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# Sr. Frontend Engineer (Remote) at Mode Mobile

- **Company:** Mode Mobile
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://www.modemobile.com/open-role?gh_jid=8779164002

## Job description

Who We Are ([Mode.Inc](http://www.modemobile.com/))

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.

You can read more about our team and how we work [here](https://www.modemobile.com/team).

## About the Role

We’re looking for an exceptional Sr. Frontend Engineer to lead the design, development, and optimization of user-facing features across our web and mobile experiences. You will own core user flows, build clean and reusable components, and deliver fast, intuitive, and polished experiences that delight users at scale.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role ideal for someone who loves building beautiful interfaces, optimizing performance, and shipping features that users can feel instantly. You’ll collaborate closely with backend, product, and design to bring new capabilities to market through rapid iterations and continuous deployment.

## What You’ll Do

- Architect, build, and maintain scalable frontend features that power core user experiences, product workflows, and automation capabilities
- Build scalable, reusable UI components and design systems
- Implement responsive layouts and accessibility best practices across devices
- Optimize rendering performance, page speed, code splitting, and asset delivery
- Monitor frontend performance, error tracking, and user session metrics
- Identify frontend bottlenecks and drive improvements to user experience and conversion
- Implement features for web-first experiences with support for React Native mobile surfaces
- Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate REST APIs and real-time features
- Work in 2-week sprints with CI/CD and code review best practices
- Contribute to frontend architecture decisions, tooling, state management, and build pipelines
- Maintain a high standard of code quality, documentation, and testing

## What You Bring

- 6+ years of frontend engineering experience, ideally in consumer apps, SaaS, or browser-based utilities
- Expert-level proficiency in React Native + TypeScript (core to this role)
- Production experience with React Native or ReactJS (mobile required, web preferred)
- Strong understanding of JavaScript fundamentals, modern frontend patterns, and component architecture
- Experience integrating UI with APIs (REST, real-time, or event-based)
- Familiarity with mobile UI patterns on Android/iOS (React Native)
- Experience optimizing performance, accessibility, and rendering efficiency
- Experience with visual debugging, error monitoring, and analytics tools (e.g., Sentry, LogRocket, PostHog, Amplitude, Mixpanel)

## Preferred

- Experience designing and implementing responsive, user-friendly interfaces for complex workflows, data-rich experiences, filtering, and list-based views
- Experience building mobile apps with Expo platform
- Experience working in Node-based frontend build environments (Next.js, Vite, Webpack)
- Experience building Chrome or browser extensions
- Familiarity with Firebase for auth, messaging, or real-time features

## Nice to Have

- Experience with feature flags, experimentation, or A/B testing
- AI-assisted development (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, etc.)
- Exposure to design systems, storybook libraries, or component frameworks
- Experience with user session replay, heatmaps, or performance logging

## How You Work

- Take ownership of features end-to-end, from concept to production
- Move quickly and thrive in high-velocity environments
- Communicate clearly in asynchronous teams
- Care deeply about UI quality and user experience, not just code
- Push for clarity, simplicity, and constant improvement
- 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, execute in a timely manner, 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.

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 & 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 usehttp://bonus.ly/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).

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.

## About Mode Mobile

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Mode Mobile develops a proprietary rewards and monetization engine called EarnOS that powers Android-based EarnPhones and a suite of consumer mobile apps, with a mission to turn screen time into a source of income for everyday people.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Regulation A+ crowdfunding round currently open; $MODE ticker reserved on Nasdaq — intent to IPO within 18–24 months)
- **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Dan Novaes (Co-Founder & CEO) and Kiran Panesar (Co-Founder & CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Mobile software, consumer electronics, digital advertising, financial services, media
- **Target customers**: B2C (consumers who want to earn income from their smartphones); B2B (OEMs and carriers licensing EarnOS; advertisers and brands)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Make screen time a source of income for everyday people."

