Senior Quality Engineer, Goodnotes
iOS
+ Equity
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Top-rated note-taking app
Open for applications
Top-rated note-taking app
201-500 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create the best medium for human and AI collaboration.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years in Quality Engineering or QA roles, with a track record of stability and technical growth
- Deep, hands-on experience writing automated tests using Xcode and XCUITest (Swift), and/or cross-platform (Cypress/Playwright), API testing
- Performance Profiling: Expertise in using developer tools like Instruments to identify memory leaks, lag, and performance bottlenecks
- A Versatile QE Mindset: You are as comfortable writing code for automation as you are executing rigorous manual exploratory testing
- CI/CD Proficiency: Working knowledge of integrating test suites into pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, TeamCity)
- Even if you don’t meet all the criteria listed above, we would still love to hear from you! Goodnotes places a lot of value on learning and development and will support your growth if needed
What the job involves
- You will be joining the Quality Engineering (QE) team as a key contributor within the PSM (Performance, Stability, Monitoring) squad supporting 30M+ monthly active users and growing fast
- We operate with a proactive, "shift-left" strategy, ensuring quality is engineered into our product from day one, focusing on the core reliability of our iOS product and cross-platform applications
- . Expect high technical autonomy, a direct impact on user-perceived reliability, and close collaboration with mobile, backend, ML, and product teams to lay the technical groundwork for future product excellence
- Driving Performance & Stability: Owning the non-functional testing strategy. You will design and execute critical performance, load, and stress tests for our core iOS app to ensure smooth performance for millions of users
- Architecting Advanced Automation: Building and expanding our automated test suite across iOS and cross platforms (depending on your strong suit). You will also help drive modern framework migrations and API automation
- Shift-Left Leadership: Embedding deeply with the feature squad. You won't just test code; you will design for testability, create comprehensive test plans, and catch critical architectural risks before a single line of code is deployed
Application process
- Introductory call - Our talent acquisition team would love to hear more about your background, what you are looking for, and why you’d like to join Goodnotes
- Take-home assignment - To be completed at your own time
- Technical interview 1 & 2 - Put your skills and knowledge to the test! We'd also like to see your ability to communicate your thought process clearly
- Engineering Manager interview - Finding out further about your experience, aspirations, and the technical projects you have been involved in
- Behavioural Panel interview - start off with a 5-minute presentation about a passion of yours, followed by answering questions related to Goodnotes company values
- AI Literacy Interview - A conversation about your general understanding of AI and how you use it in professional or personal life
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background checks, including verification of employment, education, and criminal records
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Goodnotes is a digital note-taking tool for handwritten notes and (formerly) paper-based information. Thanks to its signature vector ink engine, the app delivers a precise and natural writing experience. It can read handwriting (even the worst handwriting) and allow users to search it, as well as convert it to text for easy sharing into other apps or even web pages. Goodnotes also supports importing, searching, and navigation through PDF, PowerPoint, Word, image files, and more.
The platform is available across iPhone, iPad and Mac. One of the leading note-taking solutions on the App Store (with over 14,000 positive reviews) it competes with apps like Notability and Paper by WeTransfer. Founded in Hong Kong, Goodnotes now operates across the UK and with a number of new features and acquisitions, its proving a powerhouse in digital productivity.
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Focus on employee wellbeing
"Company cares about each and everyones wellbeing. A monthly budget is provided for everyone to take care of their physical and mental wellbeing. You..."
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2020
$6m
SEED
Total funding: $6m
Company benefits
- Stock options: Meaningful equity in a profitable tech-startup
- Excellent annual leave package + public holidays
- Flexible working hours and location, we're remote friendly!
- Medical insurance for you and your family
- Continuous learning: A learning and development budget or training or courses to build your skills
- Be your best self: A monthly budget for personal growth including books, language/music lessons and online courses
- Noise cancelling headphones
- Monthly wellness budget: Covering gym membership, therapy, massage and much, much more
- Amazing office space in central London and Hong Kong. Your Travel and lunch are also on us!
- Home office set up: Everything you need to create a productive workspace at home. Chairs, desks, hardware, it's covered
- Sponsored working visa with a relocation package to either of our office locations
- Annual team off-site: Get to know your colleagues
- Professional coffee equipment and freshly roasted beans in our offices
Company values
- Dream big
- Build great things
- Operate as an owner
- Win like a sports team
- Learn and grow fast
- Share our passion
- Be user obsessed
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Steven Chan
(Founder & CEO)Goodnotes was created from Steven's frustration with taking readable and reusable handwritten notes on his first iPad. Since then, the company has grown to millions of happy users.
Paul Onnen
(Senior Vice President of Engineering)Paul loves building things that help make people's lives better and they are using this experience to help Goodnotes be successful as we continue to grow.
Minh Tran
(COO)Minh is a seasoned people and business leader who is obsessed with searching for the world’s best talent and building winning teams that are highly skilled, innovative, and passionate.
Rowena Chung
(Director of Product)Rowena leads product discovery and strategy across Goodnotes' product group. She is committed to understanding the users’ needs and enhancing their productivity and experience with the app.
People progressing
Bret joined Goodnotes in 2018 as a Senior Software Engineer. In 2023 he was promoted to a Principal Engineer.
Joined Goodnotes in 2021 as a Senior ML Engineer and is now a Senior Engineering Manager, leading a product team to build an incredible AI productivity experience impacting millions of users.
Cam joined Goodnotes as a Senior Brand Designer and 3 years later became the Global Brand Design Lead!
Rammy joined Goodnotes as a Senior QA Engineer in December 2019, transitioned to QA lead after 2.5 years and again to QA manager after 4 months.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Goodnotes
Vivien Ko (People Ops Manager)
- We are a team of c 270, from 39 different countries... and still growing
- We believe diverse teams create better outcomes for users, teams, and businesses
- Learn more about one of our Female Directors https://www.goodnotes.com/blog/rowena-product-manager
- We know there's still a lot more we need to do - and we want you to be part of helping us on our DE&I journey!
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