[Hiring] DevOps / Network Engineer @Mode Mobile

Role Description

Mode.Inc is looking for a DevOps / Network Engineer to help take ownership of the infrastructure behind our newly acquired Lumos VPN product. You will work as part of a small engineering team responsible for operating, stabilizing, and evolving the product after acquisition, with the opportunity to support the infrastructure of additional acquired products over time.

• Run and evolve a globally distributed VPN network spanning multiple cloud and hosting providers.
• Manage the AWS-based control plane and backend services that support it.
• Maintain infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, and deployment tooling.
• Ensure a fast, private, and censorship-resistant service online for users worldwide.
• Inherit a live production environment and progressively enhance its reliability, automation, security, and cost-efficiency.
• Work closely with the Engineering Manager and backend/mobile engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional DevOps, SRE, or network engineering experience running production infrastructure in an agile environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with networking and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience operating production networking infrastructure, ideally including VPN or proxy infrastructure at scale.
• Experience with agentic AI tools to accelerate infrastructure development and operational automation.
• Strong advocate for CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and continuous deployments.
• Security-minded with experience in secrets management, encryption, and compliance.

Requirements

• AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS/PostgreSQL, Route 53, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch) plus at least one additional provider.
• Infrastructure as Code and configuration management: Terraform and Ansible.
• Docker and container orchestration or fleet management.
• Linux system administration and networking.
• Observability and alerting: Datadog (or Prometheus/Grafana).
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions (or similar) with automated testing and deployment safety.
• Scripting and automation in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Hands-on experience operating VPN, proxy, or networking infrastructure in production.
• Deep understanding of DNS and domain management.
• Demonstrated use of AI agents for infrastructure code and operational automation.

Benefits

• 100% remote-first, global company.
• A competitive compensation package.
• Generous perks and benefits for team members.
• Participation in the Company's equity plan for full-time team members.
• Individual bonuses in accordance with the Company Bonus Program.
• Remote social activities, including virtual coffee buddies.
• Weekly Wednesday Get Stuff Done Days (No Meetings).
• Open PTO, generous Company Holidays, and Wellness Days for full-time team members.

Company Description

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".

• Empowers users worldwide to monetize everyday mobile activities.
• Facilitates over $150M in earnings and savings.
• Attracted over 40 million users across 170 countries.
• Ranked Number 1 Fastest Growing Company in North America on the 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500.