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.

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.

The RoleMode Mobile is looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead the engineering team taking ownership of a VPN product following its acquisition, and to become a technical leader for future acquired products. This role sits at the intersection of engineering leadership, product ownership, and technical acquisition integration. Initially you will be hands-on with development and operations alongside your engineers: reviewing and writing code, closing knowledge gaps left by the previous team, and making the architectural and prioritization calls that come with inheriting a live product.

As the team grows and the transition stabilizes, your focus will shift toward people leadership, delivery management, and building a repeatable playbook for onboarding future acquisitions. You'll work closely with the VP of Engineering, Product Managers, other Engineering Managers, Corporate development, 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 DoYou are passionate about giving people private, secure, and unrestricted access to the internet, and about helping users get more value from their smartphones.

You are a strong engineer who chose to lead: you can still read a Kotlin, Swift,



or Go pull request critically, debug a production incident, and make sound architecture decisions, and you enjoy stepping in when the team needs it. Build and continuously improve a repeatable engineering acquisition playbook.

You build teams: you hire, onboard, coach, and grow engineers, run effective 1:1s, give candid feedback, and create a culture of ownership, testing, and continuous delivery. You embrace agentic AI as a force multiplier for your team: you use AI coding agents yourself for code, investigation, and documentation, and you set the standards and workflows for how your engineers use them safely and productively.

You run delivery well: 2-week sprints, clear OKRs, sensible estimation, and honest status reporting up to leadership, with a bias toward finding minimal ways to test hypotheses and validate feasibility. You're a strong advocate for unit/integration testing, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and continuously shipping to production, and you will establish them where they don't exist yet.

What You

Bring to the TeamMust Have:8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years managing engineers as a people manager or hands-on tech lead/manager in an agile environment delivering consumer products to end-users. Android (Kotlin, Jetpack Compose) and/or iOS (Swift, UIKit/SwiftUI), including app store release managementBackend services in Go (preferred), Python, or Node.js, with PostgreSQL and AWS (Lambda, S3, RDS)Infrastructure and DevOps: Terraform, Ansible, Docker, multi-cloud/multi-provider hosting, Datadog or similar observabilityNetworking and VPN fundamentals: WireGuard, Shadowsocks or similar, DNS, TLS,



and how mobile VPN clients and servers fit togetherExperience leading or being a key contributor in a technical acquisition, migration, or takeover of a live product: due diligence, transition planning, knowledge transfer, and integration into a parent organization. A track record of raising engineering quality on an inherited system: introducing automated testing, CI/CD, code review, documentation, and security hardening without stopping feature delivery.

Strong practical experience using AI coding agents and other AI tools for software development, investigation, testing, and documentation, with an understanding of how to use them safely and effectively within an engineering team. You pay attention to detail, are meticulous, and ensure quality work and compliance.

Experience running a consumer VPN, proxy, or privacy product, including operating in restrictive network environments and handling law-enforcement / data requestsExperience managing distributed, remote, multi-timezone teams, including contractors or a small inherited teamExperience with subscription businesses: in-app purchases, Stripe, RevenueCat, attribution and analytics (Mixpanel, Amplitude, Firebase)Experience with vendor and cost management across multiple cloud and hosting providersCompliance program experience (SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA) and security auditsExperience building an acquisition-integration playbook or an internal engineering standards program. App is operating reliably within Mode's engineering standards. Key technical debt and infrastructure risks are under control.

You build a strong engineering team capable of owning acquired products independently. We Believe in the Following Workplace NormsAllow OKRs to Guide UsAssume Positive IntentAgree to Disagree & CommitSet New PrecedentsAccomplish More with LessHold Yourself & Others to High StandardsSpeak UpBe ResourcefulFollow the 80/20 RuleWhat We Are OfferingWe are a 100% remote-first, general company. Participation in the Company's equity plan (for full-time team members).Remote social activities, including virtual coffee buddies.

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

📌 Engineering Manager (Acquired Products & VPN) (Remote)
🏢 Mode Mobile
📍 Madrid