Point-of-sale lease-to-own platform for credit-challenged consumers
Progressive Leasing operates a fintech platform enabling in-store, ecommerce, and app-based lease-to-own transactions across furniture, appliances, electronics, and other categories. The tech stack spans .NET, Java (Spring Boot), AWS, and Kubernetes—a mature, polyglot backend—while active adoption of Workday, AWS EKS, and AI tooling (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) signals modernization of internal systems and emerging LLM feature exploration. Sales-led hiring (41 open roles) paired with engineering capacity (30 roles) reflects a company scaling distribution while managing POS integration complexity and SOX compliance debt.
Notable leadership hires: Team Lead Collections, Creative Director
Progressive Leasing is a publicly traded fintech company headquartered in Draper, Utah, operating since 1999. The platform provides transparent, flexible lease-to-own payment options to consumers with limited credit access, partnering with retail merchants in furniture, appliances, jewelry, electronics, and related categories. Core operations span point-of-sale integration, ecommerce and mobile channels, lease servicing, and purchasing power post-close workflows. The company serves millions of consumers and maintains 1,001–5,000 employees across the United States, with active challenges in retailer POS integration, SOX compliance alignment, and tech-debt management alongside growth scaling.
Primary languages: C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Java (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Security). Databases: relational via Hibernate/JPA. Cloud: AWS (WAF, EKS, VPC), Azure, GCP. DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git. Analytics: Tableau, Power BI. Integrations: Salesforce, OAuth 2.0, IAM.
POS integration with retailers, LLM-based proof-of-concepts, Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT integrations, performance dashboard enhancements, messaging services platform, and post-close purchasing power integrations. Also managing payroll/benefits migration and SOX compliance alignment.
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