Remote Engineering Manager — VPN & Acquisition Integrations

Current Mobile; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first global company

Equity participation

Bonuses and Wellness Days

Open PTO and generous holidays

Job summary

Mode Mobile, part of Mode.Inc, is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the VPN product post‑acquisition and oversee future product integrations. You will bridge engineering leadership with product ownership, guide transition plans, and establish a scalable playbook for ongoing acquisitions.

You will work hands‑on initially, then focus on people leadership, delivery management, and building repeatable onboarding playbooks for new acquisitions, collaborating with VP of Engineering and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering with leadership experience.
• 2+ years managing engineers in agile environments.
• Experience across mobile and backend technologies is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and integration of acquired products from due diligence to steady-state ownership.
• Define transition plans, establish knowledge transfer, and build a repeatable playbook for acquisitions.
• Hire, coach, and grow engineers; drive delivery with 2‑week sprints and clear OKRs.
• Advocate for CI/CD, automated testing, IaC, and security hardening across teams.
• Collaborate with Product, Corporate Development, Marketing, and Operations.

Skills

8+ years software engineering

2+ years people management

Kotlin/Swift/Go

Go/Python/Node.js

Terraform/Ansible/Docker

VPN fundamentals

Acquisition integration

AI tooling in development

Security/compliance mindset

Tools

Kotlin/Jetpack Compose (Android)

Swift/UIKit/SwiftUI (iOS)

Go/Python/Node.js

PostgreSQL/AWS

Terraform/Ansible

Docker

Job description

Mode Mobile, part of Mode.Inc, is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the VPN product post‑acquisition and oversee future product integrations. You will bridge engineering leadership with product ownership, guide transition plans, and establish a scalable playbook for ongoing acquisitions.

You will work hands‑on initially, then focus on people leadership, delivery management, and building repeatable onboarding playbooks for new acquisitions, collaborating with VP of Engineering and