Lead Software Engineer, Goodnotes
Windows
+ Equity
Top-rated note-taking app
Posted today
Top-rated note-taking app
201-500 employees
Posted today
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower people with knowledge through digital paper and innovations. We're reimagining what productivity looks like through a digital pen and paper!
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a versatile, skilled engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Experience with modern Windows applications: You’ve worked with native or cross-platform frameworks like Electron (ideal), React Native Desktop, or Flutter to build and release Windows apps. You have a strong understanding of the Windows application ecosystem
- Proficiency in one of the following programming languages: Swift, TypeScript/JavaScript, C/C++, C#, or similar
- At least 6 years of experience: You've been around long enough to have gained deep technical expertise and have learned from past challenges
- Quality-focused mindset: You know how to deliver high-quality products efficiently, following best practices like CI/CD, automated testing, and version control
- Excellent Computer Science fundamentals: You understand how systems work under the hood and are able to apply this knowledge to solve complex problems
- Experience with PWAs: You’ve built Progressive Web Apps and understand their nuances, including offline capabilities
- AI on Windows: A big plus if you’re passionate about frameworks such as WebNN. ll
- Even if you don’t tick every box, we believe in learning and growth, so if you’re passionate and motivated to develop your skills, we’d love to hear from you
What the job involves
- Join our rapidly expanding cross-platform engineering team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Windows application
- We’ve taken the next big leap to expand our reach to new platforms—including Windows—and we need a passionate leader like you to help drive this transformation
- As a Windows Lead Engineer, you will own the architecture and development of our Windows client
- You’ll lead the charge on exciting new user-facing features and tackle complex technical challenges using cutting-edge cross-platform technologies
- This is an incredible opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry and make a real impact on millions of users
- You will be part of a cross-functional, autonomous, distributed team across Europe and Asia in charge of the Windows client
- Implementing new technologies such as cross-platform client-side AI that can scale to dozens of millions of users is one of the interesting challenges the team faces
- As a member of this innovative team, you’ll be part of collaborative activities, including planning, retrospectives, stand-ups, and brainstorming sessions, where your ideas and feedback will shape the direction of the product
- As a Windows Lead Engineer, you’ll have a wide range of responsibilities that will allow you to have a significant impact on our products and platform
- Develop the Windows platform: Use cross-platform and native SDKs to evolve and expand the platform based on user needs and product scope
- Collaborate with partners: Lead exploration and early development on new technologies with Microsoft & OEM partners
- Architect scalable solutions: Design systems that are not only efficient but also maintainable, enabling the creation of cutting-edge features and the ability to scale to millions of users
- Build high-quality UIs: Leverage JavaScript frameworks like React/Redux and innovative technologies such as WebAssembly to create decoupled, interactive user interfaces
- Optimize performance: Improve rendering and memory efficiency to deliver a seamless user experience
- Ongoing development: Support and maintain existing projects while continuously improving them
- Innovation: Stay at the forefront of new technologies, evaluating and implementing them to streamline development and improve productivity
- Ship Progressive Web Apps (PWA): Deliver PWAs to multiple platforms, incorporating the latest tech for improved user engagement and performance
Application process
- Introduction: The Talent Team want to hear more about your background, what you are looking for, and why you’d like to join Goodnotes
- Take-home Assignment: A short online coding skills test
- Live coding & Technical interview: A live coding call with one of our engineers. This is where you get to see what it would be like working at Goodnotes as well as the chance to ask any engineering questions you may have
- Hiring Manager interview: A 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
- Values interview – Meeting with members of the Goodnotes Team to answer questions relating to take ownership AND build great things
- : 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 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 with over 80 employees, working on building additional products alongside its core app.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
39% female employees
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
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
- Meaningful equity options in a fast-growing company
- Monthly budget for personal growth development & yearly budget for professional development
- Monthly health & wellness budget - used for gyms, massages, treatments etc.
- MacBook Pro/your choice of hardware
- Flexible working hours and remote working opportunities
- Annual offsite
- Noise cancelling headphones
- Work from home budget to upgrade your home office
- 30 days holiday (plus public holidays)
- Health insurance for you and dependants
Company values
- Dream big
- Be user obsessed
- Build great things
- Operate as an owner
- Win like a sports team
- Learn and grow fast
- Share our passion
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 our 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!
Share this job
View 16 more jobs at Goodnotes