Senior Frontend Engineer, Mode Mobile
+ Equity + Bonus
User rewarding software solution
Be an early applicant
User rewarding software solution
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Equity + Bonus
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable budget-conscious consumers to earn additional income from their everyday habits.
Role
Who you are
- 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)
Desirable
- 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
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
Our take
Mode Mobile delivers a pioneering approach to gamification in its flagship product, Mode Earn Phone, as well as its rewards-based Mode Earn App. Customers can acquire this smartphone at a budget-friendly price point, allowing them to utilize it as they would any other mobile device while also offering the potential to earn upwards of $1,000 annually through various interactive methods.
In a digital environment increasingly saturated with gamified applications, Mode Mobile has set itself apart by applying this concept to an entire mobile device. Since its inception in 2020, the company has rapidly attracted a substantial user base, numbering in the millions. The trajectory of its user base growth is closely watched, as it presents a groundbreaking shift in the way mobile devices are used and valued.
While Mode Mobile's strategy may raise eyebrows due to its potential to further increase mobile device usage and data entry, proponents argue that given the extensive time users spend on their devices and the wealth of data generated, it's a logical step to leverage these activities for financial gain. With a strong start, Mode Mobile can gear up to expand its team and introduce additional products, setting sights on disrupting the entire mobile market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2025
$1m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $1m
Company HQ
Near North, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Dan Novaes
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Dan co-founded MobileX Labs and Nativ Mobile where he served as CEO at both companies. He was also a Contributor at Inc. Magazine, Forbes and Entrepreneur Media and worked in Growth at Facebook.
Kiran Panesar
(Co-Founder & CTO)Kiran previously co-founded MobileX Labs and Nativ Mobile where he served as CTO at both companies. He also founded adappt Designs where he served as a Programmer.
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