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Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. With more than 20 years in FinTech, we've grown from start-up to industry leader by innovating, simplifying, and valuing people. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), a FinTech holding company with three business segments: Progressive Leasing, Purchasing Power (a leading employee purchase program for consumer products and services using payroll deduction), and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform.

We are currently hiring a Lead Engineer - Mobile & Full-Stack (Remote) to help grow our company and ensure our mission is achieved!

This role is a work from home position and can be performed remotely anywhere in the continental US or in our corporate office in Draper, Utah.

Employee Value Proposition (EVP): PROG is dedicated to providing people with opportunity; opportunity for inclusive collaboration, opportunity for innovation, and opportunity for development.

WE ARE: Asales organization that is dedicated to developing and executing winning sales and marketing strategies in a fun and engaging environment. We provide our employees with challenging opportunities where passion, tenacity, innovation and diligence are rewarded. We want your passion, your creativity and your mastery in rallying support for the ideas that will advance our initiatives. With your broad strategic expertise, you will plan, develop and implement highly effective sales, marketing and operational strategies, solutions and initiatives to drive market share and sell-through for our clients.

YOU ARE: A software professional who leads with technical depth and delivers solutions for complex, large-scale business problems. You are equally at home in a React Native codebase, designing a BFF architecture, and mentoring engineers across time zones. You create and deliver customized experiences for customers across all channels - mobile app, webview, and website.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY:

Technical Leadership

• Own the architecture, quality, and delivery of the React Native mobile application and React JS web surfaces across iOS and Android

• Define and enforce coding standards, patterns, and best practices across mobile and full-stack developmentDrive 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 native UI through BFF to 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

Delivery & Execution

• Own end-to-end delivery of mobile and web features from technical scoping through App Store / Play Store 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

• Manage the technical complexity of the webview bridge between the native app and D2C web experience - a critical integration point for our lease application flow

• Develop and deploy solutions with performance, security, and accessibility in mind from the start

Team & Collaboration

• 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

YOU'LL BRING:

Required

Preferred

WE OFFER:

• Competitive Compensation + Bonus Potential

• 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

Progressive Leasing welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Progressive Leasing does business.