Lead Engineer - Mobile & Full-Stack; Remote

Lead Engineer
- Mobile & Full-Stack (Remote)

Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. With more than 20 years in Fin Tech, we've grown from start-up to industry leader by innovating, simplifying, and valuing people. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings, a Fin Tech holding company with three business segments:
Progressive Leasing, Purchasing Power, and Four.

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.

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 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 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:

• Experience with A.I. first engineering and usage of tools
• Strong understanding of native iOS (Swift / Obj-C) and Android (Kotlin / Java) sufficient to bridge gaps and work with native modules
• Proven full-stack capability — comfortable owning or collaborating on BFF / API layers, not just the mobile UI
• Extensive experience with cross-browser and cross-platform development including mobile and responsive UI
• Experience with state management (Redux, Zustand, Recoil, or equivalent), REST APIs, GraphQL, and mobile-specific data-fetching patterns
• Proven track record shipping production apps to the App Store and Google Play
• Experience developing and architecting high-transaction, high-throughput systems
• Demonstrated ability to lead distributed, contractor-heavy teams across time zones with strong personal accountability
• Excellent…