Lead Quality Engineer, Goodnotes
Domain Lead
+ Meaningful equity in a profitable tech-startup
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Top-rated note-taking app
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Top-rated note-taking app
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Meaningful equity in a profitable tech-startup
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create the best medium for human and AI collaboration.
Role
Who you are
- If you are passionate about building scalable automation frameworks and influencing architecture from day one, this is your opportunity to set the standard for a world-class engineering team
- Strong Technical Domain Knowledge: Proven experience (5+ years) working within complex software domains relevant to Goodnotes (e.g., large‑scale cloud synchronisation, low‑level iOS/macOS development, high‑volume monetisation/licensing systems)
- Hands‑on QE Expertise: Demonstrated ability to drive technical quality, including designing complex test plans, hands‑on automation scripting, and troubleshooting infrastructure issues
- Leadership Experience: Prior experience in line management, mentorship, or team leadership, with a passion for developing technical talent
- Strategic Communication & Partnership: Demonstrated success working closely with Engineering Managers and Product Managers to negotiate scope, define quality ownership, and influence development practices within product teams
- Systemic Thinking: A history of identifying systemic flaws (e.g., flaky tests, communication gaps) and proposing long‑term process or architectural solutions rather than just reporting bugs
- 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
- Join Goodnotes as our Domain Lead, Quality Engineer and operate as the strategic owner for your designated business vertical
- This team is focused on embedding quality into the product development lifecycle
- You will be part of the Quality Engineering function working across your domain's product teams to drive our Shift-Left Engineering transformation, ensuring quality is a shared responsibility from planning to release
- In this high-impact role, you will own the delivery and quality of the features released within your domain
- You won't just run tests; you will manage, mentor, and strategically enforce the standards required to prevent defects before code is even written
- . Operating at the intersection of our Domain and Product squad, you will drive a strategy centered on API contract testing, performance engineering, and “quality-as-code” within our CI/CD pipelines
- We are looking for a leader who views Quality Engineering as an enabler of speed
- Strategic Leadership & Quality Ownership (50%)
- Driving Shared Quality: Serve as the primary quality partner to EMs and PMs. You are jointly responsible for the delivery of testing and the overall quality of the features released within your domain. You will drive the adoption of Testable Design and Shift‑Left practices within the product teams
- Domain Quality Strategy: Define and execute the quality strategy for your domain (e.g., Platform stability, AI accuracy, iOS Foundation performance), ensuring alignment with the overall company QE transformation roadmap
- Risk & Prioritisation: Lead collaborative risk assessment with PMs and EMs, ensuring testing effort is prioritised based on business impact, user criticality, and data loss potential
- Standards Enforcement: Act as the domain champion for new QE standards, collaborating with the QE Architect to ensure mandatory quality gates and standardised frameworks are adopted and maintained by your team
- Cross‑Domain Alignment: Actively participate in the weekly Quality Huddle with other Domain Leads to identify and mitigate cross‑cutting risks and dependencies (e.g., changes in Platform sync affecting iOS Foundation stability)
- Partner Management: Own the effective integration and utilisation of embedded partner resources (TMA/HTEC) within your domain, treating them as full team collaborators and moving away from a ticketing‑based execution model
- Getting Your Hands Dirty: This is not a ‘hands off’ role, you will be expected to contribute to the day to day testing in the product teams within your domain. You may not work on the critical path, but you will be actively involved in the testing activities
- People Management & Development (50%)
- Line Management: Provide direct line management, mentorship, and career development coaching for the Quality Engineers within your squad, reducing the administrative overhead on senior QE management
- Recruitment & Mentorship: Drive the hiring and onboarding of new QE talent within your domain, and actively coach engineers on modern QE practices (e.g., shift‑left, testable design)
- Performance and Growth: Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and calibration, ensuring the growth goals of your team align with the technical needs and business priorities of the domain
Application process
- An introductory call with someone from our talent acquisition team. They want to hear more about your background, what you are looking for, and why you’d like to join Goodnotes
- A short take-home assessment
- Role-specific interviews with the hiring team where we find out your knowledge and experience relevant to the role. You are also encouraged to ask any technical questions you may have
- A one-hour call with your hiring manager. This is the person who will be managing you day to day, working on your growth and development with you as well as support you throughout your career at Goodnotes
- A one-hour call with 2-3 stakeholders from cross-functioning team you’d work closely with
- AI literacy interview to find out your understanding of AI and how you’ve incorporated them into your personal and/or professional 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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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
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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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