Engineering Manager, Goodnotes
AI Transformation & Developer Experience
£120-200k
+ Equity
Top-rated note-taking app
Open for applications
Top-rated note-taking app
201-500 employees
Open for applications
£120-200k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create the best medium for human and AI collaboration.
Role
Who you are
- This role is perfect for an engineering leader who is passionate about using AI to supercharge developer productivity and happiness
- 8+ years in software engineering, with at least 3–4 recent years in a DevEx/platform/infrastructure leadership role at a high-growth tech company
- Proven track record of leading AI-driven developer productivity transformations (examples: AI code assistants, automated testing frameworks, RAG-based internal search, engineering copilots, or similar initiatives that delivered measurable velocity/quality gains)
- Demonstrated experience building and deploying production AI systems—ideally internal tools that engineers love using every day
- Hands-on technical leader: still writes and reviews code regularly, prototypes quickly, and can dive deep when needed
- Deep expertise with modern AI/ML ecosystems (PyTorch, LangChain, OpenAI/Anthropic/Cohere APIs, vector DBs, RAG, agent frameworks, evaluation tooling) and developer platforms (GitHub Actions, Buildkite/CircleCI, Kubernetes/EKS, observability stacks, Backstage or similar)
- Strong experience productionizing AI on AWS (EKS, Bedrock, SageMaker, RDS/Vector stores, Terraform/Infra-as-Code)
- Exceptional stakeholder management: able to translate vague “this is slow” complaints from engineers or other departments into concrete, high-ROI AI solutions
- Passion for both (a) shipping delightful internal products and (b) removing friction from the daily life of engineers
- 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 own both (1) building an internal “AI agency” that delivers high-impact AI solutions across all functions, and (2) fundamentally improving how our 200+ engineers build software—tooling, workflows, CI/CD, code generation/review, local dev environments, knowledge retrieval, and engineering intelligence
- Lead and mentor a small engineering team dedicated to designing, developing, and deploying AI-powered productivity solutions internally
- Lead the transformation of our engineering practices by applying AI to developer tooling and workflows (e.g., AI-assisted code review, test generation, documentation, debugging, onboarding ramps, engineering metrics/dashboards, and internal knowledge retrieval)
- Own the Developer Experience roadmap in close partnership with platform and toolchain teams; measure and improve key metrics such as build times, deployment frequency, PR cycle time, and engineer satisfaction
- Actively architect and implement AI applications leveraging LLMs, generative AI, NLP, predictive analytics, and process automation
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders from diverse business units (Product, Design, Customer Support, Marketing, etc.) to understand their needs and translate them into AI solutions
- Drive AI adoption across the broader engineering organization by sharing best practices, enabling internal teams, and embedding AI capabilities into existing products and workflows
- Define technical strategies, create clear roadmaps, and manage end-to-end delivery of impactful AI solutions
- Advocate best practices in AI software development, model training, testing, and deployment, ensuring reliability and scalability
- Build a culture of continuous learning, innovation, experimentation, and productivity enhancement through AI
- Track effectiveness of AI initiatives and continuously improve through iterative feedback loops
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
- Live system design & Technical interview: two 1-hour live system design exercises about software and ML with some 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 who is overseeing and managing entire engineering function in Goodnotes. 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 behavioral questions related to our Values
- CEO interview: A call with our founding CEO
- 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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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
- 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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