Engineering Tech Lead

Location: 5501 Headquarters Dr, Plano, Texas, 75024, United States of America Engineering Tech Lead About Upbound Upbound Group (NASDAQ: UPBD) is a technology-driven platform company focused on expanding financial opportunity through innovative and inclusive solutions. Our brands—Rent-A-Center, Acima, and Brigit—serve customers across both digital and retail channels, with over 2,400 locations across the U.S., Mexico, and Puerto Rico. We’re headquartered in Plano, TX. About the Role We’re looking for an Engineering Tech Lead to join our Enterprise & Store Technology team. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll spend about 40–50% of your time coding, while also guiding the team on design, architecture, and delivery. You’ll play a key role in driving end-to-end development, partnering closely with product and business teams, and ensuring we’re building scalable, high-quality solutions. We’re also evolving how we build software—so we’re looking for someone who’s comfortable leveraging modern AI tools (like GitHub Copilot) and can help introduce smarter, more efficient ways of working across the engineering team. What You’ll Be Doing Delivery & Execution Lead projects end-to-end—from design through deployment and production support Drive code quality through reviews, best practices, and performance optimization Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with our architecture Technical Leadership Guide and mentor engineers, helping elevate overall team capability Provide direction on design decisions and implementation approaches Work across teams and vendors to ensure smooth integration and delivery AI & Engineering Efficiency Help the team adopt tools like GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools Look for opportunities to improve delivery speed through automation (testing, documentation, etc.) Explore ways to incorporate AI-driven features into applications where it makes sense Collaboration Partner closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions Work with offshore teams and vendors to keep delivery on track Help resolve dependencies and unblock teams quickly Quality & Operations Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues Ensure applications perform reliably in production Support releases, UAT, and continuous improvements post-launch What We’re Looking For Technical Skills Strong full-stack development experience Frontend: React or Angular Backend: Node.js, Java, or Python Experience building microservices and APIs (REST/JSON) Strong background in cloud environments (AWS preferred) Solid SQL and database experience Leadership & Approach Experience leading or mentoring engineers Comfortable owning delivery from start to finish Strong collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams Nice to Have Experience using AI tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) in development workflows Exposure to building data-driven or intelligent features Background in retail or omni-channel environments Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience) 12+ years of experience in software development 2+ years in a technical leadership role Experience working in enterprise-scale, cloud-based environments Sponsorship Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.