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 Lead Full-Stack Engineer (Remote, North Carolina)
Lead engineering for Progressive Leasing’s lease-to-own platform, overseeing Angular applications and APIs from architecture through production. Guide distributed teams and deliver secure, high-throughput web products.
Description
- Lead architecture, quality, and delivery for the Angular application and its APIs and services.
- Set and uphold development standards across mobile and full-stack work, and promote AI-first engineering practices.
- Shape the technical roadmap in line with product objectives, delivery schedules, and broader engineering priorities.
- Guide architecture, design, testing, and implementation across web interfaces, backend API contracts, and LLM integrations.
- Run thorough code reviews and investigate the root causes of serious production incidents.
- Manage web features end to end, from technical scoping to release and production monitoring.
- Turn complex requirements into practical tasks, milestones, and clear responsibilities for distributed teams.
- Spot and reduce technical risks throughout development.
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and release processes for both platforms.
- Establish and maintain observability and logging practices across application layers.
- Build and deploy software with performance, security, and accessibility in mind.
- Lead and mentor team members across the Americas and India.
- Work with Product, Design, QA, and Backend teams using Agile practices.
- Lead organization-wide initiatives and continually improve engineering practices.
- Contribute to hiring through résumé reviews, technical interviews, and candidate assessments.
- Set clear expectations for employees and contractors.
- Support software quality with automated tests, 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 command of object-oriented design and sound architecture for user interfaces and APIs.
- Proven full-stack ability, including ownership of or collaboration on BFF and API layers.
- Extensive cross-browser and cross-platform development experience, including mobile and responsive interfaces.
- Experience developing and architecting high-transaction, high-throughput systems.
- Ability to lead distributed teams across time zones with strong personal accountability.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with a meticulous and methodical approach to translating complex business needs into simple software solutions.
- Experience with CI/CD, Agile methods, and open-source technologies.
- Preferred: Experience with LLM or AI-native development patterns and integrating AI features into consumer products.
- Preferred: Experience leading teams of five or more engineers across multiple locations.
- Preferred: Familiarity with service-oriented architecture and microservices.
- Preferred: Experience with 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, plus paid parental leave.
- Company-matched 401(k).
- Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid volunteer time.
- Diversity alliance resource groups.
- Employee stock purchase program.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Charitable gift matching.
- Company-provided equipment and services required for the job.