloud environments
- Experience troubleshooting and supporting production systems
- Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with business stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation)
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
$96,000—$145,000 USD
At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here.
We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required.
Salary : $96,000 - $145,000