Job Specifications
At Goodnotes, we believe that every individual holds untapped potential waiting to be unleashed. By reimagining the way we interact with information, we're merging human creativity with the breakthrough capabilities of AI. Our renewed vision and mission drive us to create the best medium for human and AI collaboration, empowering users to explore new dimensions of productivity, creativity, and learning. Join us on this journey as we transform digital note-taking into an inspiring and innovative experience.
Our Values:
Dream big
—Be visionary, strategic, and open to innovation
Build great things
—Work in service of our users, always improving and pushing higher
Operate like an owner
—Take responsibility with bold decision-making and bias for action
Win like a sports team
—Be trusting and collaborative while empowering others
Learn and grow fast
—Never stop learning and iterate fast
Share our passion
—Share ideas and practice enthusiasm and joy
Be user obsessed
—Empathetic, inquisitive, practical
About the team:
Multiple teams are hiring concurrently for this function. Still, regardless, you will be part of a small, cross-functional, autonomous, distributed team across Europe and Asia in charge of one part of the product or the business end-to-end. You will have shared time for collaborative activities such as planning, retros, stand-ups, and brainstorming sessions. Some interesting challenges the teams face are implementing new technologies such as AI, for multiple platforms, and dozens of millions of users.
You will use a broad and modern tech stack with:
Programming Language: We use TypeScript for Frontend. Our backend services are written in Kotlin.
Frameworks and Libraries: We use React/Redux and WebAssembly to compile our Swift core logic.
Monitoring and Logging: We are currently using Datadog for monitoring and logging. Metrics are collected across our agents, taken from the logs using metric filters, and updated directly from lambda function or the application.
Infrastructure-as-Code: Most of our infrastructure is written with Terraform.
CI/CD: We currently use GitHub Actions for CI, and ArgoCD for CD.
Deployments: We have multiple EKS clusters set up either for Blue/Green rollouts or dedicated feature sets. We are currently updating these clusters using ArgoCD and Atlantis.
Our main databases are MongoDB and a self-managed CockroachDB cluster running on EKS.
We believe in automating ourselves out of our jobs.
About the role:
This is the role for you, if you're excited to work on the things listed below:
Bring our core iOS App to cross platforms i.e. Web, Android and Windows systems, based on scope and requirements, using cross-platform SDKs.
Rapidly build prototypes/simulations from mockups that can be directly implemented
Create decoupled, interactive web/mobile UIs using JavaScript Frameworks such as React/Redux and new technologies like WebAssembly
Improve rendering performance and memory optimizations to create a performant UX
Perform cross-browser/device testing and optimisation
Support, maintenance and ongoing development for existing applications and projects
Unit-test code for robustness, including edge cases, usability, and general reliability
Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
Shipping Progressive Web Apps (PWA) to various platforms utilising latest technologies
The skills you will need to be successful in the above:
Experience building modern web applications using libraries and frameworks like: React/Redux
Expertise with TypeScript
At least 5 years of related working experience, you've made mistakes and learned from it, we also welcome very senior developers who can lead complex initiatives
Experience building cross-platform SDKs for shipping one or more non-trivial apps on respective app stores
Expertise in cloud storage, deployment and computing. We use AWS but we're open to other platform experience
Can ship great quality products efficiently, you follow best practices (CI/CD, automated testing, version control)
Strong fundamentals in Computer Science, you know how things work under the hood
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and story-telling skills
Experience building PWA with offline-capabilities, bonus if you have used WebAssembly (WASM)
At Goodnotes, we want to build a team as diverse as our user base. Even if you don't meet all the above requirements, you may still be a great fit for the role, so please consider still applying. If you align with our values, are passionate about our product and what you do, we would love to hear from you!
The interview 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 worki
About the Company
Goodnotes turns complexity into clarity. Goodnotes 6 - Notes Reimagined.
Goodnotes is a powerful note-taking app that combines a natural handwriting experience with powerful AI-enabled digital capabilities. Whether you're taking notes, brainstorming, or planning, Goodnotes empowers you to do your best thinking and creating. Goodnotes is used by more than 24 million users worldwide and was named Apple's 2022 iPad App of the Year.
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