The Best Players Need the Best People.
Working with internal and external partners, the incumbent will design and ship complex features and services, owning multi-month projects with real ambiguity. The Senior Software Engineer translates fuzzy product or operational needs into clear technical plans, sets technical direction for projects, and weighs reliability, cost, security, and delivery speed.
This role drives technical decisions in design reviews, coaches mid-level engineers, and provides guidance to junior developers both within the company and selected vendors. Other responsibilities include ensuring that work items are developed against current standards and using best practices, ensuring our applications are future-proofed for further features; provide technical support to Director Software Engineering and VP of Engineering.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or equivalent experience
Minimum 7 years of work experience in modern software development practices
Minimum 7 years reviewing product and/or business requirements and providing technical feedback
Minimum 6 years delivering quantifiable business results
Designs and ships complex features and services with strong system design skills within a team’s domain
Sets technical direction for a project, weighing reliability, cost, security, and delivery speed
Gives high-quality code reviews and raises the team’s quality bar
Owns multi-month projects with real ambiguity; translates fuzzy product or operational needs into clear technical plans
Prior supervisory skills managing others in a direct or indirect manner preferred
Experience working with an internal software development team and/or external development partners
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across multiple teams and at varying levels throughout the organization
Knowledge of multiple functional areas such as Engineering, Content Development, UX/UI, Video and Fan/Customer Support
Familiarity with software development life-cycle methodologies such as SCRUM and Agile
Strong problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills with high attention to detail
Strong writing and communication skills
Experience working with live data in industries like banking, retail, or medical records
Experience in search engine optimization and accessibility standards
Sports background/knowledge is preferred but not required
RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES
Owns multi-month projects with real ambiguity; impact is visible at the team and stakeholder level
Tech lead on projects; drives technical decisions in design reviews
Coaches mid-level engineers and mentors senior associates
Trusted to represent the team in cross-functional discussions
Actively contributes to building team culture and norms
Writes proposals and design docs that drive decisions; comfortable presenting to engineering and product partners
Builds trust with non-engineering stakeholders; surfaces risks and trade-offs honestly
Provide input and thoughts for architectural review of the PGA TOUR digital roadmap
Provide technical feasibility of items in the product backlog
Works collaboratively with the project management team to develop product objectives and define scope
Partners with vendors on the user experience and implementation/support of digital products
Collaborates with support staff to troubleshoot issues
Performs relevant or necessary on-going system configurations and operational tasks to support the product/platform
Special Projects or other duties as assigned
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 7 years of work experience in modern software development practices
- Minimum 7 years reviewing product and/or business requirements and providing technical feedback
- Minimum 6 years delivering quantifiable business results
- Designs and ships complex features and services with strong system design skills
- Sets technical direction for projects, considering reliability, cost, security, and delivery speed
- Performs and gives high-quality code reviews to raise team quality
- Owns multi-month projects and translates ambiguous needs into clear technical plans
- Experience working with internal software teams and/or external development partners
- Strong interpersonal, writing, and communication skills
- Knowledge of multiple functional areas (Engineering, Content Development, UX/UI, Video, Support)
- Familiarity with software development life-cycle methodologies such as SCRUM and Agile
- Strong problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills with high attention to detail
- Experience working with live data in industries like banking, retail, or medical records
- Experience in search engine optimization and accessibility standards
- Prior supervisory skills managing others in a direct or indirect manner
- Sports background/knowledge
What We Do
By showcasing golf’s greatest players, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively impacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide. The PGA TOUR, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, co-sanctions more than 130 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Series-China. Members on the PGA TOUR represent the world’s best players, hailing from 29 countries and territories (93 members are from outside the United States). Worldwide, PGA TOUR tournaments are broadcast to 212 countries and territories in 23 languages. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving. In 2019, tournaments across all Tours generated a record $204.3 million for local and national charitable organizations, bringing the all-time total to more than $3 billion. To learn more about the positive impact the PGA TOUR has on the communities in which we play, please visit www.pgatour.com/impact. Fans can follow the PGA TOUR on PGATOUR.COM, the No. 1 site in golf, on the PGA TOUR app and on social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram (in English, Spanish and Korean), LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, WeChat, Weibo, Toutiao and Douyin.
