Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven Backend, Remote

Progressive Leasing; Utah; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health benefits

401k matched

PTO & holidays

ERGs & inclusion groups

ESPP

Tuition reimbursement

Charitable gift matching

Equipment provided

Job summary

Progressive Leasing is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive hands-on development across a multi-service backend (C#/.NET and Java/Spring Boot) deployed on Kubernetes (AWS EKS). You will write production code daily, mentor engineers, and champion AI-assisted tooling to automate and accelerate delivery.

You will collaborate across teams, shape architectural decisions, and ensure alignment with lease-to-own business needs while improving developer experience and velocity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with hands-on coding daily.
• Strong depth in at least one of C#/.NET or Java/Spring.
• Proven experience with AI coding tools and automation.
• Experience deploying cloud-native apps on AWS EKS/Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Write and ship production code regularly in a hands-on role.
• Own technical decisions across a multi-service backend platform (C#/.NET and Java/Spring Boot).
• Leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate development and quality.
• Build internal tooling and automation to reduce manual toil for the team.
• Collaborate on architecture changes and cross-service initiatives.

Skills

C#/.NET

Java/Spring Boot

AI coding tools

AWS EKS/Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring engineers

Financial/decimal precision

Tools

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Docker

Job description

Progressive Leasing is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to drive hands-on development across a multi-service backend (C#/.NET and Java/Spring Boot) deployed on Kubernetes (AWS EKS). You will write production code daily, mentor engineers, and champion AI-assisted tooling to automate and accelerate delivery.

You will collaborate across teams, shape architectural decisions, and ensure alignment with lease-to-own business needs while improving developer experience and velocity.