## Products & Services
- **EarnOS Engine**: Proprietary rewards and monetization software that runs on any Android phone, rewarding users for daily habits and activities (listening to music, playing games, shopping, etc.). Brands pay Mode when users interact with partner apps and services.
- **EarnPhone 2**: Android-based smartphone devices pre-loaded with EarnOS, available through national retail partners (Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart) and directly at modephone.com. Users can earn up to $1,200/year.
- **Mode Earn Club**: Premium subscription tier offering enhanced earning features and benefits.
- **Mode Money**: Financial services division providing curated investment opportunities for higher-net-worth investors.
- **Mode Media**: Owned and operated media engine reaching millions of newsletter subscribers across various verticals, plus a first-party advertising network for content distribution and monetization.
- **Mode Mobile Apps**: A growing portfolio of high-engagement consumer apps acquired and integrated with EarnOS to unify rewards, monetization, and data.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: $115M+ in cumulative company revenue (lifetime); $24.9M annual revenue (LinkedIn estimate); pro-forma EBITDA of $11.8M in 2025 (profitable). Company projects $103M revenue and $35M EBITDA in 2026, $200M revenue and $78M EBITDA in 2027.
- **Total Funding**: $75M+ raised to date ($72M from ~60,000 crowdfunding investors via Regulation A+ offerings)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Deloitte (ranked #1 fastest-growing software company and #2 overall on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List of North America 2019–2022); national retail partners include Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart; media features on Fox News, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, Forbes, Business Insider, Morning Brew, Robinhood Snacks, 1440, NASDAQ, and FinTech TV at the NYSE.
- **Growth Signals**: Over 490 million users across 170+ countries; $1B+ earned and saved by users; 481% revenue growth from 2019–2022; 81% 3-year revenue growth; 38% yearly headcount growth; actively acquiring profitable app businesses with $1M+ in revenue.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in "EarnPhone" category**: Mode is creating a new income-generating smartphone category, positioning EarnPhones as household staples alongside traditional smartphones.
- **Proprietary EarnOS technology**: Software can run on any mobile phone, with 11+ trademarks and patents in process, creating a defensible moat.
- **Diversified revenue model**: Revenue streams from digital advertising, hardware sales, subscriptions, financial services, and media — reducing reliance on any single source.
- **Massive user base and network effects**: 490M+ users across 170+ countries creates a large data and distribution advantage for licensing deals and advertiser demand.
- **M&A-driven growth strategy**: Actively acquiring complementary mobile apps and integrating them into the EarnOS ecosystem, compounding value.

## Strategic Focus
- **IPO preparation**: Reserved $MODE ticker on Nasdaq with objective to go public within 18–24 months from the Reg A 2026 offering.
- **OEM and carrier licensing**: Expanding EarnOS licensing to OEM and carrier partners to embed income infrastructure directly into billions of smartphones globally.
- **International expansion**: 75% of users are international, but 85% of revenue comes from U.S. users — significant international growth runway.
- **Continued acquisitions**: Scaling through acquisitions of profitable mobile apps with strong user metrics.
- **Product development**: New version of EarnPhone in development; continued investment in EarnOS features.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture and values**: Emphasizes being action-driven, thorough, accountable, curious, resourceful, and caring. Team is described as "data-driven engineers, product managers, designers, marketers, and more."
- **Remote-first**: Team works remotely around the world with members in the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Poland, India, and more. Global collaboration is a core value.
- **Growth trajectory**: 38% headcount growth YoY; company achieved EBITDA profitability in 2025 and projects strong revenue growth ahead. Ranked #1 fastest-growing software company by Deloitte.
- **Employee rating**: 4.2/5.0 on LinkedIn (24 reviews) with Work-Life: 4.0, Compensation: 3.9, Culture: 4.2, Career: 4.1.
- **Current open roles (remote)**: Senior Product Manager, General Manager - Mode Market Research, Account Executive - Newsletter Sales.
- **Notable**: Company has donated over $250,000 worth of EarnPhones to charity through the Youngstown Community Food Center.

## Sources
1. [modemobile.com](https://www.modemobile.com/)
2. [modemobile.com/team](https://www.modemobile.com/team)
3. [modemobile.com/careers](https://www.modemobile.com/careers)
4. [helpdesk.modemobile.com - Investor FAQs](https://helpdesk.modemobile.com/hc/en-us/articles/40462555958036-Mode-Mobile-Overview-and-Investor-FAQs)
5. [linkedin.com/company/modemobile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/modemobile)

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