PGA TOUR

Senior Software Engineer

PGA TOUR$100K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum 7 years of work experience in modern software development practices
  • Minimum 6 years delivering quantifiable business results
  • Strong system design skills for complex features and services
  • Experience working with internal and external software development teams

Responsibilities

  • Owns multi-month projects with ambiguity and visible impacts
  • Serves as tech lead, driving technical decisions in design reviews
  • Coaches mid-level engineers and mentors junior developers
  • Acts as a representative for the team in cross-functional discussions
  • Contributes to creating team culture and upholding norms

Benefits

  • Opportunity for career growth and mentorship
  • Exposure to cross-functional teams and stakeholders
  • Chance to work on innovative digital products
  • Engagement with both internal and external development partners
  • Flexibility in working with complex and ambiguous projects
Full Job Description
This position is responsible for developing assigned digital work product(s).
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

About PGA TOUR

The PGA TOUR is a professional golf organization that is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. It was founded in 1929 and is responsible for organizing and promoting professional golf tournaments around the world. The PGA TOUR is made up of three tours: the PGA TOUR, the Korn Ferry Tour, and the PGA TOUR Champions. The PGA TOUR is the most prestigious of the three tours and is home to many of the world's top golfers. The organization also operates the PGA TOUR Superstore, which is a chain of golf retail stores located throughout the United States.
Learn more about PGA TOUR
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2023
5 Year Trend
+5%
Revenue
$3 billion

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