Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Progressive Leasing is a FinTech provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. The Lead Engineer will own the architecture and delivery of full-stack solutions across web and API layers, guide a distributed engineering team, and drive technical strategy, delivery, quality, and organizational improvement.
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture, quality, and delivery of the Angular application and related APIs/services
- Define and enforce coding standards, patterns, and best practices across mobile and full-stack development; drive the adoption of an A.I. first engineering mindset
- Drive technical roadmap decisions and align them with product goals, timelines, and the broader engineering organization
- Provide technical expertise in architecture, design, testing, and implementation — spanning web UI through backend API contracts and LLM integration patterns
- Lead in-depth code reviews and conduct root cause analysis of critical production issues
- Actively engage in and may influence the direction of industry groups or open-source communities
- Own end-to-end delivery of web features from technical scoping through release and production monitoring
- Break down complex requirements into actionable engineering tasks, milestones, and clear ownership across a distributed team
- Identify and proactively mitigate technical risk throughout the development lifecycle
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and release management processes for both platforms
- Create and maintain best practices for observability and logging for all layers of the application
- Develop and deploy solutions with performance, security, and accessibility in mind from the start
- Lead and mentor a geographically distributed team across two hubs (Americas and India), fostering strong engineering culture and clear accountability across time zones
- Work collaboratively with technical and business team members (Product, Design, QA, Backend) to develop and maintain business solutions following Agile principles
- Initiate and lead efforts toward organizational goals; be influential in building a dynamic, productive engineering organization and continuously improving practices
- Participate in hiring — reviewing resumes, conducting technical interviews, and evaluating candidates; proven experience building and mentoring world-class engineering teams
- Set clear expectations for a mix of full-time employees and contractors, raising the technical bar across all contributors
- Ensure software quality engineering by keeping engineers current on best practices, automated testing, alerting, and proactive production support
Skills
- A minimum of 10 years of software development experience, with at least 5 years focused on full-stack development
- Experience with A.I. first engineering and usage of Claude, Co-Pilot, and other tools
- Strong understanding of Object Oriented Design principles, and how to properly architect both a UI and an API
- Proven full-stack capability — comfortable owning or collaborating on BFF / API layers
- Extensive experience with cross-browser and cross-platform development including mobile and responsive UI
- Experience developing and architecting high-transaction, high-throughput systems
- Demonstrated ability to lead distributed teams across time zones with strong personal accountability
- Excellent problem-solving skills; meticulous, methodical, and able to translate complex business requirements into simple software solutions
- Experience with CI/CD, Agile methodologies, and open-source technologies
- Experience with LLM / AI-native development patterns and integrating AI-powered features into consumer products
- Experience leading teams of 5+ engineers across multiple geographies
- Familiarity with Service Oriented Architecture and microservices
- Background in mobile accessibility (WCAG, platform accessibility APIs)
- Background in fintech, consumer lending, or similarly regulated industries
- AI-enabled tools are already part of how work gets done across our organization, and their use will continue to expand over time. We value people who are curious, adaptable, and open to learning as roles and workflows evolve
Benefits
- This is a remote-eligible role that can be performed from anywhere in the continental US or from our corporate headquarters in Draper, Utah.
- Full Health Benefits; Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance + Paid Parental Leave
- Company Matched 401k
- Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Time
- Diversity Alliance Resource Groups
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Charitable Gift Matching
- Job Required Equipment & Services Will Be Provided
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