Engineering Manager, Android

Notability’s mission is to bring the expressivity of paper to the digital realm, so people can learn, study, and collaborate together better. Digital tools offer fantastic benefits, but the input methods can feel constraining — sometimes we need more than typed text. We want to bring the best of both worlds together: the flexibility and organic feel of paper, and the searchability, convenience, collaboration, and power of computers. These values are reflected in the way we work: we value empathy for our users, great design, and believe the best ideas can come from anywhere.

We pioneered this concept of digital paper when Notability was released in 2010 alongside the first iPad. Now we’re building the next generation of paper, and that includes bringing Notability to Android. We are looking for an engineering manager to help oversee and build the Android version of Notability. You'll work hands-on in the code, guide the team through tough architectural discussions and decisions, and direct them toward company objectives, all while coaching each team member toward autonomy, identity, ownership, and technical leadership.

This role is hybrid, 2+ days per week in the San Francisco office, and other days from home.

What You'll Do

• Perform all duties of a direct manager, including recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, goal setting, performance management, and professional development
• A hands-on leader: you enjoy collaborating and mentoring while also contributing to the codebase yourself
  
• Lead with empathy and foster a culture of trust, empowerment, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Ensure members of your team are happy, productive, and recognized across the organization
• Help define, establish, and improve our processes
• Work with the team to solve challenging technical problems
• Build a high-performance native Android application that our customers genuinely love!

What You Need

• 5+ years of experience developing, architecting, optimizing, and shipping high performance Android applications written in Kotlin
• 3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, overseeing projects
• 2+ years of experience in people management
• Strong verbal and written communication & collaboration skills
• Passionate about solutions while humble in the face of opposing ideas
• Desire to embrace the way engineering is changing (more immutable data, functional patterns, etc) while also being intensely pragmatic
• Experience with CRDTs is a plus
• Experience with Jetpack Compose is highly preferred

How We Work

Each member of our team contributes to all parts of our products. We trust each other to make decisions independently while also considering our common goals and values. We share ideas openly, and we collaborate across disciplines to ensure that our decisions make sense from all perspectives.

Where We Work

We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations. Our open-plan office has height-adjustable desks to help us stay limber, spacious conference rooms for both small and large team meetings, a well stocked kitchen full of goodies, a beautiful outdoor patio with city views and a shuffleboard table to help us stay coordinated (or to enjoy during happy hour :).

For this position we are targeting a base pay between $200-$260k. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Ginger Labs, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. All aspects of employment are decided on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.