Progressive Leasing
Progressive Leasing
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
ConsultingLogisticsRetail
Progressive Leasing provides lease-to-own payment options that help consumers purchase products even when they have less-than-perfect credit. Its retail financing solutions cover categories including furniture, electronics, jewelry, tires and wheels, mobile devices, appliances, and mattresses through thousands of retail locations nationwide. Rather than relying only on traditional credit scores, Progressive Leasing evaluates additional information such as income and banking history. Customers can also schedule automatic payments around their paydays, giving retailers and shoppers a more flexible way to manage larger purchases.

Senior Full-Stack Lead Engineer

Lead full-stack engineering for Progressive Leasing’s fintech lease-to-own platform, guiding Angular application and API architecture, distributed teams, and technical delivery across the continental United States.

Description

  • Own architecture, quality, and delivery for the Angular application and its APIs and services.
  • Set coding standards and development practices across mobile and full-stack engineering.
  • Promote an AI-first approach to engineering.
  • Shape technical roadmap decisions to support product goals and timelines.
  • Guide architecture, design, testing, implementation, and LLM integration.
  • Lead code reviews and investigate the root causes of critical production issues.
  • Manage web feature delivery from technical scoping through release and production monitoring.
  • Turn complex requirements into engineering tasks, milestones, and clear ownership for a distributed team.
  • Identify and reduce technical risks throughout development.
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines and release management.
  • Establish and maintain observability and logging practices.
  • Build and deploy performant, secure, accessible software.
  • Lead and mentor a distributed team across the Americas and India.
  • Work with Product, Design, QA, and Backend teams using Agile practices.
  • Drive organizational improvements and build an effective engineering organization.
  • Support hiring through resume reviews, technical interviews, and candidate assessments.
  • Set expectations for employees and contractors.
  • Maintain software quality through automated testing, alerting, and proactive production support.

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of software development experience, including 5 or more years focused on full-stack development.
  • Experience with AI-first engineering and tools such as Claude and Copilot.
  • Strong grasp of object-oriented design principles.
  • Ability to architect both user interfaces and APIs.
  • Demonstrated full-stack skills, including BFF and API layers.
  • Extensive experience with cross-browser and cross-platform development, including mobile and responsive interfaces.
  • Experience developing and architecting high-transaction, high-throughput systems.
  • Ability to lead distributed teams across time zones.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to turn complex business needs into straightforward software solutions.
  • Experience with CI/CD, Agile methods, and open-source technologies.
  • Preferred: experience with LLM and AI-native development patterns and integrating AI-powered features into consumer products.
  • Preferred: experience leading teams of five or more engineers across multiple geographies.
  • Preferred: familiarity with service-oriented architecture and microservices.
  • Preferred: background in mobile accessibility, including WCAG and platform accessibility APIs.
  • Preferred: experience in fintech, consumer lending, or a similarly regulated industry.

Benefits

  • Health coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Company-matched 401(k).
  • Paid time off.
  • Paid holidays.
  • Paid volunteer time.
  • Diversity alliance resource groups.
  • Employee stock purchase program.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Charitable gift matching.
  • Job-required equipment and services provided.
  • Competitive compensation.

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