Lead and manage distributed mobile engineering teams, ensuring high-quality delivery of iOS applications while providing technical leadership and mentorship.
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.
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
- Experiences in real time collaborative productivity product
- 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
Note: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background checks, including verification of employment, education, and criminal records.
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