Engineering Manager, Goodnotes
iOS
£120-160k
+ Equity
Top-rated note-taking app
Open for applications
Top-rated note-taking app
201-500 employees
Open for applications
£120-160k
+ 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
- Experiences of working on world class B2C products that have been used by millions
- In-depth knowledge of iOS with extensive ‘hands on’ development and management experiences
- Manage and lead a sizable mobile engineering team with strong delivery track record
- Love to get involved in technical details, participate in architecture review, provide technical guidance or do PR reviews if needed
- It is a plus if you have the following additional experiences
- Experiences in real time collaborative productivity product
- Experiences in other mobile platforms (Android, Windows, Web) or other technologies like BE or ML
- Experiences in lead more than 1 team, or managed a manager
- Passionate about productivity and the emerging technologies, architectures & product in the space
What the job involves
- You will lead a distributed team across Europe and Asia, with shared time for collaborative activities such as planning, retros, stand-ups, and brainstorming sessions
- You will be leading more than 1 team that owns the core handwriting & note-taking features of our flagship iOS application - Goodnotes 6 that serves 25M+ monthly active users
- Impact & Delivery - Make sure the teams deliver well in great quality with impactful outcome in product
- Technical leadership - contribute to roadmap & strategy, make technical decision if needed
- People management - mentor and guide the professional and technical development of team members
- Building high performing team - Scale and manage engineering teams which will likely extend to other mobile platforms
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
- Live coding & Technical interview: with one of our Engineers
- Hiring Manager interview: A call with our VP of Engineering to discuss leadership/management experience and biggest challenges
- Present your passion - A short presentation about something you love and enjoy
- CEO interview: A chance to meet our Founder and discuss the challenges ahead and your experience
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.
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Insights
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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
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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 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!
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