Lead Software Engineer

We are currently hiring an Lead Software Engineer 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: Prog Tech embodies the modernity and transformational vision that is core to our business evolution. As passionate and hungry technical experts, we join together on the mission of progressing through technology. We believe in taking pride in our engineering, in the relentless pursuit of daily progress, and to bring others with you in your march to the future. We continuously experiment, fail fast, and constantly deliver.

YOU ARE: A proven tech lead who is committed to creating high-quality, stable, and fluid solutions that will be consumed by other engineering and infrastructure teams. Your passion for developer experience, mentoring, and coaching will improve the daily working lives of our colleagues, increase velocity, and deliver quality software to our partners and consumers. Your passion for technology will drive the next era of our products, tech stack, and tooling.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY:

• Leverage the latest technology and tools to deliver scalable, maintainable code

• Operate in a hybrid environment, including on-prem and multi-cloud platforms (i.e. AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)

• Collaborate and participate in developing solutions together in cross-discipline teams

• Actively participate in code reviews, leveraging code reviews to enforce best practices and software craftsmanship

• Every engineer plays a part in the development and evolution of our technology roadmap, and we get to try out a lot of new and exciting emerging technologies as well as contribute to product evaluations as we select new software and tools to deploy in our environments

• Demonstrate a high-sense of ownership and accountability for work produced

• Ability to contribute to team success, as well as your own individual success 

YOU’LL BRING:

Core Programming Expertise:
Strong knowledge of modern programming languages (e.g., C# .NET 6+) with proficiency in concepts such as collections, lambdas, functional programming, and concurrency/multithreading.

Frameworks & Tools:
Proficiency in enterprise application frameworks, including .NET Core/.NET 6+, and familiarity with dependency injection and modular application design.
Experience with ORM tools such as Entity Framework.

Microservices Architecture:
Hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying microservices in production environments.

Cloud Platforms:
Expertise with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and familiarity with cloud-native tools and platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker). AWS preferred.

DevOps Practices:
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, version control systems (Git), and build tools such as MSBuild/NuGet.

Database Expertise:
Experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).

System Performance:

Skilled in runtime tuning, profiling tools, and performance optimization for enterprise-scale applications.

API Development:

Deep understanding of RESTful API design, OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, and API security best practices.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Financial institution with focus on Lending. 

• Expertise with AWS.

• Familiarity with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).

• Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito).

Qualifications

• Exposure to frontend technologies like Angular or React is a plus.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. (or equivalent experience)

• Proven track record of leading teams and delivering large-scale systems.

• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.

WE OFFER:    

• Competitive Compensation

• Full Health Benefits; Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance + Paid Parental Leave

• Company Matched 401k

• Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Hours

• Employee Resource Groups (Black Inclusion Group, Women in Leadership, PRIDE, Adelante)

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Charitable Gift Matching

• Job required equipment and services