Engineering Manager, iOS

Posted Jul 17

We want to make work and study more efficient and enjoyable, by providing the best digital paper solution possible. We plan to be the go-to tool for all forms of notes. Our digital paper and learning ecosystem inspires anyone to take notes, share what they know, collaborate with others, and learn as a community

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

Take ownership

—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

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.

What you’ll do

  • 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.

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
  1. Experiences in real time collaborative productivity product
  2. Experiences in other mobile platforms (Android, Windows, Web) or other technologies like BE or ML.
  • Passionate about productivity and the emerging technologies, architectures & product in the space.

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
  • 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

What’s in it for you:

  • Remote, flexible working
  • Flexible working hours and location
  • Medical insurance for you and your dependents
  • Great annual leave allowance
  • Meaningful equity in a profitable tech-startup
  • Budget for things like noise cancelling headphones, setting up your home office, personal development, professional training, and health & wellness
  • Sponsored visits to our Hong Kong or London office every 2 years
  • Company wide annual offsite
  • Fantastic maternity/ paternity packages and and allowances