Who We Are (Mode.Inc)

Mode.Inc is the parent company of a portfolio of technology businesses, including Mode Mobile, the creator of EarnOS, a transformational software platform that turns ordinary smartphones into "EarnPhones". This innovation empowers users worldwide to monetize everyday mobile activities such as streaming, gaming, and shopping. We enable users to profit from their data and attention, rather than letting only tech giants benefit. What sets us apart is our inclusive approach, converting users into earners, facilitating over $150M in earnings and savings, and going a step further by turning earners into owners by awarding stock ownership in Mode.Inc based on their usage. We have attracted over 40 million users across 170 countries.

Mode Mobile, Inc. Ranked Number 1 Fastest Growing Company in North America on the 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500.

For additional insights, check out information about our reward-based super app, Mode Earn App, which also powers the reward engine for our proprietary smartphone, Mode Earn Phone.

Our Team and Culture Drive Our Success

Our team is the heart of our culture. We value innovation, collaboration, and curiosity, with a passion for getting things done. We strive to hire and cultivate the best team members and foster a culture of open communication and transparency. We are driven and hard-working but also committed to having fun along the way. We allow OKRs to guide us, assume positive intent, sometimes agree to disagree and commit, honor our commitments, seek to accomplish more with less, and encourage everyone to speak up as our team owns our company’s success.

The Role

Mode Mobile is looking for a Senior Mobile Engineer (Android & iOS) to join one of our cross-functional pods (Emerging Apps) and build great software that users love. You will initially join the team behind our Cleaner apps, with the flexibility to move across our portfolio of apps as business priorities evolve. We are a user-facing product-led team, and we are looking for someone who is passionate about helping users get more value out of their smartphones and monetize their everyday activities.

As an engineer, you’ll be accountable for nimbly experimenting with solutions, building high-quality software on both Android and iOS, and measuring results. You’ll use agentic AI coding tools as a core part of your daily workflow to move faster without compromising quality. You’ll work closely with product managers, other engineers, designers, marketing, operations, and several stakeholders to define and execute according to our strategic roadmap to accelerate our future growth.

Who You Are and What You’ll Do

You are excited to work at the forefront of solving one of the biggest challenges. You care about your users.

• You’re an expert in smartphone technology and love mobile application software, equally comfortable shipping on Android and iOS.
• You embrace agentic AI as a force multiplier: you use AI coding agents to plan, implement, test, and review work, and you know when to trust them and when to verify.
• You value working closely with Product Management, learning directly from users about what matters to them, and developing solutions that they love.
• You care deeply about the impact of your work, and measure success by the value added to users’ lives.
• You partner with cross-functional team members to gain additional insight into users, seek to better understand their interests and behavior as critical drivers to success.
• You’re excited to write high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code. You are eager to find minimal ways to test hypotheses and validate feasibility.
• You’re a strong advocate for unit/integration testing and passionate about automated testing and continuously shipping to production on both app stores.
• You are adaptable and comfortable moving between apps, codebases, and pods as priorities shift.

What You Bring to the Team

Must Have:

• 5+ years of professional mobile engineering experience in an agile environment delivering native applications to end-users on both Android and iOS, with hands-on production experience using:
• Android: Kotlin (and Java), Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Flow, Dagger/Hilt, Retrofit, Room
• iOS: Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit, Swift Concurrency (async/await), Combine, Core Data or equivalent
• GitHub for version control and pull-request based workflows
• SOLID, Clean Coding, Testing, experience with automation and instrumentation (Espresso/UI Automator, XCTest/XCUITest)
• Publishing and maintaining apps on Google Play and the Apple App Store, including release management and store compliance
• Agentic AI proficiency: demonstrated day-to-day use of AI agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot agents) to write and review infrastructure code, automate runbooks, and investigate incidents, with strong judgment on verifying AI-generated output before it touches production.
• You have exceptional organizational and analytical skills leading to confident independent delivery, but know when and how to include others.
• You have experience building large-scale systems with some technical leadership skills.
• Passionate about Technology and keeping up to date with latest advancements, techniques and best practices.

Nice to Have:

• CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions
• Experience with cross-platform frameworks (Kotlin Multiplatform, Flutter, or React Native) or web front-end (React/TypeScript)
• Experience integrating LLM/AI features into mobile apps (on-device or API-based), or building agentic workflows and MCP-style tooling
• Experience with mobile analytics and experimentation (Mixpanel, Firebase, feature flags, A/B testing)
• Experience with mobile ads and monetization SDKs, or consumer utility apps (cleaner, storage, privacy, or device optimization)

Alignment with our Core Values:

• Accountable: You take ownership of your responsibilities, demonstrating trustworthiness and self-discipline. You are consistent in your work, transparent in your actions, and communicate effectively. You follow through on commitments and strive for continuous improvement.
• Action-driven: Identify what is most important, agree on scope, timely execute, and drive the greatest impact. You take initiative, roll up your sleeves, and get things done.
• Caring: You genuinely care about yourself and others, our business and craft, our mission and vision, and are passionate in heart and mind. You understand the importance of our team and strive to create a positive, supportive work environment.
• Curious: You focus on the ‘why,’ learn and expand your knowledge, explore new ideas, and generally make things better. You're a lifelong learner with a thirst for knowledge and a constant desire to improve.
• Thorough: Your work is thoughtful, impactful, timely, accurate, and complete. You pay attention to detail, are meticulous, and ensure quality work and compliance.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with censorship-circumvention technologies and traffic obfuscation (Shadowsocks plugins, V2Ray/Xray, obfs4, domain fronting) and operating in restrictive network environments
• Experience with userspace network stacks (lwIP, gVisor netstack) or Go-based networking tooling (wireguard-go)
• (Strong Plus) Experience taking over or integrating infrastructure from another company, including unfamiliar cloud environments, accounts, vendors, monitoring, CI/CD, and operational processes.
• Kubernetes, Nomad, or similar orchestration; Packer for image building
• Self-managed databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis) and backup / disaster recovery design
• Cloud cost optimization across multiple providers and FinOps practices
• Compliance program experience (SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA) and handling of law-enforcement / data requests for a privacy product
• Familiarity with mobile app release pipelines (Fastlane, Bitrise, Xcode Cloud) and backend stacks in Go, Python, and Node.js

We Believe in the Following Workplace Norms

• Allow OKRs to Guide Us
• Assume Positive Intent
• Agree to Disagree & Commit
• Set New Precedents
• Accomplish More with Less
• Hold Yourself & Others to High Standards
• Speak Up
• Be Resourceful
• Follow the 80/20 Rule

What We Are Offering

We are a 100% remote-first, global company.

A competitive compensation package.

We offer generous perks and benefits to team members.

Participation in the Company's equity plan (for full-time team members).

We provide individual bonuses in accordance with our Company Bonus Program.

Work with energetic, passionate, and results-driven people.

Celebrate team members' personal and work milestones.

Remote social activities, including virtual coffee buddies.

Bonusly - We use Bonusly as a way to recognize and reward team members for their hard work and commitment.

Weekly Wednesday Get Stuff Done Days (No Meetings).

Open PTO, generous Company Holidays, and Wellness Days (for full-time team members).

This role is ideal for a results-driven marketing professional with a strong technical background and a keen eye for detail. If you are passionate about digital marketing and investor communications, we encourage you to apply and join a dynamic and innovative team.

If we just described you and your perfect role, we'd love to talk with you. We have a lot to accomplish this year and look forward to making headway and creating success together!

Mode.Inc does not accept/pay fees for unsolicited resumes from third-party agencies/vendors.

Our company is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive environment for all team members.