Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mode.Inc is the parent company of a portfolio of technology businesses, including Mode Mobile, the creator of EarnOS. They are seeking a passionate senior Android engineer to help bring a new portfolio of Android launchers to life, owning projects from architecture through Google Play release while mentoring other developers and ensuring high-quality performance.
Responsibilities
- Build and ship native Android launchers, the home screen, app grid, app drawer, folders, wallpaper, themes, and widgets, as the primary product surface
- Integrate Unity games into the launcher via Unity-as-a-Library, running the game as an embedded Activity in its own process to keep the launcher light
- Own home-screen performance: fast Home-button response, fast game cold start, and disciplined memory management to avoid OOM kills
- Design the launcher as a modular, reusable platform so future variants (QR Code, AppLock, EarnOS) inherit the core with minimal rework
- Integrate monetization, home-screen/newsfeed display ads, search, and in-game rewarded/interstitial ads, in a way that stays within Google Play policy and protects ad quality
- Take projects from planning through technical implementation, deployment, and post-deployment
- Write high-quality, stable, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Advocate for unit/integration testing
- Switch between working solo and collaboratively to complete projects quickly
- Meet and work with the product and monetization teams to understand the customer’s needs
- Take part in the code review process
- Have a knowledge of the background/foreground services, Android Overlay, WorkManager, Profiler and analyzing ANR
- Use AI coding assistants and agentic developer tools (for example, Claude Code) to accelerate delivery across Kotlin, Android, and launcher work, minimizing manual coding to exceptional cases while holding a high bar for correctness, performance, security, and reliability
- Apply strong judgment about when to rely on AI for speed and when to apply independent engineering review, especially for launcher performance, system-level behavior, and Google Play policy-sensitive code
- Continuously improve personal and team workflows for AI-assisted development, including prompting, code review, testing, documentation, and debugging
Skills
- You are a native Turkish speaker, fluent in English
- Build and ship native Android launchers, the home screen, app grid, app drawer, folders, wallpaper, themes, and widgets
- Integrate Unity games into the launcher via Unity-as-a-Library
- Own home-screen performance: fast Home-button response, fast game cold start, and disciplined memory management
- Design the launcher as a modular, reusable platform
- Integrate monetization, home-screen/newsfeed display ads, search, and in-game rewarded/interstitial ads
- Take projects from planning through technical implementation, deployment, and post-deployment
- Write high-quality, stable, maintainable, and well-tested code
- Advocate for unit/integration testing
- Switch between working solo and collaboratively to complete projects quickly
- Meet and work with the product and monetization teams to understand the customer's needs
- Take part in the code review process
- Have a knowledge of the background/foreground services, Android Overlay, WorkManager, Profiler and analyzing ANR
- Use AI coding assistants and agentic developer tools
- Apply strong judgment about when to rely on AI for speed and when to apply independent engineering review
- Continuously improve personal and team workflows for AI-assisted development
- You have 6+ years of experience building large, world-class Android apps
- Hands-on experience bringing custom Android launchers or home-screen replacements to life
- You're a product-focused engineer, and your #1 priority is solving problems for users
- Deep hands-on experience with AI-assisted and agentic development workflows
- Comfort operating as an AI-native engineer
- You're passionate about automated testing and continuous delivery
- You have exceptional organizational and analytical skills
- You're a direct and empathetic communicator
- You respect all of your teammates and managers, and you are open to criticism
- You're comfortable with a little startup chaos
- Alignment with our core values: Accountable, Action-driven, Caring, Curious, Thorough
- App-lock, privacy, or security utility experience
- Unity or game-development exposure beyond integration
- QR/barcode scanning, or rewards/earn (EarnOS-style) product experience
- Familiarity with APK/AAB size optimization
- Contributions to open-source launchers
Benefits
- We are a 100% remote-first, global company.
- 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 useBonusly 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).
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