Director of Software Engineering - Front End Experience (Remote)

About the position

Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. As an almost 20+ year old FinTech company that has gone from start-up to industry leader, we know how to innovate, simplify, and value all people. We are a company founded on our grit and we are constantly looking to the future. As an ever-evolving group of entrepreneurs and technologists, we strive to do the right thing period in all aspects of our work. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), an exciting FinTech holding company, with three business segments including Progressive, Vive Financial, and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform. We are currently hiring a Director of Software Engineering (Frontend experience) 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 from our corporate office in Utah.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing frontend and mobile engineering team.
• Define and drive the front-end engineering strategy, ensuring alignment with company goals.
• Establish best practices, coding standards, and architecture guidelines for front-end development.
• Own and manage budgets for front-end tools, licensing, and third-party integrations, ensuring cost-effective and high-impact technology choices.
• Lead vendor management and negotiations, including UI frameworks, headless CMS platforms (ContentStack, Contentful, Sanity), and third-party services.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with Product, UX, and Backend teams to align engineering initiatives with business objectives.
• Modernize the front-end stack, leading the transition from Angular to React.js, React Native, and Next.js.
• Define and implement innovative frontend architectures, including BFF (Backend-for-Frontend), micro-frontends, and server-driven UI approaches.
• Champion design systems, reusable component libraries, and scalable UI patterns, ensuring consistency across web and mobile applications.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, leveraging AI-powered personalization, WebAssembly, GraphQL, and edge computing to enhance user experience.
• Leverage user research, A/B testing, and behavioral analytics to make data-driven frontend decisions that improve UX and conversion rates.
• Implement performance monitoring, analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, Segment), and real-time insights to continuously optimize customer experiences.
• Architect, mentor, and help build enterprise-level frontend and mobile solutions that scale to millions of users.
• Optimize applications for performance, security, and usability across various devices and platforms.
• Implement progressive enhancement strategies, lazy loading, SSR, ISR, and CDN optimizations for high-performance frontend delivery.
• Ensure frontend and mobile applications meet accessibility (WCAG/ADA) and security (OAuth, CSP, CORS) compliance.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years leading engineering teams across front-end and mobile development.
• Proven track record of hiring, mentoring, and scaling high-impact engineering teams.
• Experience owning and delivering enterprise-grade front-end and mobile applications serving millions of customers.
• Strong ability to collaborate with business and technical stakeholders, influencing frontend technology decisions across the company.
• Experience managing frontend technology budgets, licensing costs, and vendor negotiations for UI frameworks, CMS platforms, and third-party integrations.
• Deep expertise in React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and React Native, with knowledge of Angular for transitional support.
• Proficiency in Redux, React Query, Zustand, GraphQL (Apollo, URQL), WebSocket, and RESTful API integrations.
• Experience leading React Native teams and working with native development (Swift/Kotlin) as needed.
• Mastery of SSR, ISR, SSG, lazy loading, bundling (e.g., Webpack, Vite, ESBuild), tree-shaking, and CDN strategies.
• Expertise in frontend security best practices (OAuth, JWT, CSP, CORS) and mobile security (OWASP Mobile Top 10, certificate pinning, Secure Enclaves).
• Experience with GitHub Actions, Fastlane (mobile CI/CD), Firebase App Distribution, Jest, Cypress, and Detox for automated testing.
• Strong advocate for micro-frontends (Webpack Module Federation, Single-Spa), monorepos (Nx, Turborepo), and scalable frontend patterns.
• Agile mindset with experience in Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps-driven engineering cultures.
• Familiarity with server-side rendering, edge computing (Cloudflare Workers, Vercel), and API-driven architectures.
• Strong understanding of user research, A/B testing methodologies, and behavioral analytics to drive UX and conversion improvements.
• Experience working with tools like Heap Analytics, Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Segment, and Hotjar to analyze user interactions and inform design decisions.
• Experience integrating headless CMS platforms like ContentStack, Contentful, Sanity, or Strapi into React-based frontend architectures.
• Strong understanding of GraphQL-based CMS APIs, real-time content updates, and multi-platform content syndication.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in E-commerce (scalable UIs, personalized experiences), Fintech (secure, high-performance apps), and SaaS (multi-tenant enterprise apps with complex UI interactions).
• Proven track record of leading digital transformations and modernizing front-end stacks.
• Familiarity with backend technologies (Node.js, Nest.js, Next.js, microservices) to collaborate effectively with backend teams.
• Experience working with WebAssembly (Wasm), WebGL, or AI-driven UI personalization.
• Experience integrating AI-powered UX, AR/VR experiences, and voice interfaces into frontend applications.
• Exposure to native mobile development (Swift, Kotlin, Objective-C, Jetpack Compose, SwiftUI).
• Experience with App Store & Play Store release processes, OTA updates (CodePush, Expo EAS, AppCenter).
• Expertise in deep linking (AppsFlyer, Firebase Dynamic Links, Branch.io) and mobile analytics (Segment, Mixpanel, Amplitude).
• Passion for exploring emerging front-end technologies that enhance scalability, performance, and user engagement.
• Experience driving technical innovation beyond industry trends, including AI-powered UI personalization, edge computing, and immersive UI experiences.
• Deep understanding of WCAG, ADA compliance, ARIA roles, and mobile accessibility guidelines.
• Experience with voice interfaces, gesture-based navigation, and inclusive UI design.