Senior Engineer, Web Apps

Join Notability and shape the future of learning. We’re building the next generation of tools designed not just to capture notes, but to fundamentally improve how people learn, think, and collaborate. Our app brings the natural expressiveness of paper into the digital age, empowering millions of students, educators, and professionals worldwide to organize their ideas, deepen their understanding, and achieve their goals. Our mission is simple: we help you learn.

As part of our team, you’ll help create experiences driven by empathy, exceptional design, and the belief that great ideas can come from anywhere—including you. Come help us make learning better for everyone.

The Senior Engineer, Web Apps plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining our nascent web app.  You’ll be responsible for delivering high-quality code, mentoring junior developers, and contributing to architectural decisions.  You’ll mentor junior developers as well as foster a culture of continuous learning across levels. You’ll help drive innovation within the web app team as well as collaborate closely with other teams at Ginger Labs.

What You’ll Do:

• Architect, implement, and maintain features for our web application
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate requirements into technical specifications and implementations
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code that adheres to best practices and coding standards
• Conduct code reviews and provide thoughtful, growth-oriented feedback to team members
• Mentor junior developers and help them grow their technical skills
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in both development and production environments
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration and communication to ensure alignment and effective problem-solving
• Explore and evaluate new web technologies and methodologies to improve our development processes and product quality

What You Need:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Strong proficiency in React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript development
• Experience with async/await, remote APIs, and state management best practices
• Familiarity with modern, efficient approaches to styling and layout
• Knowledge of web performance optimization techniques
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Experience breaking down large bodies of work to be collaborated on by several developers
• Ability to foster a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience with authentication patterns, web animations, advanced CSS, or rendering engines like Three.js or PixiJS
• Involvement in the wider tech community through hackathons, blogging, or open-source contributions

For this position we are targeting a base pay between $160,000-$240,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

This role follows a hybrid model, with a minimum of two days onsite at our downtown San Francisco office and flexibility to work remotely from home the rest of the week.

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.

When We Work

We actively promote work-life balance.  Our schedules are flexible, our hybrid policy supports remote work when it makes sense, and we have a “as long as you get your work done” approach to time off.

Why You'd Love Working Here

We work in downtown SF near Market Street, just a short walk from two BART/Muni stations.  Our 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, and a shuffleboard table to enjoy :). Our team is growing, collaborative and down to earth.  We want everyone to do their best work and find passion in what they do.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation that includes base salary, bonuses and profit sharing
• Equity Awards in the form of Stock Options
• Comprehensive healthcare fully covered for you and your family including medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible work and vacation schedules
• 401k with matching contributions
• Matching gifts to nonprofits
• Public transit reimbursement
• Home workstation reimbursement
• ISP reimbursement
• Monthly phone bill reimbursement

Notability 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.