Software Engineering Manager

Topgolf Payroll Services; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Play & 1/2 price food!

Health, dental, vision

401(k) team member match

Free mental well-being platform

Job summary

Topgolf Payroll Services seeks an Engineering Manager for Memberships to lead a full-stack team building and operating guest-facing Memberships experiences and backend services.

You will own people, process, and delivery, guiding architecture, design decisions, and tech debt balance across Go, Vue.js, and PostgreSQL, while partnering with product and QA to deliver a scalable, observable system.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with full-stack breadth across backend and frontend.
• 2+ years directly managing software engineers, including hiring and career development.
• 3+ years building backend services in Go.
• 2+ years building frontend applications with Vue.js.
• 2+ years working with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• 1+ year experience with AI-assisted software development practices and tooling.
• 1+ year experience in Memberships, subscription, or loyalty systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and manage a team of full-stack engineers for Memberships systems, including hiring and mentorship.
• Set goals, run 1:1s, and foster ownership and accountability.
• Balance workload and staffing across Memberships initiatives; address gaps early.
• Guide architecture across Memberships systems spanning Go, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, and API design.
• Set engineering standards for code quality, testing, and release processes; participate in code reviews.
• Own end-to-end delivery of the Memberships roadmap, from planning to post-launch monitoring.
• Partner with product, design, QA, and platform engineering to translate needs into a prioritized roadmap.
• Represent the team in cross-functional planning and communicate risks and tradeoffs.

Skills

Leadership

Full-stack engineering

Architectural judgment

Communication

Ownership

Collaboration

AI-assisted development

Go

Vue.js

PostgreSQL

API design

CI/CD

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Python

Education

Tools

Go

Vue.js

PostgreSQL

API design

CI/CD

AWS

Azure

GCP

Python

Job description

The Engineering Manager, Memberships leads the team responsible for building and operating Topgolf’s Memberships systems, from guest-facing membership experiences through the backend services that power them. This role owns the people, process, and delivery of the Memberships engineering team, while staying technically credible across a full stack built on Go, Vue.js, and PostgreSQL.

Requirements

• Lead, grow, and manage a team of full-stack engineers building Memberships systems, including hiring, performance management, career development, and mentorship
• Set clear goals and expectations for the team, run effective 1:1s, and build a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Balance workload and staffing across Memberships initiatives, escalating resourcing gaps and continuity risks early
• Guide architecture and design decisions across Memberships systems, drawing on full-stack experience spanning Go, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, and API design
• Set engineering standards and best practices for code quality, testing, and release processes, and stay close to the codebase through code reviews and hands‑on problem solving on critical issues
• Own delivery of the Memberships roadmap end to end, from technical planning through implementation, QA, release, and post‑launch monitoring, ensuring systems are observable, testable, secure, and built to scale with guest demand
• Partner with product, design, QA, and platform engineering to translate guest needs and business priorities into a clear, prioritized Memberships roadmap
• Represent the Memberships team in cross‑functional planning and architecture discussions, communicating progress, risks, and tradeoffs to engineering leadership and business stakeholders

Critical Skills

• Strong architectural judgment and the ability to balance technical debt, delivery speed, and long‑term maintainability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to calibrate messaging for engineers and executive stakeholders alike
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability, and drive to elevate team capability
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and collaborate across product, design, QA, and platform engineering teams
• Working knowledge of Python is a plus
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern CI/CD practices
• Experience operating in a fast‑paced, evolving product environment with shifting priorities
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted software development practices and tooling

Experience

• 7+ Years Professional software engineering experience, with full‑stack breadth across backend and front‑end development
• 2+ Years Experience directly managing software engineers, including hiring, performance management, and career development
• 3+ Years Building backend services in Go
• 2+ Years Building front‑end applications with Vue.js
• 2+ Years Working with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• 1+ Years Experience with AI‑assisted software development practices and tooling
• 1+ Years Experience in Memberships, subscription, or loyalty systems

Benefits

• Free Play & 1/2 price food!
• Health, dental, vision
• 401(k) team member match
• free mental well-being platform – and that’s just for starters for those who qualify.

View team member benefits here.

ADA

The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.

EEO Statement

Topgolf is a global sports and entertainment community and is committed to equal opportunity and is firmly committed to preventing discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct, based on legally protected diversity characteristics (such as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, citizenship, genetic information and veteran status) in its application and hiring processes and in its employment decisions. As an affirmative action employer, Topgolf also takes steps to prevent retaliation and to create a respectful, equitable and inclusive environment for our Guests, Associates, business partners, vendors, and the communities we serve. Topgolf is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics or any other category protected under applicable law.

Topgolf participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I‑9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Our Promises to our Team Members

• A PLAYFUL ENVIRONMENT where you can make new friends
• A SAFE PLACE where you can BE YOUR FULL SELF every day
• CLEAR DIRECTION and tools to do your job
• An opportunity TO LEARN & GROW
• To LISTEN & ACT when you speak up
• We will NEVER STOP IMPROVING