Senior Software Engineer

This position is responsible for developing platforms and technology solutions across the Golf Technologies department portfolio — including our competitions platforms, statistics platforms, and data delivery platforms. 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 is a senior technical team member with a strong delivery focus. This role translates fuzzy product or operational needs into clear technical plans, contributes deeply on delivered technical solutions, and weighs reliability, cost, security, and delivery speed. The role works with AI tools and technologies on a day-to-day basis to accelerate delivery and build smarter solutions — from AI-assisted development to incorporating AI/ML capabilities into our platforms. The Senior Software Engineer contributes to technical decisions in design reviews, ensures work items are developed against current standards and best practices, and ensures our applications are future-proofed for further features. The role provides technical support to the 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

• Cloud development experience, preferably in AWS

• Works with AI tools and technologies (e.g., AI-assisted development, LLMs, or AI/ML-driven features) to deliver solutions; hands-on experience is ideal

• Gives high-quality code reviews and raises the team’s quality bar

• 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

• Contributes to technical decisions in design reviews as a senior technical resource on projects

• Leverages AI tools and technologies day-to-day to accelerate development and deliver higher-quality solutions

• 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