{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"750164a5ff1f719908df41e6","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/750164a5ff1f719908df41e6","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/750164a5ff1f719908df41e6","title":"Engineering Tech Lead","description":"Location:\n5501 Headquarters Dr, Plano, Texas, 75024, United States of America\n\nEngineering Tech Lead\n\nAbout Upbound\n\nUpbound 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.\n\nAbout the Role\n\nWe’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.\n\nYou’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.\n\nWe’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.\n\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\n\nDelivery & Execution\n\nLead projects end-to-end—from design through deployment and production support\nDrive code quality through reviews, best practices, and performance optimization\nEnsure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with our architecture\n\nTechnical Leadership\n\nGuide and mentor engineers, helping elevate overall team capability\nProvide direction on design decisions and implementation approaches\nWork across teams and vendors to ensure smooth integration and delivery\n\nAI & Engineering Efficiency\n\nHelp the team adopt tools like GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools\nLook for opportunities to improve delivery speed through automation (testing, documentation, etc.)\nExplore ways to incorporate AI-driven features into applications where it makes sense\n\nCollaboration\n\nPartner closely with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions\nWork with offshore teams and vendors to keep delivery on track\nHelp resolve dependencies and unblock teams quickly\n\nQuality & Operations\n\nTroubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues\nEnsure applications perform reliably in production\nSupport releases, UAT, and continuous improvements post-launch\n\nWhat We’re Looking For\n\nTechnical Skills\n\nStrong full-stack development experience\nFrontend: React or Angular\nBackend: Node.js, Java, or Python\nExperience building microservices and APIs (REST/JSON)\nStrong background in cloud environments (AWS preferred)\nSolid SQL and database experience\n\nLeadership & Approach\n\nExperience leading or mentoring engineers\nComfortable owning delivery from start to finish\nStrong collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams\n\nNice to Have\n\nExperience using AI tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.) in development workflows\nExposure to building data-driven or intelligent features\nBackground in retail or omni-channel environments\n\nRequirements\n\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)\n12+ years of experience in software development\n2+ years in a technical leadership role\nExperience working in enterprise-scale, cloud-based environments\n\nSponsorship\n\nApplicants 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.","company":"Upboundgroup","rawCompany":"upboundgroup","city":"Plano","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-19T18:45:50.688Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"11-9041.00","title":"Architectural and Engineering Managers","slug":"architectural-and-engineering-managers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Engineering Tech Lead","description":"Location:\n5501 Headquarters Dr, Plano, Texas, 75024, United States of America\n\nEngineering Tech Lead\n\nAbout Upbound\n\nUpbound Group (NASDAQ: UPBD) is a technology-driven platform company focused on expanding financial opportunity through innovative and inclusive solutions. 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